The Fibromyalgia Story: Medical Authority and Women's Worlds of PainMore than six million Americans most of them women have been diagnosed with the controversial medical disorder fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Because of the absence of definitive physiological markers, a well understood cause, or effective treatment, FMS is controversial. Many have questioned if FMS is a real illness or if women sufferers are modern day hysterics. Amidst the controversy, millions of women live with their very real symptoms. Rather than