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FIBRO WHAT? FIGHTS BACK

by Jeanne Hambleton 

How often have we all said we are sick of folk saying ‘fibro what’ when we try to describe how we feel? 

Help is at hand! It is now set to music and you just hand those folk the new Fibro What? singles CD. 

Not only will they hear the upbeat lyrics comedy singer song writer Dom Collins has set to music, all about our invisible condition, aches and pains, but you can both

listen to three cheeky tongue in cheek songs donated by our man from Manchester, and have a good giggle. Laughter is the best medicine they say. 

Our bright lad, well known on the northern circuits for his good clean humour and funny songs about every day life, has written the Fibro What song to help his friend, fibromite Christine Thomson. 

“I wanted to do something to raise awareness for May 15 and when Dom offered to help I was delighted. I am fed up with the lack of government funding and doctors still telling us it is all in our heads, and I am anxious everyone should know more about our invisible disability. I also felt it was important to highlight the need for research to find a cure. So the proceeds from sales will go towards Jeanne Hambleton’s new book PAIN 24/7 The Fibromyalgia Jigsaw©, due to be published in the summer, as the sales money from the book will go to research. The more books we sell the more money for research,” said Chris.  

While climbing the ladder of success, Dom’s work has also been recognised by two Royals, Princess Charles and Prince Edward, as well as PM Gordon Brown and the Leader of the Opposition David Cameron, who were all delighted to receive a copy of the Jack’s Song CD for the January anniversary. You can read the letters on Dom’s website. 

Holding a new contract with a well-known agent Dom expects to be busy playing, singing and making people laugh for the foreseeable future.  His reviews compare him to Mike Harding and Richard Digance and claim Dom will go far. With a cheeky grin Dom told us he loves to entertain and is available for any special occasion from divorces, funerals, vasectomies, wedding, birthdays and corporate affairs.  

Both Chris and I are delighted to have worked with Dom in these early stages of his future career and one behalf of almost one and a half million fibromites, we cannot thank him enough for simply caring and helping to raise awareness about fibromyalgia. 

Delighted with the new CD, which uses her photographs, Chris wants to offer the new CD to Fibromyalgia Support Groups to sell and play on May 12 at the special events to raise awareness about this rotten disability. This would also make sure fibromites, our members, have the chance to buy a copy. 

This is the second time this year that Dom has been benevolent. In January he wrote ‘Jack’s Song’s, a tribute to Jack Judge, the writer of the WWI favourite ‘It’s a long way to Tipperary’. Dom donated the proceeds of this CD to the Army Benevolent Fund (North West).  

For more details about Dom and his work log on to www.domcollins.co.uk. If you click MY SPACE top right hand corner you will hear some of the funny backing tracks for the new Fibro What CD.  These include “A Girl called Chips”, “Can you lend me a tenner, Dad?” and “Does my ar.. look big in these?” 

Copies of the new CD Fibro What are available  from jeannehambleton@mac.com.   Each CD will cost £3.75 plus £1 p&p for a packing and postage…£4.75. 

We hope you enjoy the Fibro What? CD and that your friends want you to buy a copy for them.  The proceeds will help research and maybe lead to a cure.

This article may be published on a health web site, ezine or newsletter provide it remains intact with the link included. Copyright Maurice S Clarke 2007.

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