ME/CFS
Five Things You Should Never Say to Someone with Chronic Fatigue SyndromeI submitted an article for a contest tonight to Health Fitness How To and wanted... More
Will Acetaminophen Drugs Be Restricted by the FDA?This week an advisory committee voted to ban prescription pain medications Vicodin... More
Tell CDC To Change Their Research Plans for ME/CFS!I received an email the other day from the CFIDS Association regarding their hard... More
ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia Around the WebChronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Next Step for Hemispherx’s Ampligen Another... More
More ME/CFS PostsInterstitial Cystitis
Interstitial Cystitis News Around the WebUro Today: Neuromodulation 10 Years On: How Widely Should We Use This Technique... More
Interstitial Cystitis & IBS Around the WebInterstitial Cystitis: Urologist And Allergist Explore Link Between Allergies... More
Allergist & Urologist Explore Link Between Allergies & Interstitial CystitisA urologist and allergist from Louisville, Kentucky got together to explore a possible link... More
Interstitial Cystitis News Around the WebUroToday: Special Report: From the ESSIC Meeting in Göteborg, Sweden –... More
More Interstitial Cystitis PostsFibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia News Around the WebFibromyalgia, Depression and Suicide How does fibromyalgia, depression and suicide... More
Will Acetaminophen Drugs Be Restricted by the FDA?This week an advisory committee voted to ban prescription pain medications Vicodin... More
Fibromyalgia Research Abstracts from ProHealthNeurobiology of depression, fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain – Source: Frontiers... More
Gingko May Help Nerve PainGinko is an herb Fibro patients can take to help with brain fog but there has now... More
More Fibromyalgia PostsOther Chronic Illnesses
Interstitial Cystitis News Around the WebUro Today: Neuromodulation 10 Years On: How Widely Should We Use This Technique... More
Gingko May Help Nerve PainGinko is an herb Fibro patients can take to help with brain fog but there has now... More
Interstitial Cystitis & IBS Around the WebInterstitial Cystitis: Urologist And Allergist Explore Link Between Allergies... More
Allergist & Urologist Explore Link Between Allergies & Interstitial CystitisA urologist and allergist from Louisville, Kentucky got together to explore a possible link... More
More Other Chronic Illnesses PostsCoping & Support
How To Get the Most From Your MedicationsBecause ME/CFS is a complex illness, it often takes many different medications to treat it. According to the CFIDS Association: CFS treatment often requires a combination of medicines and other therapies; a 2003 study by the CDC reported that CFS patients had used twice as many different drugs as non-fatigued controls. The National Academies of... [Continue Reading]
Vlog #2: To Families & Loved Ones of CFS PatientsMy second video is availasble now on You Tube and you can watch it below! This video offers advice to families and loved ones of those suffering from CFS. Please pass the video on to others! [Continue Reading]
The ClimbI love the latest song from Miley Cyrus – “The Climb”. Watch the video and listen to the words. It is a very fitting song for all of us fighting chronic illness. I can almost see it That dream I’m dreaming but There’s a voice inside my head sayin, You’ll never reach it, Every step I’m taking, Every move... [Continue Reading]
Tips On Winning Your Disability ClaimProHealth has a great article by attorney, Jonathan Ginsberg, on how to win your disability claim for ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia and what to expect at your Social Security hearing. Ginsberg specializes in Social Security disability cases for CFS & Fibromyalgia patients. Jonathan also runs the Social Security Disability Resource Website. Here are... [Continue Reading]
Getting Your Life Organized With ME/CFSI recently read an article from Dr. Sarah Myhill, a leading ME/CFS specialist in the UK, that mentioned how the people who get ME/CFS are those who “burn the candle at both ends”. Is this true for you? For me it is. When I became ill I was seriously burning the candle at both ends. Sarah says: They hold down a demanding job, care... [Continue Reading]
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Recovery From Surgery SlowIt is one week today since my surgery and I still feel as though I am recovering from the anesthesia. I actually have more pain in my leg now than what I did the first couple of days after my surgery. I was at the doctor’s office yesterday because of the pus coming out of the incision on my groin and he said that it wasn’t bad and just... [Continue Reading]
Surgery Recovery Issues – Possible InfectionI have to call the doctor this morning about one of my incisions - I think it’s infected. It is one of the incisions in my groin and last night I noticed something smelling really bad when I was using the bathroom and I looked down at the incisions and noticed some pus. At first I thought it was my urine smelling so bad but when I saw the... [Continue Reading]
First Trip Out Of House Since Vein SurgerySaturday was my first day out of the house since I had surgery on Wednesday and all in all I think I did pretty good considering it’s me we’re talking about! I am still not feeling well but by Saturday I thought I was going to go nuts being cooped up in the house. My husband & son took me out to dinner then we went to run a couple... [Continue Reading]
Recovery From Leg/Vein SurgeryI had my surgery on Wednesday morning and everything went rather well. I was scheduled to be at the surgery center at 9:15 a.m. and I was taken back to OR-prep at about 9:45 a.m. By 10:30 a.m. I was being wheeled into the operating room and I was released from the hospital shortly after 1:00 p.m. All in all I was rather pleased with the friendliness... [Continue Reading]
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