Sleep Assault - Articles
Starting to Understand CFS / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Sophie Meredith
From Weighed Down by Sophie MeredithShe tells me to just get started. I protest that I want to write something interesting and engaging but honestly, when I feel well enough to consider that, I forget what it actually feels like to be down under the grimy covers of ME / CFIDS / CFS. Now, I am peering through one eye, my head is pounding. My throat ...
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Saturated-Fat Epidemiology
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Seth Roberts ..
Here, at Free the Animal, are three scatterplots that show better health (less heart disease, less stroke) correlated with more saturated fat (= animal fat) in the diet. Each point is a different European country (Albania, Bulgaria, etc.). Small and large countries show the same relationship.The obvious confounding is with wealth — rich peopl ...
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HERES MY STORY
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Taffy
When I was about 10 or 11 years old, I had a very serious gymnastic injury which caused me to start having seizures, so they say. I was on the balance beam, I did a back tuck, over rotated, and hit the base of my head on a 3-4 in steel pipe. My head hit and bounced twice before my body came to rest on the floor where I lay unconscious for a short w ...
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October 14, 2009 - MRIs
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Taffy
Today, October 14, 2009 woke up with both hands tingling. My head is swimming. Yeah makes lots of sense huh. My right knee is hurting and my tailbone feels like its on fire. I have no idea what all of this means but its really strange. I’m trying to stay strong and positive through all this but I’m getting scared and confused. My PCP ca ...
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IT IS NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD
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Taffy
It’s all in your head Is it all in your head? You started to wonder because some days, feeling like a million bucks, you have the motivation to take on the world. You feel great almost normal except for the constant low tone in your ears and the sudden onset of extreme rushing headaches brought on by any type of straining. Yeah, don’t b ...
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Definitely the life of a 20-something with Lupus
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Florence F.
My day consisted of lying in bed, sleeping. I am happy that I was actually able to sleep. I woke up this morning and started to give my blood back. When my tubes were clear, I began to disconnect myself from the machine...but I didn't feel well. I thought perhaps I had miscalculated and taken off too much fluid. I looked at the numbers I had entere ...
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Rash is worse now
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anewkindofperfect
(UPDATED TO ADD) - I just got off the phone with the neuro, he looked at this pictures in his email. He said it still looks okay to stay home. He gave me the warning signs to look for, for steven johnson syndrome. We are to watch closely for chapped lips or sores on her lips, and anything abnormal near her eyes or vagina. If anything like that ...
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Sacfit Saturday!
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Bre
I had an easy 5 miler today and I took the opportunity to do it all by myself. I talked to my head coach and asked her if she had coverage for the groups then I would love to just run by myself and recharge my batteries. It was lovely! Just me, the trail and my music! I have spent the rest of the day doing NOTHING - well I can't say nothing - I ...
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A Fun Day of Errands
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elvoy
Generally, I am not one to enjoy shopping, but this morning we went to two stores I like to visit; The Mill and Charm City Run.We picked up some more food and shavings for our chickens at The Mill. Braedon and I went into Charm City Run, while Mom stayed with Brenden, who was sleeping, in the car. I’m not sure how much fun Braedon had watchin ...
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Are you there God? It's me, Megan.
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Megan F.
Please, please, please, I'm begging you, please help Stella get to sleep. And sleep through the night. I'm not sure if You read my blog. I don't see Your icon over in my "Followers" widget. In case you haven't been reading, Stella has been having some sleeping issues the past week or so, the past few days in particular. We thought it ...
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