Archive for March, 2012
Important Pain Discovery
One of the biggest hurdles with chronic pain is that our bodies store memories of previous pain, which make us hyper-sensitive to future sensations, like pain. One extreme example of this is phantom-limb pain – where a person feels current pain in a limb that has previously been amputated as if it had never been [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2012 under Treatments.
Tags: Central Nervous System, Pain, PKMzeta, PKMζ, Research
Comments: 6
Fibro Feelings – That Extra Boost
What is Fibro Feelings? It seems as though my bursitis is stuck at this new level of pain that is worse than I was in February, but a lot better than I was October thru mid-January. I still have a week to go before I could get in with my Rheumatologist, so I think I’m [...]
Posted: March 26th, 2012 under Fibro Feelings.
Tags: Bursitis, Friends, Google +, Pain, Pinterest
Comments: none
Fibromyalgia Segment on Dr. Oz
I was happy to hear Dr. Oz was going to talk about fibromyalgia on his show again. I’ve always wished he would devote more time to it since he not only has the power to bring awareness to the syndrome, but also can influence others about misconceptions. When I saw it was included in an [...]
Posted: March 22nd, 2012 under Miscellaneous.
Tags: Brain, D5 Ribos, Dr. Hollie Phillips, Dr. Oz, Elimination Diet, Medicine, Melatonin, Stress, Tender Points
Comments: 24
Tips & Tools for Finding a Great Doc
Previously, I wrote about how important the doctor-patient relationship is. In this post I’m going to talk about tips and tools for finding a great doctor, if you don’t currently have one. This task is especially difficult if you have fibromyalgia due to the energy needed to do this and the fact that not all [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2012 under Advice.
Tags: Arthritis Foundation, Doctor, Dr. Oz, Rheumatologist, Tools
Comments: 1