The thoughts of writing this book came to me after "The Fibro Hand" was finished. Functioning without the pain of Fibromyalgia, day to day is a major accomplishment, however, we also need to function in a very intimate and personal matter of expression, the expression of love to another sexually. This is a very important, personal, and intimate topic for myself, and I hope to share a little of my trials and tribulations with my syndrome and how it affects one's marriage.

One of the hardest things for me to cope with was when I thought I was whining too much when I'd ask my husband for a backrub before sex. After all, didn't my parents and my parent's parents go through aches and pains too?

My husband was great about it and would always oblige because he knew something at the time that I didn't, both partners need to be relaxed both physically and mentally in order to engage in an intimate encounter.

The night before I started to write "Fibromyalgia and Sex Can Be a Pain in the Neck" Scott and I had a long discussion about it.  I had all of this pent up passion on the subject and that lead him to say, "Kim, if it bothers you-- it bothers others. Start the book and let me know when we can have some fun with the research." (Insert laugh from husband here.) And so a book idea was born.