by Cort Johnson | Sep 6, 2018 | Exercise, Homepage, Mind/body, Recovery stories
In June, on our East Coast trip, my partner and I met up with Dan Moricoli in Palm Beach, Florida. I’d been corresponding on and off with Dan for at least ten years. In the late 2000’s, Dan had created the public CFS/Knowledge Center and the private ME/CFS Community... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 12, 2018 | Cannabis, Coping, Cymbalta, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Flexeril, Homepage, Lyrica, Mind/body, Opioid drugs
Daniel Clauw M.D. With 200 publications reaching back over twenty years Daniel Clauw is perhaps the most prolific fibromyalgia researcher of our time. He’s fought for many years to validate fibromyalgia as a real and serious illness. (For years the... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 15, 2018 | Coping, Homepage, Mind/body
Beck Weathers came about as close to dying and still survive as is possible in the Death Zone of Mt. Everest. Left for dead three times, Weathers managed to claw his way to camp and eventually get down the mountain with the help of a miraculous helicopter rescue.... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 22, 2017 | Alternative Health, Diagnosis, Exercise, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Mind/body, Sleep, Supplements, Thyroid, Treatment
Naturopath and nutritionist, Dr. David Brady’s taken a kind of media driven, rock-star approach to alternative health. He’s got the flashy website; he’s written the book with the catchy title, “The Fibro Fix: Get to the Root of Your... 
by Darden Burns | Jan 24, 2017 | Coping, Diet, Homepage, Mind/body, Pacing, Treatment
Thanks once again to Darden for allowing Health Rising to republish an article (originally titled “Lifestyle Recommendations for Optimal Health” from her Fibrofriends blog As a person whose health has been compromised by chronic illness for many years I... 
by Dan Neuffer | Aug 19, 2016 | Coping, Homepage, Mind/body, Mindfulness
A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. Norman Vincent Peale During my years with ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia, I had lots of unexpected experiences. More bad experiences, more frustrations and more heart-breaking disappointments than I care to recall these days....
