On October 5th, I attended the annual American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention in San Francisco. The program brochure was entitled “Children’s Health, Climbing to New Heights, Walk Among the Giants of Pediatrics.” One of the “Giants” was Dr. James Jarvis, a Pediatric Rheumatologist from Oklahoma University, who gave a wonderful talk on how to [...]
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05
Parenting a Teenager With Fibromyalgia
When my daughter was diagnosed with fibromyalgia at age 13, my heart sank. Why did this sweet young being need to be saddled with an illness fraught with so many difficulties? Unknown cause, unknown future, and variable support in the medical community. I told her the news, and I told her how sorry I was [...]