I’ve just rebuilt this machine, wasn’t online at all yesterday, and haven’t really read many emails lately. If I’ve read anything on LiveJournal, it’s been a fluke. The fact that I’ve read two different posts today about child molesters is,…
Which Do You Prefer?
My family knows quite well that if they want me to comprehend, much less remember, anything lately, it has to be written down. I listen to and enjoy sambear‘s podcasts, but I have to get rid of all other input…
I’ve Been Saying Fibro Fog Is Like Acquired ADD for HOW Many Years?
Distraction: Shedding Light on the Cognitive Underpinnings of Fibromyalgia Memory Loss Frank Leavitt, Ph.D. Frank_Leavitt@rush.edu Poor memory in fibromyalgia is probably one of its least recognized, but most disruptive forms of symptom expression. It profoundly affects the way people with…
Fibro/CFS Book Recommendation
Reminder to myself, for when I have $ for books—as well as passing the recommendation to others. During my visit with him this week, my pain specialist strongly recommended Jay Goldstein’s book, Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of…
Girl Update
The oral surgery didn’t go too badly for Katie, but recovery took a little longer than anticipated. She missed school yesterday. In fact, she was pretty much unconscious from sometime during the surgery ’til about 1:30 pm yesterday. She’s at…
Health Resource: Check Your Medication Interactions
Anybody who is on any kind of medication or supplement should do their own research on it, because honestly? Pharmacists seldom talk to you about these things anymore. If you’re on more than one medication, especially, you need to check…
Off to Use Up More Gas!
The girl woke up with a migraine. She has oral surgery today, so she might as well get all the feeling like crap over with in one day, right? Okay—I’d rather she didn’t have more ickiness on top of what’s…
Med Update
Topomax sucks.
Little Update
I’m trying to keep whining to a minimum. More med changes, doctors, MRIs, etc. etc. etc. When we got home last night, there was a scooter here! For me! Not forever, just for a week—but it’ll get me through Dragon…
Save Spoons: Don’t Make the Bed!
No, really—it’s healthier! Untidy beds may keep us healthy Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies. A Kingston University study discovered the…