When diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and Fibromyalgia in 2005 at the age of 38, store manager of the IUS Bookstore, Julie Faulds, could have just thrown in the towel. Instead, she wrote a book. “‘Chronically Positive’ is part memoir and part self help,” Faulds said. “It is based on my journey after being diagnosed with both illnesses.” Neither rheumatoid arthritis nor fibromyalgia have a cure.