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Having suffered from Fibromyalgia/ Chronic Pain Syndrome/Reiters Syndrome for over 11 years I know how some people react when you say you are a sufferer. At the age of two years old I was still having accidents at night in bed but they put this down to sleeping very deeply but it would soon fix it's self. It continued into my teenage years and it wasn't until I broke my wrist at the age of 18 when it took a turn for the worst. They thought I had incontinence because I couldn't even get to the toilet before I had an accident. They gave me medicine to help flush out the bacteria that caused this and they gave me some cream to easy the pain on my penis. They said I could never have this again or I could be like this all my life, when you are 18 you don't need this thing hanging over you when you are looking for a girl-friend,and guess what? I was the lucky one at the age of 51 years old I still have it. But back to the Pain debate. I lived my life with my wives without any of the first three wives finding out I had this condition but my wife now knows everything about me and she has boosted my self esteem by understanding it. But 11 years ago I was struck down with severe neck pain which the doctor I seen said it was just a strain and it would be better within two weeks. But two weeks later I was not able to walk without help and the doctor said he would send me to a specialist. He said he didn't see anything wrong with my x-rays or blood tests so he reported back that he thinks it has something to do with my mental issues. Another doctor I had seen said he thinks he knows what I have gotten but he would wait until I have seen his specialist before confirming it. He said it looked like Fibromyalgia. Like everyone else who has this condition it takes years before you actually where told what you had and because of my severe pain in my feet they had to try everything to see if I can walk. Injections in my spine and even heel jelly that would mean I would have to put my feet down for it to work. Eleven years on, seven doctors/ specialists, I still can't put my heels down and I have to use an electric wheelchair to get around. I found everything I needed to know from medical website's from America, which informed me that everything I have are all related to the main condition of my pain FIBROMYALGIA, or I would still not have known anything about my condition.

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