It's so irritating when people say 'you look great' - I know they mean well, but they can't see the bandages strapping my legs from toes to knees, the cuts on my calves caused by swelling trying to bulge through the bandages, can't feel the exhausting constant pain of the right shoulder and the right wrist (I saw professor Harmon last Friday - amazing man and high class specialist in pain management field - who said that this is the stage to see the surgeon and that the wrist has to be operated, while as to shoulder, I might be able to wait a little longer for the surgery), can't feel the constant nagging pain of the abdomen, can't see how every bait of food I take makes me heave when my body tries not to swallow anything...  Yes, I look great - because my illness is invisible, and my face is swollen to look round and full...
When you meet somebody with fibromyalgia, think twice before telling them how great they look.  With all the pain, the look is the last thing that matters...