My Recovery Journey from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
The eighth in Health Rising's recent recovery story series brings yet another slant on recovery. We've had fast recoveries where someone found "the thing" (Melissa's spinal patch, Rachel and Adam's vaccines) that quickly turned things around. There was no magic bullet...
High Intracranial Fluid Pressure, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID
In her last blog, Melissa reported that her symptoms were greatly improved by a spinal patch. She returns with a new blog on high intracranial pressure, and ME/CFS/FM and long COVID. This is a post on intracranial pressure and its effect on many illnesses and their...
Four Weeks at the Clinical Center: Brian Vastag on the Soon-to-be-Published NIH ME/CFS Intramural Study
(Brian Vastag comes full circle. A former employee of the NIH, Vastag's Washington Post letter to NIH Director Francis Collins "I’m disabled. Can NIH spare a few dimes?", in conjunction with the recently published IOM and NIH Pathways to Prevention reports, and the...
The Shingles Vaccine: Should Someone With ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia or Long COVID Get It?
Freedom from Fibro Summit Encore Weekend – Watch Any Presentation
Watch any of the 40-plus presentations from Dr. Murphree’s Freedom from Fibro Summit for free this encore weekend. If exploring alternative health options is something for you – or if you just want to explore what’s out there – Dr. Murphree’s Summits provide a great overview of the possibilities this large field of medicine presents.
The Summit provides simple techniques to reduce pain and anxiety, provides updates on the latest research, diet options (one of which has helped me greatly), ways to boost energy, the latest on fibromyalgia research (my presentation), etc.
Click here to check out the encore weekend and here to see a prior blog on it.
Shingles Shingles - the word sends a chill through me. I was introduced to shingles through my grandfather's wife, Ethel. With her Scottish brogue and her lively personality, she was a great addition to our family after my grandmother died. She and my grandfather...
Osteoporosis: The Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS and Long COVID?) Connection
Osteoporosis You could have blown me over with a feather. Osteoporosis and fibromyalgia? What in the world could a chronic pain condition have in common with a low bone density condition? Quite a bit, it turns out. Osteoporosis refers to reduced bone density, which...
Inflammation, Epstein-Barr Virus and Exercise Intolerance in Long COVID
"MAJOR ARTICLE" It was good to see a study from a major medical university exploring exercise capacity in long COVID and appearing in a prominent medical journal. The Journal of Infectious Diseases gave it the headline "MAJOR ARTICLE". It came out of the very busy...
Dr. Murphree’s Free “Freedom From Fibromyalgia’ Summit is Here!
Dr. Rodger Murphree's "Freedom From Fibromyalgia" online summit is back (May 23rd-30th) with a new slate of speakers. If you don't know Dr. Murphree, he's a well-known fibromyalgia doctor who takes an alternative medicine approach to FM and ME/CFS and has authored...
Conservative RECOVER Initiative Underwhelms w/ Long-COVID Clinical Trials
The kind of project that the RECOVER Long COVID Initiative is, with its massive funding, is beginning to emerge. It appears to be a slow-moving, highly conservative effort that is putting a premium on delivering reproducible results but which thus far lacks creativity...
Immune Disease? Neutrophils on the Attack in Fibromyalgia
"These data demonstrate that neutrophils are fundamental for the development of chronic widespread pain through the infiltration of peripheral sensory ganglia." The authors There isn't a lot of fibromyalgia research going on and the field has gone bonkers over...
