Hello to you all
I hope you enjoyed last
week’s eNews, the first on my new blog.
I received several emails telling me that it was good! I appreciate your support. I HAVE managed to put in some illustrations
this week as well. So here we go again.
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WORDz FOR THE WEEK
97.
A mid-life crisis is when you’ve gotten to the top of the ladder and
realized it’s against the wrong wall.
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Feeling
Fibro Foto Competition
Thank you if you voted. We didn’t win but we came 15th out of 68
entries!
If you wish to view the
entries go here
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Articles by Adrienne Dellwo, from FM & CFS on About.com
Tea
for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world, but it's way down
on the list in the U.S., coming in behind coffee and soda. In the past few
years, however, studies suggesting health benefits of tea have certainly raised
their profile and popularity here.
So is it all hype, or is
there something to it? According to research, it looks like tea has several
things to offer. Much of the research is in its early stages and some results
are contradictory, but a picture is emerging.
Fibromyalgia's Impact on Relationships
A new study provides
evidence that fibromyalgia
not only can have a negative impact on relationships, but does so in a large
portion of people with the illness.
Piling On Diagnoses with Fibromyalgia &
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
If you have fibromyalgia
or chronic
fatigue syndrome and nothing else, you're both lucky and rare. Most of us
have diagnosis after diagnosis, and they just keep coming.
Illness Clusters: The Reason Fibromyalgia & Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome "Bring Friends"
Most people with fibromyalgia
(FMS) and chronic
fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
also have a few other illnesses, and both research and observation have long
shown that specific illnesses tend to accompany FMS and ME/CFS.
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PosturePlast Trial for fibromites
Dr Adam Dallison Registered Osteopath & Founder
of PosturePlast has offered fibromyalgia sufferers a free trial of
his PosturePlast. It actively works with
your body to relieve lower back pain. Contact
Dr Dallison direct if you would like to take advantage of his offer.
Mobile: 07775
595278
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How Magnesium Helps You Sleep
By Judy Phillips - Master Herbalist
When the things that “go
bump in the night” seem like sonic booms and wake you from sleep, the problem
could be magnesium deficiency. Among its many important qualities, magnesium
has a calming effect on the nervous system. In fact, magnesium has recently
received considerable attention as an inexpensive dietary supplement that can
resolve and alleviate many sleep disturbances.
To date, over 200
published clinical studies document the importance of magnesium. Many of these
studies were completed within the last decade, supporting the theory that
changes in the American diet have further depleted our bodies’ reserves of
magnesium.
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Coconut Water Health Benefits - What is Coconut Water?
Coconut Water is the nutritious clear liquid
inside the coconut fruit which is packed with vitamins and minerals. There is
usually more water in a young coconut, since the water is replaced by the white
coconut flesh as it matures. Therefore, for drinking purposes, coconuts are
harvested off the trees when they are still young and green. Later, the outer
green husk is removed and the coconuts are wrapped in plastic to keep the
moisture.
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How to
Make This a Joyful Holiday
Even for those Feeling Lonely, Depressed or Emotionally Overwhelmed
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc.
Even for those Feeling Lonely, Depressed or Emotionally Overwhelmed
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc.
Even though the
holidays are supposed to be a joyous time of year as you celebrate with family
and friends, they have the tendency to elicit feelings of depression,
loneliness and despair, leading to bouts of depression and a sense of feeling
utterly overwhelmed by expectations.
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George Osborne and the
ConDems are attacking and stigmatising benefit claimants. Is this an affront to British decency ? Have a
read of the article in the Guardian –
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Why You Should Be
Thinking About Positional Cervical Cord Compression (PC3)
by Andrew J. Holman, M.D.
Spinal
Cord Compression has been found in a high percentage of Fibromyalgia patients,
Here’s hoping that in the near future the NHS will take this information on
board because there is actually an effective therapy for it. It would save the
NHS £millions!!
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A Compilation of Letters for Friends,
Family, and Ourselves
Written
by Starr
This
is a collection of letters I have gathered over time to help you explain and
describe Fibromyalgia to your friends and family. Amongst these are also a
few from Friends and Family members to those of you who are in a
care-giving positions, yourselves.
Many people have been
helped by these letters. Please feel free to make use of them to aid in your
own situation. The more our loved ones understand, the easier our lives will
be.
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Understanding Fibromyalgia If You Are a
Friend or Family Member of a Sufferer
If you are a friend or family member of a person who has Fibromyalgia,
it is vital that you educate yourself thoroughly on the condition. Fibromyalgia
can be a very complicated condition for the sufferer, as well as those people
the sufferer comes in close contact with. It is not easy to detect when a
person has Fibromyalgia because you cannot see the effects of the illness
visibly. Many times, people may take for granted that a person is truly sick if
they cannot visibly see the illness. In this article, I will explain general
ways that a person can understand Fibromyalgia if they are a friend or family
member of a sufferer.
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Fibromyalgia's Impact on Personal
Relationships
Dawn Marcus, MD had been treating fibromyalgia patients for many years
but it wasn't until someone close to her developed fibromyalgia that she began
to really understand how much of an impact FM can have on a person's closest
personal relationships. . . . . . .
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My Family News
This is my way of sending
Christmas greetings to all my friends. I
count you all as Friends.
My Christmas Newsletter
can be found here
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available. Meanwhile, take care, look
after yourselves, don’t overdo things at Christmas, but have a great time.
Fondest wishes
Stella
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like to point out to you that the information in my 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
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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.
I previously sent
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