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Help My Hurt

June 29th, 2008

Yikes - Pfizer’s ad for fibro awareness

I haven’t seen this but I don’t watch a lot of TV, so that’s not surprising. According to the Pharma Marketing Blog, Pfizer has come up with a new way to try to sell more Lyrica. An ad comparing fibromyalgia with being battered.
I really don’t know what to think about this. Read the blog entry, […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

7 tips for living with fibromyalgia

Not 5, not 10, but 7 tips for living with fibromyalgia - but I didn’t write them. Dr. Michael Verdolin over at Medical News Today did, so you’ll find the seven tips in this article: Seven Helpful Tips For Dealing With The Pain Of Fibromyalgia.
If you’ve been living with fibro for a while, you likely […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

April 14th, 2008

Company’s calling - an RN speaks about her fibromyalgia

 
This week, we welcome Bonnie Hensley, a 50-year-old registered nurse in the Seattle area joins us. She tells me that she works 56 hours in a 2-week period (3 days one week, 4 the next) in a community hospital operating room.
She’s been an OR nurse (”all I’ve ever done as a nurse,” she says) […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

April 1st, 2008

9 Fibromyalgia myths

All illnesses have some myths associated with them, some more than others. Diseases like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are two that have many myths.
The MayoClinic.com has addressed this and published Fibromyalgia myths: The truth about 9 common myths.
Here’s one: “Myth: You were diagnosed with fibromyalgia because your doctor couldn’t find anything wrong with you.”
If […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments