Tag: Stress
The Doctor-Patient Relationship
The relationship that you have with your doctor may be one of the most important relationships you have, when you’re living with chronic illness. Your doctor is your go-to-person for all mysterious or even embarrassing health concerns you may have. Having one that you are confident in and comfortable with alleviates a great deal of [...]
Posted: October 11th, 2011 under Advice.
Tags: Doctor, Stress
Comments: 9
Managing Pain by Decreasing Stress
Guest post by Dr. Ramoun D. Jones, MD Fibromyalgia affects nearly 2% of the entire U.S. population, roughly 6 million people, the majority of those affected being women. Arizona pain doctors, like myself, spend countless hours treating mothers, sisters, wives and daughters who have lived with this condition for the better part of their lives, [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2011 under Exercise, Treatments.
Tags: Cortisol, exer, Pain, Stress, The Pain Center, Therapy, Yoga
Comments: none
Fibro Feelings – Sunny Day
What is Fibro Feelings? Last week I talked about snow and this week I’m going to start off talking about sun! Today we were graced by the warmth of the sun for most of the day. It gave me the extra oomph I needed to do some clean-up gardening. Many of my plants were confused [...]
Posted: January 20th, 2011 under Fibro Feelings, Living with Fibro.
Tags: Back, Breaks, Gardening, Insomnia, Sleep, Stress
Comments: 3
Eye Opening Revelation
I recently had an eye-opening revelation in regards to support from family and friends. I realized that there are quite a few situations in life that you can’t fully understand unless you have gone through them yourself. This can create a disconnect between what kind and how much support someone having a hard time needs and [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2010 under Living with Fibro.
Tags: Gratitude, My Philosophy, Stress
Comments: 3