# Hi everyone, I’m Lora **URL:** \ **Category:** Greetings and Introductions\ **Created:** [November 5, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/hi-everyone-i-m-lora/12783 "2019-11-05T01:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lwahamaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Lwahamaa](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/Lwahamaa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/hi-everyone-i-m-lora/12783/1 "2019-11-05T01:37:41Z")
My name is Lora, I’m from Ontario! I’m in my early 20s, trying to start my own life. I try to do as much as I can, I’m very happy to have found this group. I got my official in January 2019. I had been having the symptoms since I was 7 or 8 years old with my family doctor completely ignoring me. He decided that I had fibromyalgia and that was the cause of everything past, present, future. Until 2019 I had believed it. Until my new family doctor discovered that he found the Chiari malformation in 2012 and didn’t tell me or my parents (I was under 18). I continued with my horrible pain and symptoms and playing contact sports. Not knowing that I had a lot more serious issues then I knew. ---
**Author:** ![gabby\_jazzypants](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.chiarisupport.org/gabby_jazzypants/32/2947_2.png) [@gabby\_jazzypants](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/gabby_jazzypants)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/hi-everyone-i-m-lora/12783/2 "2019-11-08T21:30:47Z")
Welcome to the group Lora. I am in Canada as well. I went through the Canadian healthcare system for both diagnosis and surgery. It is not an easy road for anyone. I hope that you may glean much information here and find out where you can seek advice in your own area as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lwahamaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Lwahamaa](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/u/Lwahamaa)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.chiarisupport.org/t/hi-everyone-i-m-lora/12783/3 "2019-11-09T02:59:46Z")
Where abouts in Canada? I’m meeting my neurosurgeon this coming week. All the doctors, other then my neurologist, I have found have seemed to fake knowing what it is. Like more agreeing with my understanding of the condition.