Have you ever heard of how miners used to use canaries to test the air in mines? The birds would get ill, or even die, from bad air much more quickly than humans would realize that the air was bad,…
Memitude: Who am I?
From and : You know how sometimes people on your friend’s list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think “Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they…
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 motivation, depression…
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…
FMS at PostSecret
Did anyone else see this at PostSecret today? I was made aware of it by a post to the LiveJournal Fibromyalgia community. Reactions there are fairly negative because so many of us have had bad experiences with people who think…
Steroids for FMS/CFS/ME?
Today’s post is at Fibrant Living.
Cortisol and FMS and CFS/ME?
There’s been a lot of buzz over the past week about a study published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that suggests treating fibromyalgia and ME/CFS with cortisol (a steroid), based on the fact that most patients have low…