Premiere of "Living with Fibromyalgia"

Event

National Fibromyalgia Association presents the premiere screening of Trillusion Media's "Living with Fibromyalgia" - the first documentary to explore the most intimate feelings and life altering experiences of individuals living with the daily challenges of fibromyalgia.

"Living with Fibromyalgia" tells the story of seven different individuals who have fibromyalgia. It will make you laugh and cry, but most of all, it will give you hope. A must-see for anyone who is living with or knows someone with fibromyalgia." --Lynne Matallana, Founder/President, National Fibromyalgia Association

Date                 

Saturday, November 18, 2006

• Registration 6:30 pm
• Screening: 7:00 pm

Location:

Folino Theatre at the Marion Knott Studio of the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Chapman University
283 N. Cypress Street
City of Orange, California   

Cost

FREE admission with RSVP by November 13, 2006;
Limited Seating, please make reservations.

RSVP

Tracey Cooper @ 714/921-0150 or
by email tcooper@fmaware.org

More Info

www.LivingWithFM.com
National Fibromyalgia Association

Details

"Living with Fibromyalgia" provides its viewers with a candid and forthright glimpse into the lives of a unique group of people with fibromyalgia. The film's narrator, Daneen Akers, explores the needs of these patients in order to better understand how she can help and support her own mother who suffers with the disease.  

The desperation one feels when "living with fibromyalgia", goes far beyond the physical anguish of constant body pain and immobilizing exhaustion.  The emotional pain and frustration caused by dismissive health care providers, less than sympathetic friends, and the expressions of frustration by family members can lead a person with fibromyalgia to the depths of despair and self doubt. 

The documentary "Living with Fibromyalgia" shares and explains the fibromyalgia experience from the view point of a diverse group of people living with the chronic illness. The candid stories shared by each of these fibromyalgia survivors, enlightens the film's narrator, who comes to better understand this complicated disease and discovers what she, as the daughter of a fibromyalgia patient, can do to help her mother believe in, encourage, and continue to provide hope for the future.