It’s been an insanely long time since I gave this site its due. I suppose the real problem with blogging about health problems is that the people who know them best, by definition, have health problems. I’d love to find…
Tips and Tools for Working From Bed
I’ve never encountered this website before, but it was linked from a blog carnival, and the article is pretty good: Because Sitting up is for Suckers: 70+ Tools, Tips and Hacks to Work from Bed I still miss my laptop!…
Why Can’t We Think Well When We’re Sick?
This isn’t specifically about CFS/ME or FMS, but I found it interesting, and I think it makes sense. Why Mental Lethargy When Sick During an infection, humans typically experience a set of physiological and psychological symptoms, including fever, confusion, decreased…
Abortion is NOT related to FMS!
I detest ignorant bigots. And I absolutely consider the following hate speech. From http://glenysluckymama.blogspot.com/2008/06/fibromyalgia-and-abortion-possible-link.html: So like an HPV diagnosis in someone would almost guarantee that others would know the person’s potential morals or lack thereof, and HIV almost always denotes…
Review: Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease
I read Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease by Rosalind Joffe and Joan Friedlander a few months back, but for some reason, my review on Amazon took a while to show up, and I didn’t think to keep a copy for…
Oxygen for CFS?
A research abstract from Dr. Paul Cheney offers an interesting conclusion. Oxygen Toxicity as a Locus of Control for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome “We conclude that CFS is an oxygen toxic state and that oxygen toxicity status appears to determine outcome…
Fibromyalgia or Depression?
There are many people, especially doctors, who claim that fibromyalgia is just a symptom of depression. I’ve had both, and I know the difference quite well. They are very, very different. Being in pain all the time can certainly lead…
Interview: Chronic Pain and Sex
The interview we did is up! Chronic Pain and Sex: a Couple’s Gentle Battle With Fibromyalgia I’m pleased with it. There are very few, mostly immaterial inaccuracies.
Whoops! Yesterday was FMS/CFW Awareness Day!
I intended to post and maybe even try to get a podcast out but ended up using my energy to do an interview with a reporter. I don’t know when the piece will come out (it wasn’t for awareness day—that…
Special Request to Fibrant Living Listeners
Edit: THANKS TO KATIE, we found backups of the podcast files we were missing. Thank you, Katie! This is Sam. I am the producer of the Fibrant Living podcast that Cynthia writes and records. The lack of download links on…