Soooooooo........my daughter has had a tough time with her college work due to untreated

[hedgehog]

fibro. She's finally on a prescription that works, and looks to be graduating this semester. I and two of her sisters also haveautoimmune disorders .

Soooooo....she had to sit politely and listen to her aunt comment that chronic diseases would be resolved if people exercised more.

[dballance]

1. Did her aunt sit and politely listen while your daughter told her how wrong she is?

Fibromyalgia is not some phantom disease that comes from not exercising enough. Yes, we could all do with more exercise. But exercise does not take care of chronic diseases like fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis. This must be your sister-in-law and not your sister since you didn't correct her.

[hedgehog]

5. I wasn't there - which is probably a good thing.

The real irony here is that my sister had a brush with autoimmune disease a year or so back, and I think it's returned.

[mopinko]

2. ugh.

smack her.

[Warpy]

3. Well, the right sort of exercise does benefit fibro

and that is Yoga or Pilates, both of which concentrate on stretching and flexibility.

At least Auntie didn't tell her Jebus would heal her if she just believed enough.

All of them work on fibro as long as we take the right drugs first.

[hedgehog]

4. Kid took a fitness class at school last semester -

the teacher knew she had fibro and set her targets accordingly.

[hedgehog]

6. Thank you all for being there so I can vent!

[2theleft]

7. Seriously? Exercise more?

Just tell a person with sever depression to "keep your chin up" or "think positive thougths" while she's at it.

Oy.

Good on your daughter for finding meds that seem to be working AND being able to graduate while dealing with the pain. That's a huge accomplishment and I hope she's so proud!

[Maraya1969]

8. My first thought was she should exercise by throwing a ball at her aunt's head.

But that's just me and I'm not very nice sometimes.