A ring of resources and shared experiences concerning fibromyalgia. You may also find chronic fatigue syndrome resources and experiences here but for other related illnesses please look in Chronic Pain Resources.
For those in the New England area, Dr. Benjamin Natelson will be speaking about his "splitter" approach to research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Sat. April 28 in a lecture co-sponsored by the Massachusetts CFIDS/ME and FM Association. If you're not close by, I will be covering the event for Mass CFIDS and will post my article on their website. I...
Image via Wikipedia Today is my last day of homeopathic hCG drops. The 55ml bottle lasted 38 days. I'll do two days on the VLCD (very low calorie diet) without hCG and then start maintenance. I lost a total of 18.5 pounds in 38 days and went down two jeans sizes. I've gathered some interesting tips and tricks to make the diet easier and more succe...
Image via Wikipedia After 30 days, I lost 16.5 lbs and 12.5". I am going for 40 days or until my hCG drops run out, whichever comes first. After I reach 40 days or no drops, I'll move into phase 3, or the maintenance stage. This is when you train your body and your brain to maintain the new (lower) set-point for weight. One of my mentors, Frankie ...
Image via Wikipedia Before and after hCG! You may be wondering exactly how hCG works and how to follow the Simeon Protocol. Well, I'll tell you - but first my check-in. The third week was similar to the second - slower weight loss than the first week and I hit another plateau. I did an " apple day " and lost 1 lb. That's 13 lbs total and 9" so far...
Image via Wikipedia I've finished my second week of the hCG Simeon Protocol and my weight loss has definitley slowed down. However, 10.5 lbs in two weeks is still great progress! I've lost 2.5" in my waist alone. At the end of the first week I hit a plateau. My mentor ( Jonathan Glass of Healing Essence ) said that a plateau often happens when the...
If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. But in this case, I'm making an exception. Proponents of the hCG diet along with the Simeon protocol claim that pounds and inches will literally melt away. I've lost 7 lbs in 7 days, and in all the right places, like my waist (down 1.5") and stomach. I tried every kind of mainstream diet from...
Rusty in the doggie carriage Yesterday I had to do one of the hardest things I've ever had to do - put our family dog to sleep. Rusty was a 13 1/2 year-old Welsh Springer Spaniel and he had simply grown old. He had arthritis, he was deaf and he had some ailment that we could never identify. He had stopped eating and drinking. He could barely stand...
Image via Wikipedia ...at least that's what my spirit guides told me. I had my annual New Year's reading from my favorite psychic, Katherine Glass . I won't share all the intimate details, but I will share some valuable advice from my spirit guides that I think applies to everyone. First of all, Katherine confirmed that two of my spirit guides are...
Image by katerha via Flickr ...is my theme song for 2012. On Monday I was driving to my health club (just like in my dream) with my daughter when "I Can See Clearly Now" came on the radio. I told my daughter that I love this song and started to sing along. But as I really listened to the words, I started to cry. After finally coming through my "lo...
there is no attached pdg file, not that i would open such a thing. if you believe what you say, make a website about it and submit it to my ring. telling the ring's manager that everyone has to have a test iis kind of useless! i don't control who gets what tests! g
EVERY person who has beed told they have FM or CFIDS absolutely MUST be tested for Borrelia infection by the newly available Borrelia blood culture test. This is a treatable infection that can, if not properly diagnosed or treated, result in a chronic condition quite often mislabeled as FM or CFIDS. See the attached informational PDF. Thisn test is available NOW!!
