[Up and down--the experience of XXXX with the rheumatic illness fibromyalgia].

@entity1 @entity239 @entity102 @entity158 @entity1118 @entity309
@entity1118 , like that inflicted by @entity239 , is not much known, unpredictable and can emerge everywhere in the body. Yet 2 to 4% of the population suffer from this disease, of which 73 to 88% are @entity1 . In fact @entity239 is more wide spread than the more known @entity309 . This research work presents the experience of @entity1 in their struggle against this incurable disease and the progress made in the fight against it. The @entity102 Trajectory by Corbin and Strauss (1992) is used as a theoretical framework. Six @entity1 , over fifty years of age and suffering from @entity239 for over ten years, were interviewed. The interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim and analysed using the grounded theory methodology. The instability during disease development, referred to in this paper as "up and down", is an important phenomenon. Along with the @entity158 " goes the feeling of "not being taken seriously". Results have proven that an interdisciplinary approach is the best way to help those that cope with @entity239 .
