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Taking my life back

Valerie Lumley

For years Valerie tried to persuade her doctors that the debilitating and chronic pain she suffered was a result of a blow on the head from an auto accident in her past, the effects of which were compounded by a another neck injury 35 years later that together triggered chronic Fibromyalgia Syndrome. It wasn't until she believed she was dying that she decided to take matters into her own hands.
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