Capsium Creme
For temporary relief of pain capsium creme has proven effective in providing pain desensitivation.
Devil's Claw
Let About's Alternative Medicine editor, Cathy Wong, ND tell you about the interesting ecological history of this pain and inflammation reducing herb. Go to About.com and search for Alternative Medicine
Willow Bark
Twas the willow bark tree that paved the way to the development of aspirin. Willow bark may even be more effective than aspirin in reducing inflammation.
Tart Cherry
Tart cherry is known to reduce inflammation and help people suffering from arthritis.
Avoiding High Blood Sugars
For those wishing to avoid high blood sugars the easiest way is to look for 5 things on food labels. If any of the 5 are there don't eat it or at least eat only small amounts of the item.
The 5 things are: 1) anything that ends in OSE such as fructose, glucose,etc. (2) syrups such as corn syrup and molasses; (3) enriched flour; (4)hydrogenated oil; (4) Trans fats.
The 5 things are: 1) anything that ends in OSE such as fructose, glucose,etc. (2) syrups such as corn syrup and molasses; (3) enriched flour; (4)hydrogenated oil; (4) Trans fats.
A thickener for anyone who has blood sugar problems
If you have blood sugar problems try this product if you need a thickener. Just click on the title.
Fibromyalgia Video
This is a neat Fibromyalgia Video. Good one to send to friends who just don't 'get it'. Interesting background music to go with it too. Click on the title to view.
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is May 12
May 12 is CFS/Fibro Awareness Day and once again, we want to inundate our elected officials with letters calling their attention to these two under-funded, under-recognized diseases.
Tell your elected officials:
Who were you before CFS/fibro? How has it changed your life? If you can't work, what makes you unemployable? (e.g., fibro fog, excessive absenteeism, napping in excess of ADA allowable standards, etc.)
Here are a couple quotes to consider putting in your letter: (and I'm sure each of you has your own favorites to share)
Fibromyalgia is a systemic dysregulation of the neurotransmitters, with many biochemical causes.–– Devin Starlanyl, M.D.
Dr. Paul Cheney found that in dual chromatography analyses, many CFIDS patients actually had more derangement of the brain, on a biochemical level, than Parkinson's or Alzheimer's patients.
The incidence of CFIDS is now higher than that of lung cancer, breast cancer or HIV infection in women
Dr. Mark Loveless, an infectious disease specialist and head of the CFS and AIDS Clinic at Oregon Health Sciences University, proclaimed that a CFIDS patient "feels every day significantly the same as an AIDS patient feels two months before death."
Dr. Daniel Peterson's Medical Outcome Study revealed that no other set of patients had ever measured so poorly. CFIDS patients experienced greater "functional severity" than the studied patients with heart disease, virtually all types of cancer, and all other chronic illnesses.
This disease is actually more debilitating than just about any other kind of medical problem in the world. –– Dr. Leonard Jason
40% of CFS patients studied by a Chicago group were completely disabled by the disease. Nearly all of these said they had been denied Social Security benefits.
If you can't find just the right quote, search the archives at Co-Cure.org; there are plenty of good research papers on every area of CFS/fibro where you can swipe the perfect sentence to make your point, with the power of a researcher's name behind it.
For Awareness Day 2007 Fibromyalgia in focus Update go to the following website or click on the title http://www.fmaware.org/fmOnlineNewsletter/2007/no4/article_awareness.htm
Tell your elected officials:
Who were you before CFS/fibro? How has it changed your life? If you can't work, what makes you unemployable? (e.g., fibro fog, excessive absenteeism, napping in excess of ADA allowable standards, etc.)
Here are a couple quotes to consider putting in your letter: (and I'm sure each of you has your own favorites to share)
Fibromyalgia is a systemic dysregulation of the neurotransmitters, with many biochemical causes.–– Devin Starlanyl, M.D.
Dr. Paul Cheney found that in dual chromatography analyses, many CFIDS patients actually had more derangement of the brain, on a biochemical level, than Parkinson's or Alzheimer's patients.
The incidence of CFIDS is now higher than that of lung cancer, breast cancer or HIV infection in women
Dr. Mark Loveless, an infectious disease specialist and head of the CFS and AIDS Clinic at Oregon Health Sciences University, proclaimed that a CFIDS patient "feels every day significantly the same as an AIDS patient feels two months before death."
Dr. Daniel Peterson's Medical Outcome Study revealed that no other set of patients had ever measured so poorly. CFIDS patients experienced greater "functional severity" than the studied patients with heart disease, virtually all types of cancer, and all other chronic illnesses.
This disease is actually more debilitating than just about any other kind of medical problem in the world. –– Dr. Leonard Jason
40% of CFS patients studied by a Chicago group were completely disabled by the disease. Nearly all of these said they had been denied Social Security benefits.
If you can't find just the right quote, search the archives at Co-Cure.org; there are plenty of good research papers on every area of CFS/fibro where you can swipe the perfect sentence to make your point, with the power of a researcher's name behind it.
For Awareness Day 2007 Fibromyalgia in focus Update go to the following website or click on the title http://www.fmaware.org/fmOnlineNewsletter/2007/no4/article_awareness.htm
Create and print your own emergency medical card
Here is a site that allows you to type in your emergency info and then
creates a emergency card that you can print with that information. Click on the title above.
creates a emergency card that you can print with that information. Click on the title above.
Doctors Who Understand Fibromyalgia
Does your doctor have a great understanding of fibromyalgia? Do you have a health care team that takes great care of you? The National Fibromyalgia Association is compiling a database of “FM-Friendly” healthcare professionals worldwide who treat fibromyalgia. If you would like to recommend a healthcare professional for this list, please click on title to access their form.
Success by Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of
false friends;
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of
false friends;
To appreciate beauty,
To find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
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