"The First Year - Fibromyalgia
An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed"
by Claudia Craig Marek

Table of Contents

First Week: Gathering Information

• Day 1 What Fibromyalgia is, and what it isn't
• Day 2 Musculoskeletal Symptoms Learning/Living
• Day 3 CNS Symptoms Learning/Living
• Day 4 IBS Learning /Living
• Day 5 Genito-Urinary Symptoms: Learning/Living
• Day 6 Miscellaneous Symptoms: Learning/Living
• Day 7 What Fibromyalgia Will Mean to You Learning/Living

First Week Milestone: Understanding What Having Fibromyalgia Means to You

First Month: Find a Treatment Plan

• Week 2 Finding a Protocol-Guaifenesin Learning/Living
• Week 3 Working with a Protocol: Salicylates Learning/Living
• Week 4 Living with Your Protocol: Guaifenesin Living: Follow Up with Doctor

First Month Milestone: Beginning to Take Control of Your Fibromyalgia

First Six Months: More To Learn: You can Help Yourself

• Month 2 Hypoglycemia: Learning/Living
• Month 3 A double edged Sword: Medications Used for Fibromyalgia
• Month 4 You Can Help Yourself: De-Stress Learning/Living
• Month 5 You Can Help Yourself: Exercise Learning/Living
• Month 6 Putting Your Health House in Order Learning/Living

First Six Month Milestone: You've Learned to Help Yourself

Second Six Months: Learning from Living

• Month 7 Learning from Living: Working at Home and Away
• Month 8 Learning from Living: Make Friends like You: Support Groups
• Month 9 Learning from Living: Alternative Treatments
• Month 10 Learning from Living: Take a Vacation Now
• Month 11 Learning from Living: Do Your Family Members have Fibro Too?
• Month 12 Learning from Living: Keeping Informed
• Month 12 Learning from Living: Searching the Internet by Malcolm Potter

One Year Milestone: Reflect and Look Ahead