What I Fear

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I have always considered myself courageous. There are few things of which I’m truly afraid. Since getting Fibromyalgia, there has been one thing that terrifies me — pain, unrelenting, untreatable pain. It happened to me after I got Fibromyalgia, and now I have Degenerative Disc Disease, as well, which has caused me even more pain. After a time, some of my fear had calmed. My medication and lifestyle were pretty stable, as was…

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Julie Sunshine Hodges

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Julie lives with chronic pain in the Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nevada area. She teaches yoga, loves her husband and dog, investigates the paranormal, reads and knits.

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