This area is inspired by the suggestions and requests of people today using Lumigrate.com ... some of which I have not had the pleasure of personally meeting yet and ONE which I have the the pleasure of saying was one of my former patients prior to her moving away. At the time this real-world person was working with me, Dr. Young and I were formulating what would later become the Fibromyalgia Forum (named by this particular patient, as I recall) and she had requested we have something on a weekend for family to attend, as our meetings were on Thursdays at 4 (determined by the restrictions of the realities of the building schedule and the provider schedule). It's SO hard to get people in the same place at the same time anymore, and it just seemed infinitely more beneficial to have a website and, while there are tradeoffs of 'in person', at LEAST there is SOMETHING that most people can grasp onto. Rather than maybe a handfull or two people being able to come in Grand Junction, Colorado every week or hoping to get a Saturday at 1 room and speaker arranged that about 20% of people could realistically attend, we can hope that eventually a handfull or two THOUSAND people will cross this area and benefit from it. I'll hope that our medical experts will also pass through here and write something that will all help us, and I'll invite myself to be one of them (grins). This is obviously a VERY needed area, so thank you for inspring it along the way today and in years past.... ~ ~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [1] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
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