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        <![CDATA[ Welcome to our presentation thread! 


Well, we can finally put our feet up and exhale! We are settled at our new home here at Yuku! The board moved to Yuku at April 10 th 2007. Update: May 2008
friends international support group was officially registered as an international volenteer organization!

April the 18th, the Friends board was 7 years old...so what couldn&#39;t fit better than getting a new outlook ..a redecoration!  (I wrote the board&#39;s first post April 18th 2001)


I was... ]]>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi everyone.  Finally was able to register under my new e-mail address.  I had to register under another user name as I could never get my old one to work
again.
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I&#39;ve been so many places since I wrote my last comment a couple 2-3 years ago.  Went on a Alaska cruise in Sept.  What a wonderful time I had and how good
I felt to be on the ocean. My fibro melted away. 
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I&#39;ve also had so much happen, but will leave that to another time.
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			<description><![CDATA[ My name is Eli, and as you can tell by my post count, I&#39;m not exactly new here lol
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 I am moderator in the Norwegen part of the board  but i read her in Smalltalk to, but my English is not good so i dont write her, soory abot that.
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I am 50.years old have 2 children one  girl 26. year old and one boy 29. year old. They have give my 3 grandchildren  and in August nr. 4 vill come <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif" alt="image">
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m Mark, a 54 year old married father of a 20 year old son and 15 year old daughter.
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I live in the suburbs of Washington, DC
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I&#39;ve suffered from crippling Migraines for most of my life.
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In 1997, I was rear-ended while driving to work and now have osteoarthritis in my neck and four herniated discs in my back ... I used to be an analyst the the
U.S. government but the pain med&#39;s made it almost impossible for me to work (with a clear mind), so here I am... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ i have really enjoyed reading everyones posts about themselves, and i will write a bit about me.
<br>
i am 18 and getting married in august to my wonderful partner-james, who is my bestfriend as well. we have been together since i was 15 and him 21. i have been
ill since october 07 and not been diagnosed yet but dr said looks very must like fms or cfs. james has been very good, doing all the cooking, cleaning,
shopping and keeping my spirits high!
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im a nursery nurse and work with... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <p><font size="4">Hi Pom, nice to have you with us! I hope to see you posting a lot!</font></p> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <font face="sans-serif" color="#000033">I allready introduced myself in the Introduction board but I think I had better tell a little more about myself then
just a short introduction.
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My full name is Josephine Cornelia Maria van Berkel and I was born the 1th of May 1966 in the Netherlands. Yes, I know, alot of names, it&#39;s a catholic
thing I suppose. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif" alt="image">
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi Steve, I&#39;m Leslie- nice to have you here.  Welcome.  Oh, also love your &quot;medically retired&quot; wording!<img height="32" src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/posttup.gif" width="49" alt="image">

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			<description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/bump.gif">
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<img src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/welcome.gif">  Welcome, Steve!  I don&#39;t think we&#39;ve met before!  <img src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board1/friends4.gif">
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi,
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I&#39;m Steve 49 I live on the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa indian reservation in North Dakota
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I&#39;m an avid computer gaming nut and musician..
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			<description><![CDATA[ My name is Tammy and Im from Connecticut.
<br>
As some of you already know, I joined this group because of my daughter Jess.
<br>
Im married, have one deceased daughter that was three and one daughter Jess thats 15and 3 step children, that live with their mom.I myself have Epilepsy, Heart
Erythmia, Lyme, I have a metal plate in my neck helping to hold it together where they had to take out discs and replace it with a metal plate, hypoglycemia
and IBS. I love to do all types of crafts and I... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ This thread is great, thank you Mosken for starting it and Alice for giving the link in the Introduction forum as I didn&#39;t see it before then.
<br>
<br>
My name is Françoise and I&#39;ve been called France almost all my life. On the web, I use only France because I hate to see my real given name written without
the cedilla as it is then pronounced FRANKOAZ (which is FAR from the good pronunciation).
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Like a lot of you I am 53 years old. I got married the first time when I was 18... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>hello everyone. i am new here, and thought i&#39;d take a minute to introduce myself. it&#39;s been a pleasure reading through all of your posts. underneath
all the pain, there are alot of caring and compassionate people on here.
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<br>
my name is Autumn. i live in Kentucky in the USA. i just turned 32 years young. i&#39;ve been married to my soulmate for 9 years now, and it just keeps on
getting better. despite some bad female problems, i am blessed to have a beautiful daughter who is... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello all I am Gail/aka Rockerwoman,I am 50,and married to a wonderfull guy for 29yr&#39;s,and have 2 son&#39;s 28 and 24.
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I came here due to spinal issues and Fibromyalgia.Found alot of support thru here.All my problem&#39;s started after a fall I took at work and got worse after
my second child.
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I have also worked in Endoscopy in the same Hosp for 29 year&#39;s.Though Aug 20th,I had to take a leave and filed for SSD.Due to my spinal issues,I am
scheduled to have another... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ My name is Debra, and as you can tell by my post count, I&#39;m not exactly new here.  I&#39;ve just been absent for quite a while, trying to get my life
together.  I&#39;m 47, divorced, and the mother of 3 kids.  I share custody of them with my ex (which infuriates me), so I have them a little more than half
the time.  My oldest Melissa, is 15, my middle child Kyle is 13 and (like Virginia&#39;s son) has Asperger&#39;s Syndrome, and my youngest child is Nicholas,
and he is 10.
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  <li>I&#39;m a very cautious 53 year old that doesn&#39;t give out a lot of information on the internet. Although, I do have my first name and e-mail at a
  genealogical site (I LOVE researching my family-and assisting others as time permits-but a lot of housework doesn&#39;t get done cause I&#39;m obcessed
  <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif" alt="image">).</li>

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			<description><![CDATA[ great thread!
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<br>
i finally read thru all of it this am...i am donna,a single black woman age 37..had fms since 1995 and chronic back pain..lower is the worst..live w/lil lady
quenna my cat...divorced for 12years...i find attempting relationships hard w/my health isues...wokring fulltime takes all my energy.i am a Wiccan and love
nature/netsearching/reading and tv.i have 2 great parents who r still together after 33 yrs..it may be a bit more...i forget. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello!
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I just found this page now and read it and find out that I should write something about my self.
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I&#39;m living in the northwest part of Norway, I&#39;m 53 years old and married. I got 4 children, one girl that has her own family so I&#39;m a grandmother
to a girl 9 years and a boy who is 5. The 3 youngest kids live at home, two boys at 17 and 14 and a girl aged 13.
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I was diagnosed with FM in &#39;05 after many years with pain all over the body and I think I have had... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Wow this is so exciting to read.   I&#39;m impressed by all the diversity here. <img height="32" src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/yuppers.gif" width="32" alt="image">
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<p>I spilled my guts out in coping so there&#39;s no reason to repeat it here.  But it&#39;s nice to read about everyone else.  I&#39;m so glad I found you
guys. <img height="35" src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/tulips2.gif" width="25" alt="image">
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			<description><![CDATA[ I keep poping in and reading your posts, and this time I will break down and type a little.  <img height="31" src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/lol2.gif" width="15" alt="image">
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I&#39;m Leslie and I&#39;m 42, (going on 100 if I rate my body&#39;s age)- have a wonderful Italian, <img height="58" src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/cook1.gif" width="76" alt="image"> husband of 21 years, 4 kids- 2 boys are the youngest, 2 girls are the oldest- (3
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			<description><![CDATA[ <font size="4"><strong>Welcome to our presentation thread! <img alt="image" src="http://www.fms-cfsfriends.com/board4/smile1.gif">
<br>
<br>
Well, we can finally put our feet up and exhale! We are settled at our new home here at Yuku! The board moved to Yuku at April 10 th 2007. Update: May 2008
friends international support group was officially registered as an international volenteer organization!
<br>
April the 18th, the Friends board was 7 years old...so what couldn&#39;t fit better than... ]]></description>

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