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Fibromyalgia News for 03-18-2005
Fibromyalgia News from Yahoo.com
Call for Contributors - Visible Disabilities (BellaOnline)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"Visible Disabilites - We're Not Invisible Anymore will contain stories and photographs of people with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gulf War Illness & more."
Crash victim's partner lives with void (Montana Standard)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"Albert Grindrod won't be carving any more walking sticks, planting any more flowers or getting to know his grandchildren any better. That's because Levi Johnston negligently killed the 70-year-old by speeding and crashing into him more than a year ago on Harrison Avenue in Butte."
Peace and heaven, punch and kick (Toronto Star)
From: us.rd.yahoo.com
"First question about Nia: Is it pronounced knee-ah or nigh-ah? Second question: Umm, what exactly is it? Nia — that's knee-ah — stands for Neuromuscular Integrative Action. It's a fusion fitness workout developed almost 25 years ago by a couple in — where else? — Marin County, Calif."
Fibromyalgia News from About.com
Health Issues in the News
From: chronicfatigue.about.com
"Recent medical news and warnings have involved the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor (rosuvastatin), eczema drugs Elidel (pimecromium) and Protopic (tacrolimus), an islet cell transplant cure for type 1 diabetes, cholesterol treatment Lipitor and a new heart drug torcetrapib, Plavix used in combination with other other anticlotting drugs, MS drug Tysabri, gene therapy concerns, and the shift in focus at the FDA. "
Physician Educate Thyself
From: chronicfatigue.about.com
"Working together in an effort to expand the knowledge base of behavioral and rehabilitation health care providers so that they can improve their understanding and management of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The CFIDS Association of America have created the education program: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management."
In the News Again: Cell Phone Phobia
From: chronicfatigue.about.com
"Cell phones are a way of life for most of us. Yet, like most things in life, cell phone usage is not without its problems. Once again, people are voicing concerns about possible damange to cell DNA that can result from microwave radiation. "
Fibromyalgia News from MedicineNet
Relief From Chronic Pelvic Pain
From: www.medicinenet.com
"Title: Relief From Chronic Pelvic Pain
Category: Health News
Created: 3/8/05
Last Editorial Review: 3/8/05"
Muscle Pain (Myofascial Pain Syndrome)
From: www.medicinenet.com
"Title: Muscle Pain (Myofascial Pain Syndrome)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 2/4/05 5:24:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/25/05"
Fibromylgia Doesn't Mean Inactivity
From: www.medicinenet.com
"Title: Fibromylgia Doesn't Mean Inactivity
Category: Health News
Created: 2/9/05 1:59:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/9/05 1:59:09 AM"
Fibromyalgia News from NewsTrove
Dian Shepperson Mills
From: NewsTrove.com
"Mark Perloe:
“I’m Mark Perloe and I’m here with
the American Society of Reproductive Medicine meeting
in Seattle, Washington and I'm with Dian Mills who
recently updated her book on nutrition. We talked
earlier about how nutrition plays a role in fertility
but I understand that the book is a bit more comprehensive.
Can you first of all tell us the title of the book
and when the new edition will be out?”
Dian Mills:
“Yes, the new edition was out in America on
the 1st of August 2002."
View comments for http://www.tertius.net.au/id/openletter.html
From: NewsTrove.com
"Time: 23:23 Mon Dec 3 2001
Name: Michelle
Comment: Thank you so much for writing this. Even though some of it (very little) doesn't apply to me, MOST of it does. This pretty much sums up what I would like to say to people and couldn't put in words. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Time: 09:23 Sun Jun 23 2002
Name: Nancy Boyle
Comment: I read this a long time ago on the Fibromyalgia Network. Did you get it from them?
Time: 18:38 Wed Jul 31 2002
Name: Penny
Comment: Thank you so much for putting this up."
Berkeley Daily Planet
From: NewsTrove.com
"TUESDAY, MARCH 15
Berkeley Garden Club "Propagation for the Home Gardener" with Kathy Echols, Diablo Valley College Horticulture Dept. at 1 p.m. at Epworth Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins St. 524-4374.
Celebrity Waiter Luncheon & Silent Auction to benefit the Berkeley High Althletic Program at 11 a.m. at Hs Lordship's Restaurant, Berkeley Marina. Tickets are $60 per person or $500 for a table of 10. 526-8885. www.berkeleyathleticfund.org
"Eat in Season" for National Nutrition month with cooking demonstrations at 3:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Farmers' Market, Derby St. at MLK, Jr. Way. 548-3333. www.ecologycenter."
Fibromyalgia Blogs from LiveJournal
From: www.livejournal.com
"Hey guys. I haven't posted in like, 8 bajillion years here, because I hadn't been having any flare-ups! Yeah, but now I'm back to sucky life, but that's okay. Which actually brings up one of my questions; I went up to Alaska over the Christmas holidays, and I was there for a good long while, and I seemed to go into some sort of remission--I only had about two flare-ups over a twenty day period. Then I went back to Georgia, and I got slammed with it again. I know barometric pressure has a lot to do with it.. But that much? I'm not sure why exactly that happened. Any thoughts?
Also; I read a few entries back with the whole debate over the colours for FM--was anything decided? A bracelet would be awesome. (Whoever had the idea for the barbed-wire was a genious.)
And do we have a colourbar? Because.. we should. Seeing as how I'm too lazy to figure it out, is anyone else adequately equipped with fancy computer smarts to make one? This whole lack of awareness is really agitating me. I rarely talk about what I have because very, very few people seem to have ever heard of Fibromyalgia, and those who have usually have some stupid skewed opinion on it."
Keeping Fingers Crossed
From: www.livejournal.com
"I have found a Pain Management Program that specializes in Fibromyalgia. It's local and with a luck (it is St. Paddy's day, after all), my insurance will cover it. It's a comprehensive, team approach that includes generalized pain management, physical therapies, biofeedback, acupuncture, Reiki (never heard of it), Raindrop Therapy (never heard of that, either), Trigger Point Injections and weekly patient evaluation conferences.
I spoke with the Intake Nurse who has FMS and was both sympathetic and supportive of the run around I've had with my doctors. My last pain management doctor claims that FMS doesn't exist, that it's a "trashcan diagnosis for a doctor who can't figure out what's wrong with you." Meanwhile, in the past year, besides daily back pain, I've been diagnosed with migraines, IBS, and Raynauds.
The Intake Nurse was quite surprised that no one has prescribed me an antidepressant and that would be something they would do right away for the neural processing of my brain. I'm not exactly clear on what she meant so I plan on doing some research. She recommended a book by Dr. Jay Goldstein.
I would love if anyone could share their experience with antidepressants, i.e. the good, the bad and the ugly.
Many thanks."
How?
From: www.livejournal.com
"How do you cope?
With the foggy head, the pain and aches, the tiredness?
I have been having serious problems since I started working full time regular hours again (since September). I can't seem to find a way to regulate my body onto a 8-5/M-F schedule. I've tried lots of things, but I'm still hoping to find the thing that works.
I've tried: (most of these I'm still doing FWIW)
vitamin suppliments
regulating sleep
hot baths (that was disastrous)
pain meds
heating pads
light exercise
no late night events (concerts, clubs)
eating better
I'm not sure what else I can try. Pretty much all I do is go to work, come home to eat and sleep, and then leave again. I've eliminated almost everything else because of pain. This is very frustrating, as I need to keep my job, and I'm tired of being in pain almost all of the time.
[x-posted]"
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