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FMS eNews 12/04/14

This weekend we are celebrating two birthdays, my son Michael's on 11th and my daughter Christine's on 12th. So we're having a great family weekend all together.  I hope you are having a good weekend too.  There are lots more goodies for you in this week's eNews.  I hope you find some that are useful to you.
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WORDz for the WEEK

 163.  A life without cause is a life without effect.
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Deficiency of Digestive Enzymes
I think that digestive enzymes need to be given the importance they deserve. Without the optimum amount of these enzymes our digestion and absorption of food and nutrients will be compromised and this can cause or add to many troublesome symptoms and I believe that by improving the efficiency of our digestive system and absorption of essential nutrients are essential for Fibromyalgia sufferers to be able to get back to lasting better health.

 Read more: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17459523/FMS_eNews/Norah_Wickerson_Article-04.pdf
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 Plans are well underway for the next and sixth fibromyalgia conference which is due to take place from Friday 24th to Monday 27th April 2015. 
Great hotel, excellent food, helpful staff, fantastic Manager, pool, steam room, jacuzzi, exercise equipment AND wall-to-wall speakers with 12 presentations. Our Benefits experts are returning by public demand. Join our fibro family, folk who understand and do not say,'Fibro what?' Make great fibro friends.
Entertainment for three nights includes Fibro Fillies Frummies Race night. Name that horse and get a Winner. Sponsor a race and cheer the fillies on. An exciting event as delegates bet everything on the favourite. We have lots of plans for evening fun including a cabaret, dance competitions and a fun band. We will learn by day and enjoy fun and laughter in the evenings. 
Wonderful opportunity to meet Group Leaders, like minded folk, get your questions answered and 1-2-1 talks with the doctors. 

 Read more: http://fibromyalgiaconference.weebly.com/?fb_action_ids=10152062313724366&fb_action_types=weeblyapp%3Ashare
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From Adrienne Dellwo, your Guide to Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Adrienne Dellwo

Would you believe that magnets on your head could improve your life? That's what some researchers are saying about an experimental treatment for fibromyalgia. See what they found out, below.
Also this week, why ME/CFS could lead to broken bones, and why it's a bad idea to take too narrow a view of these illnesses.
Down in Featured Articles, some glossary terms you should be familiar with.
Take care of yourself!

 http://specials.about.com/service/newsletters/chronicfatigue/305339c98800015f48002626.htm
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Vicky's Newsletter
Well Richard has retired and started his first project, the conversion of our kitchen and dining room into one big L shaped room.  I’ve not been very keen on this project from the start and yes I know it will be lovely when it’s finished but…  I feel I’ve been invaded.  I’ve got kind of used to my own space as have the cats!  I think they may need therapy.  I’m going out a lot and I’m afraid with no sink, oven or hob our diet has gone a bit to pot and everything is being microwaved.  I’m told the  project will only last a couple of months…

 Read the rest of the newsletter:-
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1f0fb2b9eada51a6fa54509ba&id=e8ff1977b6&e=2a0fc40be9

 Pilates Crawley Be Activated points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fN8I2dJUh8

 Crawley Pilates Back Mobility and Core Strength Workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drf4SuwN-W0 

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Better Sleep for Fibromyaglia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Using the FibroMapp App

 Do you have problems with your sleep?  (Too much or too little?).  Ever wonder how much your sleep/sleep debt is affecting your pain?  Your concentration levels?  Brain fog? Depression?

 Read more: http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/2014/04/04/better-sleep-fibromyaglia-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-using-fibromapp-app/
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New Approach to Chronic Pain Leads to Novel Treatment Approaches: Antibiotics Anyone? 
Pain Is Not All the Same 
Brain imaging studies like functional magnetic resonance imagery (FMRI) have provided tantalizing
insights into the operation of the human brain. In this blog I’m going to review and highlight research and novel approaches by one of the leading researchers in the rapidly evolving area of chronic pain and the brain, Dr. A. Vania Apkarian, and his colleagues at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

 Read more: http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/2014/04/05/new-approach-chronic-pain-leads-novel-treatments-antibiotics-anyone/
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Archive for Fibro

 http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/category/research/fibromyalgia/
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Pick the Question of the Month: The ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Doctors’ Poll for April
The ten practitioners from Health Rising’s ME/CFS and FM Experts Panel has agreed to answer one question a month from the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia community. We got about 50 questions and I winnowed them down to nine.  (It wasn’t easy)  I was looking for questions that might have application to a broad group of people and  that provided a good amount of information. Questions that were very basic (what is the right approach to treating ME/CFS or FM?), that were very specialized (why are my hands shaking?), that contained too many questions for the doctors to answer  (please tell  how to treat x,y and z) or that asked questions about research, how to find a doctor in a specific location and the like didn’t make the cut. Please use the poll at the end of the list of questions to pick the top three questions you’d like to see answered. The nine ME/CFS practitioners will answer the question that gets the most votes.

 Read more: http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/2014/04/09/pick-question-month-mecfs-fibromyalgia-doctors-poll-april/

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Slideshow: What to do Today to Sleep Better Tonight
Avoid Sleeping In

As tempting as it may be, don't try to make up for a lack of sleep by staying in bed on the weekends. Sleeping in won't make up for a sleep deficit. In fact, according to a recent Harvard study, when you snooze extra hours to compensate for sleep deprivation, your ability to focus is worse than if you had stayed up all night.

See other 10 tips:

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What's Your Pain Tolerance?
Everyone struggles with pain at some point, but how you tolerate pain can be up to you - By Katrina Woznicki

 Why is back pain or a knee injury annoying to one person and sheer agony to another? Turns out, an individual's tolerance to pain is as unique as the person, and is shaped by some surprising biological factors, as well as some psychological factors that we can actually try to control.

 Read more:  http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/whats-your-pain-tolerance

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New from Harvard Health Publications


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What is Oil Pulling?  (Is it a good idea?)

 Oil pulling – or oil swishing – is the practice of swishing oil around your mouth. Not all too fun a
concept when put literally, eh?
The catch (and the reason the internet is going wild over it) is, when oil pulling is done right (see below) you experience some really phenomenal health benefits.

 http://www.lelalondon.com/2014/03/oil-pulling-101/

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Girls Night In at The Thomas A Becket

 Indulgent treatments & delicious food, what more could a girl ask for?
The Thomas A Becket in Worthing, Wednesday 16th April 2014 
Beautiful newly re-furbished venue. The Ultimate pampering evening.
Enjoy a 2 course delicious meal & 1 Indulgent treatment* for only £30!
Mini Manicure, Mini Pedicure, Reflexology,Massage Back, neck & shoulder or Indian Head Massage 

 Read more: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c7d20b59d20e84ac52bbadaa9&id=d50477ea70&e=8911b240ec

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Sharpening Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and Management Skills: Improving the Patient Experience

 TARGET AUDIENCE
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of primary care practitioners—physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—as well as pain specialists, rheumatologists, and neurologists involved in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia.

 http://ce.paradigmmc.com/a/6798P Ax53AE

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Do You Suffer From Hot Flushes?

 Sorry, gentlemen, but this is one for the ladies ... I have been receiving requests for tips to help deal with the hot flushes that so many women experience during the menopause.
Who gets them? 
Research shows that up to 85% of women approaching menopause may experience hot flushes. As with many things the duration, intensity and frequency can vary greatly.
What causes hot flushes?

 Find out:  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17459523/FMS_eNews/Forget_Fibro-14.04.13.pdf

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FM HealthWatch
What's the Hidden Cause Behind YOUR Fibromyalgia Flares? 
Often we know what causes our flares but sometimes they seem to sneak up on us without warning. Learn to recognize the many different and oft times subtle things that can trigger a fibro flare.

 This and other articles here: www.prohealth.com/em/EM040914F
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Fibromyalgia in Tonbridge, NEWSLETTER – April/May 2014
● Hello to you all again. Isn’t it great to welcome this warm spring with open arms? With Easter just around the corner, this weather is giving us all a much needed boost of natural vitamin D from the sun that we all benefit from.
● We are delighted to have recently received a kind donation of £50.00 from the ASDA store in Kingshill from their Kingshill Community Life Scheme. We were made very welcome when we visited the store to collect our cheque and ASDA Community Colleague Claire Lawlor is very keen to help us with further fundraising.

 Read whole Newsletter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17459523/FMS_eNews/Tonbridge_FM_News_14.04-5.pdf
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WARNING!  Lawncourt Harvest Ltd recalls Munchy Seeds Honey Seeds due to possible contamination with small stones and pieces of glass

 Lawncourt Harvest Ltd has recalled the implicated product and customers who bought the product will be notified in writing by the wholesale retailer that supplied them. A copy of the recall notice that will be issued by Lawncourt Harvest Ltd is attached to this notice, which tells consumers about the recall and explains the actions to take if they have bought the product.

 http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/alerts/2014/apr/munchy-honey-seeds#.U0XGhoZBmb4
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GreenMedInfo.com Special Announcement, April 10th, 2014

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I hope that those of you with young children are finding the strength to cope during the school holidays and are able to have some quality time with them.

 Best regards to you all
Stella

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N.B. I would like to point out to you that the information in my FMS eNews blog is passed on to you mainly from other sources. Links are given to the original articles. I take no responsibility for their accuracy but freely give them publicity if I think they might be of interest to my readership. Sites I refer you to are for information only. They might conflict in their opinions, they might not even be medically sound, but I merely offer them for you to peruse and make your own judgements, accept or reject as you will. Only by reading widely can we get an overall picture of fibromyalgia syndrome and how we can deal with its symptoms, learn to cope with them and still have a life. Any advice or recommendation of a medical or legal nature should always be discussed with a qualified professional.
I also include various awareness items, benefits issues, as well as general health considerations. Anyone wishing to reproduce any of the included items in printed form should seek permission from the originators.
Wordz for the Week are from ‘Wordz for the Day’ by Donnie Kuhn, Sr. who died in May 2011.
This eNews is my personal offering to fibromyalgia sufferers and their carers and is not related to any other organisation or charity.
If you don’t already get reminders when each new FMS eNews is posted, please send an email to fmsstella@gmail.com and you will be added to the emailing list.

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