Fibromyalgia plot bunny

[4thejourney.livejournal.com]

I've been having this urge now for a while to read a fic where Sam suffers from fibromyalgia (I know it's more common in women but it can also affect men), so I decided to try posting this here.   I would like it to be gen.   Comforting and helpful big brother Dean who maybe has to remind Sam to take care of himself sometimes is also awesome.  That's it, I'm not too particular in details other than those (it could be cool if John was in the story as well but that isn't a must).  Any takers? I'd be ever so grateful. :-D

Edit:     I decided to add this comment for a little more info, as I'd actually thought of this possibility but failed to mention it in my post: "Fibromyalgia affects different people to varying degrees, but I don't think Sam could deal with a lot of the aspects of hunting, all the extreme physical aspects of it.
I can't see John handling the news well, if they finally got a correct diagnosis, or Dean, actually, because I'd think it would really get in the way of hunting. Still, it would be a good subject for someone to tackle, rather than the more common hurt/comfort scenarios." 

Comments

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Heh. Mine started in my arms too. Rather abruptly, and I'd been VERY healthy as a child. I was diagnosed at 20.

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

It's amazing, though, how so many doctors still don't seem to know what it is or believe in it. I can understand why the average person might not have heard much about it, but I'm beginning to think the condition is more widespread than we realize. I guess it's because so many of the symptoms are the same as other conditions. But some people feel like you can't have more than one thing wrong with you at a time, like if you have pain in your neck, you can't have it in your ankle or elbow at the same time, so it's very hard to explain.