by Cort Johnson | Aug 3, 2019 | Brain, Homepage, Neuroplasticity, Neuroplasticity
Dr. Michael Moskowitz used the principle of neuroplasticity to rewire the brain and turn down his 13 year raging and out of control pain response. Then he turned to Jan - a nurse with such structural damage to her back that surgeons would not operate...
by Cort Johnson | Jul 29, 2019 | Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage, HPA axis, Recovery stories
Who better to write this piece “This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself” than Ryan Prior – who himself recovered from a debilitating mysterious disease. Doug Lindsay’s story is so powerful...
by Dominic Stanculescu | Jul 24, 2019 | Cytokines, Homepage, Oxidative Stress, Thyroid, Thyroid
This is the third of a series of posts on non-thyroidal illness syndrome, NTIS – a pattern of altered thyroid hormone activity often present in severe trauma and critical illness. A recent study suggests NTIS may be present in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)...
by Kyle McNease | Jul 22, 2019 | Homepage, Recovery stories
Talk about survivor’s remorse. To this day, I still can’t come to terms with a world in which Jarret and Dan are cut down in their prime, while I continue on. That will never make sense to me. Not now. Not ever. It’s not worth concealing either. I feel guilt that I’m...
by Kyle McNease | Jul 14, 2019 | Homepage, Recovery stories
In Part IV of Kyle McNease’s ME/CFS narrative of going from abundant health to being severely ill and then back to relative health, Kyle is rocked both physically and emotionally by an unexpected and tragic loss. Thanks to Ken Anbender, a former ME/CFS patient, for...
by Kyle McNease | Jul 6, 2019 | Homepage, Recovery stories
In Part III of Kyle McNease’s narrative of going from abundant health to a severe case of ME/CFS, and then back to relative health, a loss hits Kyle hard, he ponders the fact that life didn’t realize he had other plans, and he comes to a surprising realization...