I'm not even sure Tricare recognized CFS or any of the attendant similar diseases. All I'd asked was to be tested for arthritis (I'm experiencing a lot of joint pain, but that could be due to other factors like a higher energy and activity level now that I'm on insulin).

I'm fortunate that our phlebotomist is awesome! She always gets me on the first stick, never leaves a bruise and almost never gives me a sore arm for the rest of the day. Today, you'd never know I had a blood stick yesterday.

And she keeps chickens!