MISSY FLOSSIE, AN-INK-DRINKING FIBROMAC AND BATHROOM ISSUES

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
A bit of New Year nonsense. I have been a trifle indisposed recently due to a bad fall and fractures to my pelvic and public bones (if you know what I mean). My friend Olive, from my school days, was concerned, as she had not heard [...]

AVOID FIBRO FATIGUE

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
wealth and happiness and no flares May I wish everyone a Happy New Year with health, or pain. Of course pigs might fly – if it happens in television I suppose it can happen anywhere. We live in hopes.
I imagine that like me you are glad [...]

GROWING SUPPORT FOR FIBROMITE AHEAD OF HER TIME

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
You may remember the story about Linda Allen, a UK fibromite who in spite of being severely disabled with this invisible disability has been raising FMS awareness among medical students. Her gracious offer to help anyone willing to follow her example and spread the word has resulted [...]

THE FIBROMITE WHO CRIES

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
“It breaks my heart when she cries……” This is the story of Ronald J. Waller, who wrote a touching essay about his wife’s fibromyalgia. Called “She Cries” that can be found with links to his other works on http://rjswritingloft.com together.
Ronald wrote to me saying, “I took [...]

Mutation may cause inherited neuropathy

Contact: Scot Roskelley
scot.roskelley@uchospitals.edu
773-702-6241
University of Chicago Medical Center
Mutations in a protein called dynein, required for the proper functioning of sensory nerve cells, can cause defects in mice that may provide crucial clues leading to better treatments for a human nerve disorder known as peripheral neuropathy, which affects about three percent of all those over age [...]

WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
If you listen to the children singing their carols as we approach Christmas you will hear it is the season of goodwill to all men, women and especially fibromites. They may not say those words but I am sure they mean it.
It is a time [...]

The fibromyalgia diagnosis – hardly helpful for the patients?

Undeland M, Malterud K.
Department of Neurology, Buskerud Hospital Trust, Norway.
Objective. To explore experiences and consequences of the process of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
Design. Qualitative focus-group study. Setting. Two local self-help groups. Subjects. Eleven women diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Main outcome measures. Descriptions of experiences and consequences of the process of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
Results. [...]

MAKING MEMORIES AND SOBERING THOUGHTS FOR FIBROMITES

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
 
I well remember how much I enjoyed Gene Kelly’s performance in the film “Singing in the Rain”. It made me feel so good, in spite of the bad weather, and between us, I really felt like being silly, running outside in the rain and singing my [...]

FIBROMITE AHEAD OF HER TIME LEADS THE WAY

by Jeanne Hambleton © 2007
NFA Leader Against Pain-Advocate
This is the story of a lady who had fibromyagia before it was invented and who is leading the way raising awareness with the medical profession. As a patient she is giving medical students an insight about living with fibromyalgia and long term pain.
Linda Allen, the mother of [...]

Growth hormone as concomitant treatment in severe fibromyalgia associated with low IGF-1 serum levels. A pilot study.

Cuatrecasas G, Riudavets C, Guell MA, Nadal A.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There is evidence of functional growth hormone (GH) deficiency, expressed by means of low insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) serum levels, in a subset of fibromyalgia patients. The efficacy of GH versus placebo has been previously suggested in this population. We investigated the efficacy and safety [...]