One of my other assignments is to create a patient information brochure about fibromyalgia. I’ve uploaded it to my website as a PDF and would appreciate any constructive criticism you care to give me. It’s designed to be printed as…
What Do You Think?
One of the assignments for my medical communications course is to write a feature article about my chosen topic (fibromyalgia), to be submitted for publication. Feedback, please? Edit: Reworked to include some of your wonderful suggestions. Thank you 🙂
Good Stuff
For the last couple of months, curiousmay9 has been treating both of us (and shadowkatt on occasion) with trigger point therapy. It works. It really works, and it’s making a major positive difference in my life. I’m off all painkillers…
Left-Brain/Right-Brain Differences Found in People with Autism
Coupled with previous studies, findings suggest treatments for autism Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans, a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found differences in the activation and synchronization of brain networks…
Daddy Update
Thank you SO much for all the prayers, good thoughts, and energy you sent. Daddy doesn’t seem to have had a heart attack, but it’s likely there’s some kind of blockage. He refused to be admitted—against all advice, pleading from…
Prayer/Energy Request
I just got a call from Mom saying that Daddy is in the ER. He started having chest pains while at lunch, so he drove himself there. I’m on the way across town now.
What’s Your Risk?
Your Disease Risk from the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention guides you through short questionnaires to judge your risk of various kinds of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and stroke. I’m doing better than I thought. Better than I would…
Happy Day
We had a lovely day, although with a slightly smaller crowd than in past years. wordcandlemage was sorely missed, as a migraine kept him at home hiding from the wicked daystar. dracofrost‘s stepmother was ill, so we didn’t have the…
I Knew It Was Too Early for Senior Moments
Chronic pain may permanently shrink the brain The Northwestern University team had previously shown patients with back pain had decreased activity in the same brain region called the thalamus. This area is known to be important in decision-making and social…
Miscellany
I just vacuumed the entire first floor of the house without using up even one spoon. Yay Roomba! I’ll send it upstairs with shadowkatt or curiousmay9 after it’s done recharging. I planned to do nothing today. That’s a first for…