*1) Name
Lanya Davis

*2) Age
43

*3) What medical conditions do you have, or think you may have? 
ME/CFIDS, fibromyalgia, migraine, TMJ

*4)Are you the friend or family of someone w/ one of these illnesses? 
nope.

*5) Male/female
female

6) Town or City you live in
Oakland

7) Ethnicity
white, and working class

8) Sexual orientation/Gender Identity (I ask this question bc/ many gay, lesbian, and transgendered people w/ these illnesses have expressed that they feel more comfortable in groups like this, if they know that there are others like them in it.  I am a lesbian.)

bisexual

9) Level of functionality - i.e. homebound - unable to cook or clean for self, able to get out a few days in a week, work part-time, work full-time

work full time, but am in pain constantly

10) Questions you have for the group i.e. "does anyone have a good rheumatologists who knows how to treat FM," "does anyone have a good Kaiser doctor," "would anyone like a walking buddy," "would anyone like a phone buddy"

I've used many wonderful bay area holistic practitioners, but due to financial constraints, I am now seeking a more traditional in-network type of doctor. Any recommendations for good primary care doctors or rheumatologists in the Oakland/Berkeley area who are Blue Cross preferred providers?

11) Interests you have that have nothing to do w/ your illness(es)

12) Anything else you want to say about yourself.