I’ve wanted to be a lot of things in my life, and chief among them was always “independent.” I had achieved that, and had really proved it to myself when I got divorced 10 years ago — I was able to move into my own place, quickly pay my way out from under a mountain of debt, and put my life back together largely on my own. After I re-married, I was proud of knowing that I was a capable person and would be able to fend for myself if need be. Fibromyalgia changed that for me, and that’s been hard to accept.
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