Just abit of advice

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So I have this so call friend none her for the last 10 years and her h/o all my life but my problem is she had been comming with me to all my appoiments for support due to all my mental and physical problems now the issues is she's perfectly fine just bone idle lazy and a compulsive liar she has taken what little info she herd from my appoiments and is now making out she got everything I have and only reason I no it's all lies is because there certion things that arnt easily found and you don't get mris x-ray cat scans all within a month! It takes months and even years to get everything as doctors have yo rule other things out frist as I found out it took me 8months just to get to we're I am now. I have her telling me she has fibromyalgia as on her MRI it showed in her bones!! Question is should I stop talking her with me to my appoiments and try and go by myself as she is stressing with out with all her lies bad enough with the lies she makes up about her kids only reason I haven't cut contact is due to her h/o he is one of my best friends but soon as u say anything to him about any of this he defends her

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    Hi Toni, it's a tough one. Firstly with fibromygia it has become quite common for many people to get diagnosed with this and everyone has different symptoms but they may have similar points of pain.

    Now whilst you may say your friend is lying, who is to know. But yes I agree it does take a while for diagnosis, took me 3 years, having said that as I read more about it and more people are being diagnosed it is easy for someone to go to gp and say I have this rule it out or confirm.

    Stress is the biggest problem us fibro sufferers have so don't take friend to your appointments.

    If you need the moral support there is a lot of support out there, try fitness classes where you can meet new people?

    Don't stress about what this friend is saying or who believes it to be true or not worry about getting you better, because if she does have it you'll be ready to support her too.

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