chronic pain

The myofascia system is a wonderful example of how my health issues, and my way of going about things, lead me to be "aware", at least, and perhaps somewhat "educated" about some things a while ago that I'm thrilled to see currently being focused upon by a big website such as Mercola dot com.  (See below, from September 1, 2018.)  read more »

I got onto Facebook and saw that last night someone had posted one of the big, colorful status' that shows up like a meme.  "When I'm asked what cannabis oil did for (my beloved/child (daughter), I don't know where to begin.  Those who remember, what did you notice improved?" The comments that followed:

Person A: It has improved soooo much!!! I would tell them that it has improved her quality of life immensely and helped mommy in seeing the great results!  read more »

Mitochondria is the 'overlap', or one of the overlaps, between cancer and other disorders which mainstream, "organized medicine" has separated and segregated in their classifications.  Most medical information / product / services consumers have come through mainstream medicine at some point, typically for their formative years and a large portion of their consumer experience.    read more »

I wanted to be sure everyone who is researching using Lumigrate about chronic pain knows of the information in a section in forums that was created using the broader term 'environmental illness' -- You may simply scroll down the list and find it OR here's the direct link:   read more »

I was fortunate to connect with a very experienced and successful Lyme advocate in the United States who knows the ropes from the inside of the Lyme community. Currently beginning therapy using bee stings, she has been fighting the fights one has to go through with insurance and disability and the providers, and has regained her abilities to communicate and she's just a 'ball of fire' from St. Louis, "the middle" of the United States.

Recently she suggested this website, CFS/ME (+ Lyme) Recovery Path --  read more »

I often say that 1/3 of things I've tried related to my health has been helpful, 1/3 has been harmful, and 1/3 is a 'neutral' or 'I don't know'.  And sometimes, things that were helpful at first end up not being so helpful any more, either because of side-effects OR because in doing a 'functional medicine' approach and not solely 'mainstream, allopathic medicine', I'm taking care of underlying problems and therefore my wellness level changed, so then the need for the medication has lessened or changed.    read more »

Women and men are treated very differently by the allopathic, conventional medicine system when it comes to diagnosing and treating pain, as this recent piece by Laurie Edwards so brilliantly conveys in the New York Times (dot com, online version, links included and encouraged to go read at the source for all the fun images, etc.).  read more »

I was pleased to see on Facebook today that Toni Berhard's "5 Tough Choices You Face When Chronically Ill or in Pain" has already become on of Psychology Today's top-read topics after being posted on Monday of this week. I am not surprised; Toni is an award-winning author, has a fascinating background in terms of having been an accomplished legal professional, and then ended up with a new 'occupation' of writing about having chronic illness, and as her book's title indicated "turning straw into gold".   read more »

How common is fibromyalgia (FM)?  read more »

This is an excellent article that I want to encourage people to go to and read in it's entirely, particularly if you're looking for information about pain or any of the senses being hypersensitive -- touch, sound, smell/olfaction, light. This is very well written, reporting on the current thinking from allopathic medicine on the subject.    read more »