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Karen Lee Richards

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posted 09/02/2009, comment (1)

Exercising With Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS – Should You or Shouldn't You?

That's not a simple question to answer. Although fibromyalgia and ME/CFS (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome) have many similarities, how they respond to exercise is not one of them. The right kind of exercise usually helps reduce FM symptoms, but the same exercise may cause ME/CFS symptoms to get worse. If you have both, as... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Mark Borigini

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posted 01/14/2009, comment (1)

Using Exercise to Stay Happily "Nifty after Fifty"

Anyone who lives with chronic pain understands the suffering. But for the senior population, chronic pain becomes a nightmare, particularly for those seniors who find themselves alone in life. With little help from friends, relatives, or even strangers, it becomes all the more difficult to seek help, let alone experience... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (0)

ADHESIONS

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS DUE TO ADHESIONS (SEVERE)FROM NUMEROUS ABDOMINAL SURGERIES FROM FORIEGN OBJECTS.AT ONE POINT I HAD A FORIEGN OBJECT LEFT INSIDE OF ME FOR OVER A YEAR I BELIEVE AND HAD A SHORT TREATMENT FOR THE PAIN IT CAUSED FOR IT WAS A 4 INCH PENCIL THAT WHEN I MOVED CERTIAN WAYS AND DIRECTIONS WITH MY STOMACH MOVED ALONG WITH ME BUT VERY... Read more Chevron

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vickie bouten

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posted 06/22/2008, comments (10)

pain and weight gain

Happy Sunday afternoon everyone. As most of you know, if you have read my posts, I've been in a major car accident in 85 and was diagnosed in 2003 with a non-malignant spinal cord tumor that will eventually take the use of my legs. Now I have always lived with pain, but as the years have progressed the pain has taken a lot of the quality of... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/03/2008, comments (22)

working,jobs,etc

I would like to know any jobs that people with Fibromyalgia and chronic pain have been able to do. I have not been working for 7 years and was turned down for social security. Money is very tight with only one income, plus Dr. and medicine bills. Any job ideas would be great. Also any services for people who are sick but not senior citizens... Read more Chevron

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