More NHS Recognition & Treatment For Those Who Suffer From Fibromyalgia
More NHS Recognition & Treatment For Those Who Suffer From Fibromyalgia

I & many like me suffer from the debilitating medical condition known as Fibromyalgia and it's associated plethora of medical conditions and symptoms especially chronic fatigue, chronic pain, muscle weakness and muscle seizing, immobility, irritable bowel syndrome, depression, anxiety, and the fear of never being properly listened to by our GP Practice, Our Pharmacists, or our Consultants, that's indeed if any of us are lucky enough on the NHS to be referred for any medical treatment. The Fibromyalgia NHS Website Page itself states so therefore it must be a legal requirement that all those diagnosed with Fibromyalgia are entitled to Physiotherapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to help us cope with living with it and Psychotherapy as well as referrals to Pain Management Clinics. I can tell you that even allowing for the ongoing Pandemic my former GP Practice never referred me to any of these services at all. I'm still currently only prescribed a Pain Relief Tablet and Pain Relief Gel the latter is useless I've had to buy something stronger to topically apply to the areas affected. Likewise I have to occasionally buy even stronger pain relief tablets only available over the counter in any good pharmacy. It's bad enough that for many of Us it can take years and lots of testing for an accurate diagnosis of Fibromyalgia to be made, but to then be denied the very treatment the NHS legally states on its own website page that we're all entitled to is quite simply an insult and it just makes living with such an awful painful debilitating condition so much worse especially when it comes to applying for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) that We're all legally entitled to especially as the condition and those it causes obviously worsen overtime. The very nature of the form itself is insulting and very repetitive and of course by the time it's processed and you're asked to attend the medical assessment meeting to determine whether or not you'll receive the benefit, you obviously don't what kind of a day or what state you'll be in on that particular day at that particular time because Fibromyalgia can flare up and change throughout the day or you can have a painful disabling flare up for days or weeks and over exertion, exercise, stress and anxiety, injury, illness, infections, and other pre existing medical conditions, plus medication taken can all make it worse. Please therefore join Me and My Fellow Fibro Warriors for Our Rights Under the Law and Under the NHS to get this Legally Recognised Disability much better diagnosed & treated by GPs & Specialists and Consultants, so that We can be referred to other people for treatment including Holistic Treatment not usually offered by the NHS like Massage therapy Hydrotherapy Chiropractic Therapy and proper Exercise On Prescription and Weight Loss Management with those who understand how hard these things are to do and live with and manage with Fibromyalgia. Many don't understand why We struggle with Weight Loss and Exercise and Dieting because of Our various Conditions because obviously Fibromyalgia and other Medical Conditions plus Medication taken affect everyone in different ways. Thank You for reading this and please sign this petition.