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Founder's Story
The FM/CFS/ME RESOURCES story begins in the summer of 1978, when at the age of 18,
Misty Roberts began having unexplained pain and trouble walking. Misty spent the next
10 years going to doctors of every specialty in an attempt to find an answer. After
numerous tests, the conclusion was always, "There's nothing physically wrong with
you."
In the winter of 1988, Misty was finally diagnosed with a
severe form of
FM. Misty's doctor gave her a small pamphlet explaining FM, but it left
her with more questions than answers. A few months later she was diagnosed with
CFS/ME as well. While researching FM and CFS/ME Misty discovered that there was very
little reliable information about these often misunderstood and debilitating conditions.
She felt that patients and health care providers needed a resource for information that
was helpful and easily accessible. In the spring of 1997 Misty created FM/CFS/ME
RESOURCES.
The Team
FM/CFS/ME RESOURCES is largely created by two people, Misty Roberts, and Dean Nielson.
Misty has used her 30+ years of experience with these illnesses to help people with
FM and CFS/ME by providing research, support, and education. She is primarily responsible
for the content, design and the overall look of this web site.
In October of 2006 Dean Nielson came on board Misty's co-founder. Dean is a concerned
individual whose knowledge of database administration, programming and experience
in Information Technology has been invaluable. He is responsible for the server and
the back-end support of the web site. Dean has devoted many long hours, free of charge,
helping with this web site and our sister site (CMP RESOURCES). Dean also provides server space for both web sites free
of charge, enabling us to give you ad-free, unbiased information. Together, these two
people make up the FM/CFS/ME RESOURCES development team.
Mission
FM/CFS/ME RESOURCES, formerly known as FMS-CFIDS Information, has been helping people
since 1997. Our mission has always been straightforward: to provide support, education,
and informational resources to people with FM and CFS/ME, the medical community and anyone
who'd like to learn more. We strive to keep you up to date on
medical alerts, as well as continuing to
provide coping tips and treatments for the FM and CFS/ME
patient. You can help us to improve this site by taking our visitor survey.
Site/Privacy Policy
FM/CFS/ME RESOURCES is an educational organization. We accept NO funding of ANY Kind.
We never charge for our resources or services, nor do we accept donations for any of our
services. This allows us to provide you with objective and unbiased information. Our
privacy policy is simple; we never share your private
information with anyone. We understand and respect your need for privacy.
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