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  • The study suggests Fibromyalgia might be an immunologic disorder

    Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome defined by chronic widespread pain with multiple tender points, fatigue, sleep dysfunction, and abnormal pain processing. The syndrome can have many other associated symptoms as well but those can depend on person to person. The cause of the syndrome is unknown but theories have revolved around the idea of trauma or problem with the nervous system caused by injury, virus, or essentially an automatic nervous system dysfunctional condition along with theories that speculate it is an asleep dysfunctional condition or it is autoimmune in nature. The role of immune system dysfunction had been downplayed in recent years due to the recent evidence to demonstrate the neurological components. If this new research into the immune system can be replicated it may very well be that Fibromyalgia is a neuroimmune syndrome in nature which could vastly change how it is looked at in research and treatment. In fact, the method used in the research for their test could, in fact, be used in the future diagnostically.

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    Looking at Cytokine cells

    The researchers used several methods to study the cytokine levels of people with Fibromyalgia to healthy subjects. Cytokines are part of our immune system which are proteins that help manage our immune response. “Recent data highlight the role of the immune system in FM. Aberrant expressions of immune mediators, such as cytokines, have been linked to the pathogenesis and traits of FM. We, therefore, determined whether cytokine production by immune cells is altered in FM patients by comparing the cellular responses to mitogenic activators of stimulated blood mononuclear cells of a large number of patients with FM to those of healthy matched individuals “ Prohealth

    Methods

    The study was done by the blind method. There was a total of 110 Fibromyalgia subjects and 91 control subjects involved. All the FM subjects had symptoms and a diagnosis of at least one year and underwent two independent examinations to confirm they met the criteria according to the standards of the  American College of Rheumatology. All FM patients were off their fibromyalgia medications two weeks prior to the study being started. Patients with comorbid conditions were excluded specifically ones with already compromised immune systems; such as autoimmune conditions. The median age of the group was 39.

    They used “Plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)…. Parallel samples of PBMC were cultured overnight in medium alone or in the presence of mitogenic activators; PHA or PMA in combination with ionomycin. The cytokine concentrations of IFN-γ, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, MIP-1β, MCP-1, and MIP1-α in plasma as well as in cultured supernatants were determined using a multiplex immunoassay using bead array technology. ” BMC Clinical Pathology December 17, 2012

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    Findings

    Essentially Fibromyalgia patients had substantially lower levels than the control group. Cytokine levels “of stimulated PBMC cultures of healthy control subjects were significantly increased as compared to matched non-stimulated PBMC cultures. In contrast, the concentrations of most cytokines were lower in stimulated samples from patients with FM compared to controls. The decreases in cytokine concentrations in patients’ samples ranged from 1.5-fold for MIP-1β to 10.2-fold for IL-6 in PHA challenges. In PMA challenges, we observed 1.8 to 4-fold decreases in the concentrations of cytokines in patient samples.””BMC Clinical Pathology December 17, 2012

    The research done by BMC Clinical Pathology concludes “The cytokine responses to mitogenic activators of PBMC isolated from patients with FM were significantly lower than those of healthy individuals, implying that cell-mediated immunity is impaired in FM patients. This novel cytokine assay reveals unique and valuable immunologic traits, which, when combined with clinical patterns, can offer a diagnostic methodology in FM.” BMC Clinical Pathology December 17, 2012

    Conclusion:

    “In the past, FM was claimed to be a rheumatologic, neurologic or psychiatric disease despite the fact that there were no objective links to any of those pathways. Our findings uncovered evidence that FM is instead an immunologic disorder. They prove that the immunologic basis of FM occurs independently of any subjective features. Hence, this illustrates the very strong clinical value of our test protocol. The fact that individual cytokines exhibited similar dynamics in patient samples reveals that the FM patients are uniform in regard to their cellular immunologic responses.”  BMC Clinical Pathology December 17, 2012

    Based on one study there is not enough evidence to say that Fibromyalgia is an immunologic disorder, but if more studies confirm similar findings it could mean a great deal. There has been a shift to see the syndrome as neurological and this would increase the shift towards neuroimmune. This means a great deal since it is pointing to specific immune dysfunction which could lead to specific treatments and a better overall grasp of what is going on with this syndrome. Most important is the idea that they could come up with a diagnostic tool, which the lack of has always been a problem. It could lead to people being diagnosed early and prevent misdiagnosis if there was a diagnostic tool.

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  • Fickle Fibromyalgia: My pain flare stories

    Venturing out of my abode got me thinking about fickle fibromyalgia pain.

    Recently I have been thinking about the variety of FM symptoms because some of them overlap with chronic migraine symptoms such that I don’t know which is the cause… such as vertigo; migraine-associated vertigo or FM-related vertigo, or the balance problems and even the sensitivity to sound and light. The thing is FM came first and migraines later and then chronic migraines so no matter how much my neuro wants to label everything chronic migraines he is actually just saying things doctors had actually labeled everything fibromyalgia before.

    But my trip and any trip actually or any unexpected activity remind me of the fickle fibro pain. How it can hit like lightning in any muscle group or all muscle groups. How it can be a deep muscle ache that gets worse and worse, grinding and deep until your mobility is completely restricted, or a sharp nerve pain that arches through you or stings like cold fire or burns.  The pain can be crippling and many of the incidents I remember can be so different and triggered by different things or nothing at all… so fickle.

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    The first fickle fibromyalgia pain was when I was quite young.

    Excluding the aches I had as a child the first sharp crippling pain came when I worked a job where I was standing for eight hours at some customer service job. I remember the pain of doing that but I was familiar with that sort of pain already and not diagnosed at the time. I believe at the time they had said I had ‘hypermobility with soft tissue pain’ so pain from standing was due to me being double–jointed. It sucked but it was familiar.

    What wasn’t familiar was the fact that after enduring it for eight hours and getting home and sitting down, with profound relief, I couldn’t stand up. After a brief moment of rest and I tried to get up for supper and pain arched through my legs and they collapsed. Just gave out from the very pain itself.

    It was the first time I realized if you have severe fibro pain you cannot stop and rest. There is no point to it because resting and getting up causes severe pain, sometimes causing your legs to just give out but most definitely causing a lot of difficulty in getting moving again because of intense pain… so it is better to just keep going, no matter how slow.

    The next incidents of intense fickle fibromyalgia pain occurred when I was an undergraduate in university.

    Because that is when my fibro because more severe due to sleep cycle changes and so forth. Also when I was officially diagnosed but not treated (I was told too young to be treated). I flared up really bad one year but there was no reason for it. I was living off-campus at the time. I was physically fit in the sense I walked to school every day. I walked my dog every day. I rollerblade and so forth. Fairly active for someone with chronic pain. I was doing what they want us to do… exercise. The flare-up nearly crippled me.

    My fifteen-minute walk to school went from fifteen minutes to forty minutes and was extremely painful. It took a lot of willpower to achieve. Even when I got there it was difficult to sit at my desk, to actually sit down, and then to sit for the entire time. I just remember trying to pay attention through the pain. And that is why I remember that flare up so much because it reminds me of a migraine…. trying to think through pain and not being able to. That pain was all over pain. It hobbled me pretty good… but it was not just the legs, it was back, shoulders, neck… every damn place. And no cause. It lasted about six months and then was gone. It was in summer and wasn’t a weather thing. Just not sure what was the cause.

    One university triggered one was caused by a summer job.

    One thing about fibromyalgia was that I could not work during school. I wasn’t capable of it. Work took too much out of me, so during the summer was my saving up money time. But unfortunately, sometimes it took a little too much out of me anyway if I chose the wrong job. We learn that the hard way with fibro being as it is so fickle we learn what jobs we can and cannot work. I learned as a kid, and during summer jobs that standing for eight hours is extremely painful but what can you do? Service industry jobs are easy to get when you have no experience.

    Next job I learned lifting things repetitively or moderate lifting is a very bad thing to do if you have fibro… I got costochondritis. But I didn’t know it. I started getting twinges of chest pains which I ignored, they got more frequent more painful than more constant. The local doc said it was stress. So I ignored it and it got worse and worse. Until when I lay down it felt like someone was squeezing the life out of me, pressure and pain. I ended up in the ER one night because it got severe one night when I went out drinking. That doc said he didn’t believe in fibromyalgia (as was common back then) and sent me away. Needless to say, this pain wasn’t going away so I made the trip home to my family doc who did a chest x-ray and told me what it was. I guess because I have fibromyalgia and maybe because I had aggravated it so much by working with the pain it lasted well into the school year. The pain receded very slowly over six months. It has never, ever been as bad as that.

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    Graduate school was another massive fickle fibromyalgia flare

    When I was in graduate school and I needed to get my thesis signed by all the dudes who needed to sign off on it I had to get my copies printed then run around to find the professors to get them to sign and then get the thesis to the right place in order to meet my deadline. This campus was huge. I did a lot of running around. I can’t walk, walk, go upstairs, walk, walk, go upstairs without beginning to feel pain. It isn’t possible.

    So I started getting pain in my hips, knees, and feet. I had to keep going because I needed to get it done. I started moving slower and slower and getting more and more distraught. I was running out of time but I couldn’t physically move faster. In the end, I was moving so slowly that I might as well not have been moving. I ended up in my department crying because I couldn’t get it done. A professor found me and I explained (I had not been aware I could get disability benefits on campus by the way so no one knew I had fibro) he called my missing prof and got him to come to me and then got someone to bring my thesis to the right place. I was extremely thankful. I was also stuck there for an hour before I could move again. It was embarrassing to me as well. I never wanted to admit it could actually affect me. Not like the migraines were… and the migraines are what killed my academic career.

    The fickle fibro hellish desk job flare

    The next incident was years later because like a good fibro girl I aimed for a desk job and settled into it. But flares for no reason happened anyway. This one just occurred and surprised me because I could not explain it. It started in my feet, in the arches. Severe arch pain in both feet. I could barely walk just shuffle around. I could not really lift my foot and every step hurt. I tried fake arches. An anti-inflammatory cream my doc gave me. Foot exercise. Nothing. It lasted a year and then just gone. Then started in my wrists, both wrists, tendinitis I guess but so painful I could not put any pressure on them, had a hard time writing with them, and had to wear a brace at night and sometimes at work. They hurt like that for about eight months and then just stopped.

    So when my feel suddenly hurt when I wore those sandals I remembered that pain. Those are flares of pain. And the pain in specific spots. Pains other people get for different reasons but we get those sorts of pains for no reason they are part of our normal life. The aching muscles, and general soreness… that is every day, not a flare.  Skin pain is a different kind of pain altogether. Nerve pain is also a different kind of pain. Fibromyalgia has a lot of different types of pain.  Because it is fickle. It can hit when you take a fifteen-minute walk, which has happened to me, or not until you have walked for an hour. Random, completely random. And these Hellish Flares of Doom… I don’t know what causes them. Sometimes we overdo it and pay and pay and pay. Sometimes they hit for no reason and we pay and pay and pay. I don’t get it but they are way worse than any other flare we have… and we have enough of them as-is.

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  • Can hypermobility increase pain in Juvenile Fibromyalgia syndrome?

    Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2012, states Juvenile Fibromyalgia (JFM) is correlated with 40% of children and teenagers who also have benign hypermobility (HM). In fact, in adults hypermobility is an often seen comorbid condition.

    Pediatric Rheumatology, however, undertook an observational study to see if hypermobility affects the pain experience of adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia. It must be mentioned that juvenile fibromyalgia is a relatively new area. Often the reason it took people a decade or more to be diagnosed is that early symptoms were ignored, puzzled over, and passed on leaving the patient to continually get worse and eventually get diagnosed in their twenties if they were lucky. 

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    So there has been a great deal of progress to see people acknowledging the syndrome presents far earlier than they had initially thought in many patients. In fact, there was a study done to see what the prevalence rate was for subjects who had fibromyalgia and hypermobility.

    The study carried out by the Department of Pediatrics at Louisiana State University (study) had a study group of 338 students and the prevalence of JFM was 6% and of that six percent 40% had hypermobility.

    The study

    The study included one hundred and thirty-one JFM patients between the ages of 11 and 18.  They completed a daily visual analog scale (VAS) pain rating for a week and did the 18 tender point colorimeter assessment as well.

    The results show that 48% of the sample size of JFM subjects was found to be HM+.  HM+ and HM- patients did not have any differences in their self-stated pain intensity ratings.  However, those who were HM+ had significantly greater pain sensitivity, their tender point threshold was found to be lower, and they had a larger amount of those tender points contrasted to HM- subjects.

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    Conclusion

    From the study, we can say that a juvenile with FM and joint hypermobility does not necessarily report more pain intensity, but that there is increased physiologic pain sensitivity.  They are looking to further study the relationship between increased pain sensitivity associated with hypermobility with juvenile fibromyalgia.

    From this study, we can see a high co-occurrence of juvenile fibromyalgia with hypermobility.  As research into juvenile fibromyalgia is relatively new it will be interesting to see what comes of it. Fibromyalgia is often considered to have an onset in the thirties that increases in probability with age. Researchers still investigate and speculate about rapid-onset cases where someone develops FM after an accident or illness, but it is an entirely different matter if it develops with no trauma and in childhood. It would be interesting to see how many adult-onset people with FM have hypermobility and if the occurrence rate is far lower why it would be that developing FM at such a younger age comes with such a high incidence of hypermobility.

    I had no idea about this but apparently, they have a class of fibromyalgia called Juvenile Fibromyalgia… so they are actually looking at children and teenagers and diagnosing them properly.  Would have been nice had they done that when I was younger because I was one of those people with FM that had it at a very young age and so spent a lot of time going to the doctor for blood work and tests and no answers.  Took a long time to get my diagnosis and by then it was pretty bad.  So I’m glad they have finally figured that out… not everyone gets in their thirties or older and not everyone gets it after a trauma or illness… sometimes we have the syndrome and it just slowly gets worse over time. I also have hypermobility syndrome.. that I was diagnosed with early by the way.  And it is one of the things that is comorbid with FM, a lot of us are hypermobile and apparently about 40% of JFMers are.  I wonder if it is just those who develop it as children who are more prone to having it or if it is all around common to have this co-occur and I wonder why so many of us have this… FM is in the brain and it is all about the nervous system, whereas hypermobility is the joints and connective tissue.  An interesting puzzle.

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  • 100 Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

    There was a site that had this and I had linked to it on Tumblr but it is gone. So I had to hunt down someone who found my post and posted the whole thing in a forum. Anyway, it is around but I’m posting it here so I will not have to hunt it down to reference it. Now we all know the major symptoms are the widespread pain, but our pain isn’t just muscle pain… it can be nerve types of pain as well, fatigue and insomnia. And even among symptoms, there are some far more frequently than others, but it should be said we have categories… like the cognitive dysfunction, which is a broad one that has more than one symptom and we often just say fibrofog. Insomnia… more than one sleeping disorder. So the list is interesting.

    GENERAL
    __ Fatigue, made worse by physical exertion or stress
    __ Activity level decreased to less than 50% of pre-illness activity level
    __ Recurrent flu-like illness
    __ Sore throat
    __ Hoarseness
    __ Tender or swollen lymph nodes (glands), especially in the neck and underarms
    __ Shortness of breath (air hunger) with little or no exertion
    __ Frequent sighing
    __ Tremor or trembling
    __ Severe nasal allergies (new allergies or worsening of previous allergies)
    __ Cough
    __ Night sweats
    __ Low-grade fevers
    __ Feeling cold often
    __ Feeling hot often
    __ Cold extremities (hands and feet)
    __ Low body temperature (below 97.6)
    __ Low blood pressure (below 110/70)
    __ Heart palpitations
    __ Dryness of eyes and/or mouth
    __ Increased thirst
    __ Symptoms worsened by temperature changes
    __ Symptoms worsened by air travel
    __ Symptoms worsened by stress

    PAIN
    __ Headache
    __ Tender points or trigger points
    __ Muscle pain
    __ Muscle twitching
    __ Muscle weakness
    __ Paralysis or severe weakness of an arm or leg
    __ Joint pain
    __ TMJ syndrome
    __ Chest pain

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    GENERAL NEUROLOGICAL
    __ Lightheadedness; feeling “spaced out”
    __ Inability to think clearly (“brain fog”)
    __ Seizures
    __ seizure-like episodes
    __ Syncope (fainting) or blackouts
    __ Sensation that you might faint
    __ Vertigo or dizziness
    __ Numbness or tingling sensations
    __ Tinnitus (ringing in one or both ears)
    __ Photophobia (sensitivity to light)
    __ Noise intolerance

    EQUILIBRIUM/PERCEPTION
    __ Feeling spatially disoriented
    __ Dysequilibrium (balance difficulty)
    __ Staggering gait (clumsy walking; bumping into things)
    __ Dropping things frequently
    __ Difficulty judging distances (e.g. when driving; placing objects on surfaces)
    __ “Not quite seeing” what you are looking at

    SLEEP
    __ Hypersomnia (excessive sleeping)
    __ Sleep disturbance: unrefreshing or non-restorative sleep
    __ Sleep disturbance: difficulty falling asleep
    __ Sleep disturbance: difficulty staying asleep (frequent awakenings)
    __ Sleep disturbance: vivid or disturbing dreams or nightmares
    __ Altered sleep/wake schedule (alertness/energy best late at night)

    MOOD/EMOTIONS
    __ Depressed mood
    __ Suicidal thoughts
    __ Suicide attempts
    __ Feeling worthless
    __ Frequent crying
    __ Feeling helpless and/or hopeless
    __ Inability to enjoy previously enjoyed activities
    __ Increased appetite
    __ Decreased appetite
    __ Anxiety or fear when there is no obvious cause
    __ Panic attacks
    __ Irritability; overreaction
    __ Rage attacks: anger outbursts with little or no cause
    __ Abrupt, unpredictable mood swings
    __ Phobias (irrational fears)
    __ Personality changes

    EYES AND VISION
    __ Eye pain
    __ Changes in visual acuity (frequent changes in inability to see well)
    __ Difficulty with accommodation (switching focus from one thing to another)
    __ Blind spots in vision

    SENSITIVITIES
    __ Sensitivities to medications (unable to tolerate “normal” dosage)
    __ Sensitivities to odors (e.g., cleaning products, exhaust fumes, colognes, hair sprays)
    __ Sensitivities to foods
    __ Alcohol intolerance
    __ Alteration of taste, smell, and/or hearing

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    UROGENITAL
    __ Frequent urination
    __ Painful urination or bladder pain
    __ Prostate pain
    __ Impotence
    __ Endometriosis
    __ Worsening of premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
    __ Decreased libido (sex drive)

    GASTROINTESTINAL
    __ Stomach ache; abdominal cramps
    __ Nausea
    __ Vomiting
    __ Esophageal reflux (heartburn)
    __ Frequent diarrhea
    __ Frequent constipation
    __ Bloating; intestinal gas
    __ Decreased appetite
    __ Increased appetite
    __ Food cravings
    __ Weight gain
    __ Weight loss

    SKIN
    __ Rashes or sores
    __ Eczema or psoriasis

    OTHER
    __ Hair loss
    __ Mitral valve prolapse
    __ Cancer
    __ Dental problems
    __ Periodontal (gum) disease
    __ Aphthous ulcers (canker sores)

    COGNITIVE
    __ Difficulty with simple calculations (e.g., balancing checkbook)
    __ word-finding difficulty
    __ Using the wrong word
    __ Difficulty expressing ideas in words
    __ Difficulty moving your mouth to speak
    __ Slowed speech
    __ Stuttering; stammering
    __ Impaired ability to concentrate
    __ Easily distracted during a task
    __ Difficulty paying attention
    __ Difficulty following a conversation when background noise is present
    __ Losing your train of thought in the middle of a sentence
    __ Difficulty putting tasks or things in proper sequence
    __ Losing track in the middle of a task (remembering what to do next)
    __ Difficulty with short-term memory
    __ Difficulty with long-term memory
    __ Forgetting how to do routine things
    __ Difficulty understanding what you read
    __ Switching left and right
    __ Transposition (reversal) of numbers, words, and/or letters when you speak
    __ Transposition (reversal) of numbers, words, and/or letters when you write
    __ Difficulty remembering names of objects
    __ Difficulty remembering the names of people
    __ Difficulty recognizing faces
    __ Difficulty following simple written instructions
    __ Difficulty following complicated written instructions
    __ Difficulty following simple oral (spoken) instructions
    __ Difficulty following complicated oral (spoken) instructions
    __ Poor judgment
    __ Difficulty making decisions
    __ Difficulty integrating information (putting ideas together to form a complete picture or concept)
    __ Difficulty following directions while driving
    __ Becoming lost in familiar locations when driving

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  • Fibromyalgia Life may be tough, but so are you

    Life with one or more chronic illnesses is tough.

    Life with chronic pain is tough.

    Life, whether you are chronically ill or not, is tough.

    But I have news for you! You are tougher!!!!

    Yes, that is right.  I know that there are times when you don’t feel tough.  I also know that there are days when you truly lack physical strength, but that doesn’t mean that you aren’t tough.

    As long as you are fighting for your life, looking for ways to improve it, finding joy in every day, and not giving up, YOU ARE TOUGHER THAN YOUR ILLNESS OR CHRONIC PAIN!

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    I know that taking a nap may feel like your illness has won, but it isn’t true.  You win when you acknowledge that your body needs to rest.  It takes guts to do what your body demands of you, instead of forcing your body to follow your desires.  It takes immense strength to go to physical therapy, to keep trying new treatments, change your lifestyle, make healthier choices, and most importantly accept that all these things must be done in order for you to remain strong enough to survive.

    Here are three examples to help you build and maintain the emotional strength that is necessary for living with a chronic illness or pain.

    Number One: Spend more time with people who lift you up and less with those who bring you down.

    Those who constantly remind you of your limitations or are always bringing up your shortcomings, are only going to weaken you. 

    People who point out your strengths, help you find alternative ways to do things, or just cheer you on when you try something new will build your confidence. 

    Who are you spending most of your time talking to?

    My life isn’t filled with people who understood how difficult living with fibromyalgia, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, endometriosis, and its fallout, degenerative disc disease, and coccydynia is. 

    The difference between my life then and now is that I choose not to spend much time with those whose favorite word is CAN’T.  Tweet

    The more I hear that I can’t do something, the more I believe that I can’t do anything. 

    I may not be able to do everything the way I used to, but I CAN find new ways to do what I want.

    Number Two: Seek counseling

    I am not talking about joining a social media support group.  Those are okay to meet other people who “get” it but not for truly dealing with your fears and life choices.  Nor is it fair to expect your family or spouse to be the ones to counsel you.  There are many options available for counseling depending upon your needs.

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     If You Need A Crisis Hotline
    The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255
    SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) – 1-800-662-4357
    RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) – 1-800-656-4673

    Lifeline Crisis Chat
    Veterans Crisis Line – 1-800-273-8255 (Press Option #1)
    National Domestic Violence Hotline – 1-800-799-7233
    MentalHelp.net (An American Addiction Centers Resource) – 1-866-308-2184
    NAMI Helpline (National Alliance on Mental Illness) – 1-800-950-6264

    And for those wanting regular therapy with a licensed therapist, but either have crappy healthcare coverage or none and have either transportation issues or are just in too much pain to travel one or more days a week, Online-Therapy.com offers therapy when and where you want it.

    Number Three: Start envisioning your future WITH your chronic illness.

    I know that you are hoping and praying for a cure. I am too. But the reality is that our chronic illnesses are most likely going to be with us for the rest of our lives, especially for those of us over 50.

    If your chronic illness isn’t included in all of your future dreams and plans, your future will be filled with disappointment. Not only that, but you will be unprepared for the hard times that await you.

    Sorry to sound like a Debbie downer, but living with your head in the clouds waiting for life to magically be transformed will only lead to more heartbreak.

    When you envision a future that includes your chronic illness, you aren’t giving up, you’re getting real!!!

    Instead, you will grow stronger because your mind will be focused on figuring out what you will be able to do, making alternative plans, or finding a different way to do what you had originally planned for.

    Will things go wrong? Of course, they will! Do you know anyone who hasn’t had anything goes wrong in their life? I don’t! The difference is that you will be better prepared.

    I know you are tough because if you weren’t you wouldn’t be reading this blog post. If you are feeling like you are stuck in your life, take a deep breath, assess your situation, make plans to move forward, and never forget that you are a warrior!

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  • Posture Pump Gets to the Source of Fibromyalgia Neck Pain

    The pain in fibromyalgia often first shows up as chronic upper back and neck pain. In fact, recent studies have shown that the majority of fibromyalgia patients have lost the natural curve in the cervical spine. In this post, I am going to tell you how a device called the Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator can be an effective home therapy for neck and upper back pain.

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    Fibromyalgia Neck Abnormalities

    One of the possible causes for fibromyalgia discovered by researchers is cervical stenosis. Cervical stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck area or upper part of the spine. This narrowing places pressure on the spinal cord resulting in nerve compression which can affect the entire nervous system.

    Another area of interest is the straight neck abnormality that in itself can cause spinal cord compression. In one study, cervical spine x-rays of 138 fibromyalgia patients were analyzed. Turns out that 88% of the FM patients in the study had a straight neck based on measuring the Cobb angle and 90% had a straight neck by visualizing the lateral view of cervical spine x-rays.

    When you lose the normal neck curve, the weight of the head is no longer balanced by the opposing curve in the upper back. This can cause significant pain for the neck muscles, headaches, reduced range of motion, premature disc degeneration, disc herniation, numbness, tingling, or weakness in the arms. It can also lead to a loss of bladder control, loss of balance, gait disturbances, and dizziness.

    This is where Posture Pump® comes into the picture.

    The Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator

    Posture Pump® is a spinal health product recommended by doctors to thousands of patients throughout the USA and other countries. Not only it is recommended by doctors, but the Posture Pump® was also created by a doctor with over 30 years of experience treating the neck or back.

    Normal spinal curves allow nutrients to flow into the joints. Loss of postural curves causes disc compression and blocks the flow of nutrients. This forces the head forward. Every inch your head is moved forward an extra 10 pounds of weight is added to your neck. As a result, forward head posture leads to chronic pain, numbness in the arms and hands, improper breathing, and pinched nerves.

    The Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator shapes and restores the cervical curve hydrates the joints of the neck and back and helps decompress the joints to increase your range of motion.

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    The Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator (Model 1400-D) comes fully assembled and easy to follow operating instructions. All you have to do is adjust the head strap until it feels comfortable and secure. Then you use a hand pump to pump up the air cells to your level of comfort. Wait 10 seconds and release the air out. You repeat filling and deflating the air cell 10 to 15 times.

    Next, inflate the unit and relax 1 to 5 minutes the first time and gradually work up to 15 minutes before deflating the air cells. There is a warm-up routine that acclimates the neck muscles. Do this before and after using the Posture Pump®.

    The first time I used the Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator the muscles on both sides of my neck got so tight I could barely move my head. I found out it is normal to be sore the first week. I was only sore the first time. After that, I feel a warmth in my neck muscles as though I can feel the blood circulating through my neck.

    I’ve had neck and shoulder pain since my teens. X-rays at that time showed that my neck had lost its natural curve. The Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator is made to restore the natural neck curvature. It definitely brings immediate relief to the pain in my neck, shoulders, and upper back. So far, the relief is temporary but with fibromyalgia ANY relief is good. I am going to continue using the Posture Pump and see what happens.

    Key benefits of The Posture Pump® Cervical Disc Hydrator:

    • Relieves Painful Neck and Upper Back Stiffness, Headaches and Fatigue
    • Shapes & Restores the Proper Neck Curve
    • Decompresses & Hydrates Compressed Discs
    • Decreases Disc Bulging
    • Reduces and Corrects Forward Head, Neck and Upper Back (Hump) Posture
    • Applies Reversing Pressure to Upper Back Humps
    • Improves Flexibility and Ranges of Motion
    • Lightweight, Easy to Operate & Travel With
    • Made in the USA & Built to Last
    • 60-day money-back guarantee

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  • Why You Need A Good Probiotic When You Have Fibromyalgia

    Why You Need A Good Probiotic When You Have Fibromyalgia

    Probiotics are the good bacteria that line your digestive tract and support your body’s ability to absorb nutrients and fight infection. Therefore, it is important to restore the proper balance of healthy bacteria in your digestive tract with a high-quality probiotic supplement.

    Disclosure: I have been given Schwartz Bioresearch Probiotic 40 Billion CFU in exchange for this review. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was in no way influenced by the company.

    When we have an overgrowth of bad bacteria, toxins start to build up, causing inflammation, pain, digestive problems, autoimmune disease, and even anxiety.

    Several studies connect fibromyalgia with problems in the gut, emphasizing a strong relationship between fibromyalgia and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO ). For example:

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    • A study in 2008 found a relationship between alterations of the intestinal microbiota ( gut flora ) and fibromyalgia.
    • Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found that 100% (all 42) of fibromyalgia patients they studied had small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).
    • SIBO is often associated with increased intestinal permeability (leaky gut) . In this study of 40 patients with fibromyalgia, 28 (70%) had leaky gut. 12 of the 28 patients with leaky gut had no digestive symptoms.
    • A Spanish study in 2009 found that 98% of FM patients had at least one functional gastric disorder.

    Along with fibromyalgia, many health issues, including IBS, colitis, diabetes, autoimmunity, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, heart disease, depression, anxiety, eczema, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus have all been shown to be associated with gut health.

    Health Benefits of Probiotics

    Probiotics offer many health benefits which have been proven by research. For the purpose of this blog, I am going to list the most important benefits for those of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. These benefits include:

    • Boosts the immune system
    • Helps heal from leaky gut syndrome and inflammatory bowel conditions like IBS, colitis, and Crohn’s disease
    • Increases ability to absorb nutrients from food
    • Increases energy from the production of vitamin B12
    • Helps break down and eliminate toxins
    • Helps prevent and treat urinary tract infections
    • Suppresses yeast overgrowth (Candida)
    • Naturally treats skin issues such as eczema and psoriasis

    How To Restore Healthy Probiotic Bacteria

    Probiotics are essential for optimal digestion of food and absorption of nutrients. They also help your body produce vitamins, absorb minerals, and eliminate toxins. Gut bacteria are very vulnerable to lifestyle and environmental factors, such as processed foods, chemicals and pesticides, antibiotics, and stress.

    Here are 7 tips to restore and maintain your gut health:

    • Avoid sugar and processed foods that promote unhealthy bacteria and yeast in your gut.
    • Eat fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, and pickles, as long as your gut is not aggravated by them.
    • Eat plenty of fiber in the form of vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds.
    • Drink plenty of water which helps to keep your bowel movements regular and healthy bacteria thriving.
    • Avoid foods that trigger inflammation such as gluten, dairy, and eggs that can disrupt your healthy bacteria.
    • Minimize stress by implementing the stress remedies that work best for you.
    • Take a high-quality probiotic supplement

    What To Look For In A Probiotic Supplement

    Probiotic formulas are available with many different types of bacterial strains. The most important probiotic bacteria come from two species, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, although there are many others. Each group of probiotic bacteria has different species and each species has different strains that have slightly different functions.

    Probiotic supplements that contain multiple strains tend to be more effective overall than products containing an extremely high concentration of just one or two strains. A good-quality probiotic supplement should also have a clearly labeled expiration date and shelf life potency guarantee.

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    Why I Like Schwartz Bioresearch Probiotic

    I may be one of those people with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth who doesn’t have any digestive symptoms. Once in a while, I have gas, bloating, and constipation but not often. And those symptoms are usually mild. I have more problems with sinusitis, pain, fatigue, allergies, and asthma which can also be signs of a leaky gut.

    A little over a month ago the kind folks at Schwartz Bioresearch sent me a bottle of their Probiotic 40 Billion CFU to try. I have been taking a probiotic for the last couple of years so I wasn’t sure I would notice any difference. But after taking Probiotic 40 Billion CFU for 30 days I have seen some improvements.

    For one, I haven’t had any digestive issues at all. I felt lighter, less tired, and less congested. I wasn’t even using my inhaler as much. Now it could be a coincidence but I ran out about a week ago and the congestion is back and so is the fatigue.

    I just want to say, I am extremely careful about what supplements I take. I don’t want to waste money on products that don’t contain what is claimed on the label. And even more important, I don’t want them to contain harmful additives. So before I take any supplements, there are some safety guidelines I follow.

    I feel comfortable recommending Schwartz Bioresearch Probiotic 40 Billion CFU for the following reasons:

    1. Schwartz Bioresearch Probiotic 40 Billion CFUs is a blend of 4 scientifically studied Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus strains which include:
      • L. Acidophilus – supports overall digestion, nutrient absorption, immune health, and urinary health, and may also provide some benefit for cardiovascular health by reducing cholesterol.
      • L. plantarum – supports overall digestion, and immune health, and may also reduce gastrointestinal side effects associated with antibiotics.
      • L. paracasei – supports liver health, boosts energy levels, and could be helpful for fighting infections.
      • B. lactis – supports overall digestion, immune health, and bowel health, and may also support healthy cholesterol levels.
    2. Schwartz Bioresearch probiotics have a guaranteed shelf life of 18 months. They are one of the very few who can guarantee potency until the expiration date. They guarantee high-quality, shelf-stable probiotic strains which maintain at least 10 billion CFU until expiration date .and survive harsh stomach acids to reach the intestinal tract where they exert their greatest benefits.
    3. Schwartz Bioresearch Probiotics are made with 100% natural ingredients and are free of gluten, lactose, soy, wheat, nuts, iron, sugar, chemicals, artificial colors, binders, and fillers.
    4. Schwartz Bioresearch Probiotics are third-party tested for potency, purity, and content. Each batch of probiotics is extensively analyzed by professionals before its release.

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  • How to Become a Specialist Solicitor

    If you want to become a solicitor, there are numerous different fields you can specialize in from tax and litigation to Ronty injury claims and fibromyalgia. Here we explore the required routes to becoming a specialist solicitor.

    What Is a Specialist Solicitor?

    A specialist solicitor is a professional who is an expert in a particular and specific field of law. Once qualified, solicitors often choose to specialize in a particular legal area, which can be something such as family, property, tax, litigation, or maybe something more specific such as space law or injury claims.

    It is not necessary to specialize in a particular area of the legal system and there are also general solicitors who can assist across a range of legal needs. This can include things such as general legal advice, legislation, drafting legal documents, and representing clients in court.

    General solicitors are also typically able to assist with things such as property conveyancing, writing wills, and custody cases.

    What to do to Become a Specialist Solicitor

    In order to become a specialist solicitor in the UK, you will first need to undergo the typical solicitor trajectory.

    Higher Education

    Your legal trajectory does not need to start at the college or A-Level stage, but what you choose to study at A-Level could help you get ahead of the curve when it comes to studying any sector of law. Any subjects which demonstrate analytical and research abilities will help you start to hone your legal skills.

    Additionally, there are some online law courses that you may be able to complete alongside your studies.

    When choosing a university degree, the most logical path is to study a three-year degree in law. This will help you obtain a broad overview of the different aspects of law and may also help inspire a specialism for later down the line. For example, if you know you want to study business or medical law, it might be worth studying business or medicine first and then completing a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) afterward.

    It is not always necessary to study law as your undergraduate degree as you can often complete the GDL (law conversion) after you have graduated. If you do choose to study law at the undergraduate level, you can move directly onto your SQEs without needing to take the GDL.

    Legal Work Experience

    It is possible to skip the higher education route and go directly via a legal apprenticeship, which can last between 5-6 years. This route is a combination of studying and real-life work experience in a law firm. Apprenticeships can be a great way to apply theoretical knowledge in a real-life setting and can help you decide if a career in law is really for you.

    Training Contracts

    In order to complete your qualifications to be an accredited solicitor, you will need to complete a two-year training contract (or pupillage) after your studies with an accredited law firm. Alongside this, you will also need to complete a Professional Skills Course.

    Specializing as a Solicitor

    After completing the steps to become a solicitor, you will have an idea about which area of law is the most interesting for you. You may for example decide that specializing in something like chronic pain and CRPS is of interest, or perhaps something a little more general. You can ultimately decide if you would like to become a specialist in a specific field of law or go down the route of general law.

    Specializing in Personal Injury Law or Medical Malpractice

    Becoming a personal injury specialist solicitor requires the same first steps as any other career in law in that you will need to complete an undergraduate degree in law or in another subject followed by the GDL. After this, you will need to study the Legal Practice Course and then secure a training contract with a law firm that specializes in Personal Injury or Medical Malpractice in order to get the relevant experience.

    For Medical Malpractice law, you will first need expert knowledge of medical knowledge coupled with a deep understanding of diagnosis and treatment of medical issues.

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  • Can fibromyalgia be caused by trauma?

    Fibromyalgia can affect people of all ages and backgrounds, but it is seven times more likely to be diagnosed in women than in men. The condition tends to develop between the ages of 30 and 50, however, it is not uncommon for it to occur in people of all ages, from the very young to the elderly.

    It’s not clear what causes fibromyalgia although it may be caused – or exacerbated by – physical traumas, such as car accidents and falls, often due to no fault of the patient. It can also start after a stressful event, like the death of a loved one.

    Possible triggers for the condition include:

    • An injury
    • A viral infection
    • Genetics
    • Stressors such as being born premature, traumatic life events such as abuse, accidents, or being deployed to war

    Physical Trauma and Fibromyalgia

    Many people suffering from fibromyalgia date their condition back to a traumatic event. It does not need to be associated with trauma to the spine, and many experts link fibromyalgia symptoms to injury that affects the head and neck and claim that traumatic triggers of fibromyalgia can be much more widespread.

    Although experts are increasingly aware of the correlation between trauma and fibromyalgia, many doctors are not. It is possible for a car accident to cause fibromyalgia although the condition can be misdiagnosed as whiplash. If you’re looking to make a claim about fibromyalgia that was caused by an accident through no fault of your own, the general rule is that you must claim within three years of knowledge of the negligence which caused your symptoms. There are of course exceptions to this rule however the sooner you act and seek specialist help, the better.

    What Are the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia?

    Fibromyalgia affects people differently but the main symptoms you should look out for include:

    • widespread muscle pain and joint pain
    • fatigue
    • poor sleep
    • anxiety or depression
    • digestive problems, including diarrhea or constipation, and IBS
    • stiffness
    • face or jaw pain (temporomandibular disorders)
    • headaches or migraines
    • memory problems
    • extreme sensitivity and tingling or numbness in hands or feet

    What Triggers a Fibromyalgia Attack?

    Fibromyalgia flare-ups are common and certain things can trigger fibromyalgia symptoms, especially stress. Increased pain and worsening fatigue are the hallmarks of a fibromyalgia flare-up, although additional symptoms may also occur during flare-ups, including increased difficulty with sleep, increased trouble thinking (cognitive dysfunction), digestive difficulty (such as acid reflux), swollen extremities, and numbness and tingling.

    Flare-ups can happen without warning and a flare-up can last anywhere from a few days to weeks at a time, although research has shown that certain things can bring on a fibromyalgia flare-up including:

    • changes in daily routines
    • dietary changes or a poor diet
    • hormone fluctuations
    • lack of sleep
    • work-related stress
    • illness
    • emotional stress
    • treatment changes
    • change in sleep patterns
    • weather or temperature changes

    Fibromyalgia can arise through the experience of one or many physical or emotional traumatic events, which create stress and distress for individuals, and in turn, affect changes in the brain and central nervous system. There is no cure for fibromyalgia but many people who have been diagnosed with the syndrome are able to live a healthy and full life, especially those considered to be suffering from the lower level, less severe versions of the syndrome. It is important to try to manage and improve fibromyalgia syndrome and follow the advice of doctors and other medical professionals at the earliest opportunity.

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  • Invisible Disability Awareness

    Invisible Disability Awareness

    We have embodied beings. All of us. But what then is distinct about the lived experience of pain? What is it like to have your life and choices filtered by pain, limited by pain, and yet be invisible to others? I will tell you what it is like. It sucks.

    Yes, it sucks. There I said it. Like so many others with invisible disabilities I have danced, no, shuffled through life with this awesome mask of well-being on. This carefully constructed façade I wear so that I do not exhibit any of the pain behaviors that would make others know I am in fact in pain. There are so very many reasons why we create these masks. First of all, to look like I am suffering all the time, while accurate, makes other people uncomfortable and eventually doubtful. It makes me feel like I am a chronic complainer or whiner. It does not help and in fact, hinders my ability to function without it. It helps me repress that core emotional anguish we carry in us that we have to endure such things.

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    Masks crack sometimes and the pain shines through. Is it fair that we must endure such suffering while trying to work just to make other people comfortable? No. It sucks. The very fact that we feel compelled to mask our pain and try to live the life society and our families would like us to is ludicrous since we merely compound our own suffering to put others at ease. Are we not invisible enough without compounding it with our silence?

    So I say it stops now. Say I am in pain and it sucks. Shout it out! ’We are in pain and we won’t stand for it anymore. Set up a protest at your doctor’s office and pelt doctors with empty prescription bottles. We will not be invisible. It is not our job to make others feel comfortable around our suffering, not when the world demands so much from us, thus not letting us at least minimize our pain. The definition of invisible is not non-existent. Non-existence means does not hold the trait of existence within and does not exist abstractly or concretely in the universe. Invisible simply means cannot be perceived visually. I thought that would be rather self-explanatory.

    If you suffer from chronic pain I beg you to show it. To speak of it. Do not make yourself worse in order to ‘pass’ as normal. It never works. You cannot have ambition like others. You cannot set long-term goals like others. You cannot be a model employee, raise your family, and care for your home like others. Your whole existence is defined by the limitations and lived experience of pain. Own it, don’t let it own you.

    I talk the talk, but I do not always walk the walk. I feel genuine outrage though that those of us with chronic pain, and invisible disabilities, are forced to suffer in silence. Does it really come as a surprise that depression is always ‘co-morbid’ with these conditions? A person would have to be mad, or a masochist, to endure such pain day after day, with little to no relief for an indeterminate amount of time, and be all cool with it. We are talking about pain that does not have an end date. Where pain is the status quo. Not pain that comes and goes, like a twinge in the old tennis elbow when it rains or a broken leg that can be healed.

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    Humans have an amazing capacity, with the right medication, to handle extreme pain for short durations. However, try mild to severe pain forever, without all the nice drugs, and see how that works for you. Not so fun then is it? Okay, pain is not fun no matter what, unless you are a masochist. I wish I were a masochist. Point is, that chronic pain is a form of torture and everybody breaks from torture eventually. I rather think we are entitled to a pity party once in a while. Rant and rave a few times a year. Maybe publicly shed a tear or two.

    So let us explore all the various facets of the chronic pain existence through personal experience, humor, slices of real life, and some facts thrown in there just for fun. This is not to explain what certain conditions are… you can google that like everyone else. This is to delve into what it is like to be in chronic pain, to live in a pained body, and what an Invisible Disability really means. And this is the time to Blog our butts off because this is Invisibility Awareness time.

    I have Fibromyalgia which is an Invisible disability because it involves chronic pain and symptoms that do not cripple or otherwise show themselves physically. Secondly, I have chronic migraines which drastically affect all aspects of my life but again are all about pain, which is subjective and therefore can be doubted by the outside observer. Because Fibromyalgia has in the recent past been doubted by doctors I have learned to minimize its effects on me because doctors were completely unwilling to help with it and I always got the impression they thought I was simply being dramatic if I dared to complain about my suffering. This habit has carried forward in my life and I do the same with chronic migraines. What I learned about suffering in silence was that it leads to frustration and isolation. Ironically what I learned from trying to fight for my rights as a person with a disability, and failing, was that it is really easy to try and kill yourself. And that there is a frequent concern for those of us with Invisible disabilities… risk of suicide. That is why spreading awareness of the cost of chronic pain is vital.

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