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I know many people with fibromyalgia like to see what news is “out there” in terms of educating others about their misunderstood disease.
CNN has this Health Minute article, Fibromyalgia: Little understood, often frustrating.
What do you think about the article?
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Company’s Calling, a popular Monday feature, hasn’t appeared for a while because I ran out of volunteers who wished to be interviewed. I would love to get the feature going again because I get emails (and comments) from people who appreciate learning how others have dealt with and who are dealing with their issues of […]
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, […]
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 […]
I’ve written about how chronic pain can affect your sex life, (Have chronic pain? You can still have sex. and Sex & chronic pain - the two can go together) but Disaboom, a great blog, has another article in it: Fibromyalgia and Sex.
Disaboom is a great site that discusses all stuff that can be related […]
Sometimes, we can read as much as we want about something, but watching a video can put it into better perspective. I found this video on fibromyalgia that I thought explained the disease - and why it’s misunderstood - in a simple manner. To watch the video, just click on the TV screen below:
Here are […]
In earlier posts, I’d written that exercise may help with some symptoms of fibromyalgia (Fibromyalgia pain may be relieved in swimming pools) and another study is coming up with similar findings, except with weight training this time.
According to Finnish researchers who published their findings in International Journal of Sports Medicine, women with fibro should […]
It’s hard for some people to understand how you can develop a deep friendship with someone you’ve never met. With today’s technology, communicating by computer and by phone, it is quite easy to do that.
Through my love of greyhounds and my participation on the GreyTalk forum, I got to know Tricia Olson-Giles, of West Tennessee. […]
As the debate among people who live with fibromyalgia, as well as the medical community, continues as to whether fibromyalgia is a true disease and whether Lyrica (pregabalin) is helpful (or harmful) therapy, another story has been published about its benefits in treatment regardless of depression or anxiety.
It’s difficult enough to find treatments for diseases […]
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) […]
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