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Treatment half way across the world

August 23rd, 2009 · Comments · Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Symptoms, Treatment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The treatment in the US was long but short, on the first day, they took what seemed to be all my blood in my body, but that wasn’t too bad. I then saw the doctor, and he explained what [...]

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Importance of Vitamin D

July 28th, 2009 · Comments · Causes, Fibromyalgia, News

You have been told that you have Fibro, but have you checked your Vitamin D3 levels? Well as I have posted before, my levels were so low that my Dr. ran the test three times the first time we found the level to be between 4 and 9, when a low level is 25. So, [...]

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Some days are just better spent in bed

July 27th, 2009 · Comments · Fibromyalgia, Links, Symptoms

I think anyone with Fibro has been in the same place as Bev, and today I was not too far, from having a day much like Bev. People with Fibro some times the safest place for them is the bed, and to get out of that bed, it takes a lot of get up [...]

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No winning with fibro.. just adapting

June 15th, 2009 · Comments · Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Treatment

Last night on twitter @nursebc1974 posted a line about Fibro, “No winning with fibro.. just adapting.” LOL I think that is so true, because just when we think we have something figured out, something new comes up. you can follow me on twitter @cnystedt.
I would one day like to figure out how to [...]

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Low Vitamin D Levels

June 15th, 2009 · Comments · Fibromyalgia, Symptoms, Treatment

It has been a while since I have posted and I am sorry that I have not posted in such a long time. Between work and not sleeping that much, my time for thinking or writing has been short. I love my job (was promoted in January to Managing Director of our company) [...]

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Traveling with Fibromyalgia

December 8th, 2008 · Comments · Fibromyalgia, Links, Symptoms, UAE

We have returned from a visit to the US to be with family for Thanksgiving. It was a wonderful trip but a very busy trip with not much relaxing. Also it was really cold while we were there (which is not normal for this time of the year) and I had to find [...]

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UAE Fibro Community

November 11th, 2008 · Comments · Fibromyalgia, Symptoms, UAE, UAE Fibro Community

Hello, I know it has been a while since I have made a post, and I am sorry for that. Can I just say that things have been so busy!!! I am not sure if I am going or coming some days. There are still good and bad days for me, and [...]

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Update

June 13th, 2008 · Comments · Causes, Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Treatment

Okay time for another update of how things are going. After what seems to be about 20 pints of blood we have found that my Vit D levels are way too low, that I might have celiac disease, my calcium levels are low (no surprise as my Vit D levels are low), and then [...]

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Seeing the Woman Doctor

May 23rd, 2008 · Comments · Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Symptoms, Treatment

Okay I went to see my not so favorite type of Dr., the GYNO, or better known in my house as the Woman Doctor. LOL But I really liked this doctor. I have been to so many of them, that it is just hard to go to them every year, or more. I had [...]

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Physiotherapy

May 14th, 2008 · Comments · Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Treatment

Well today I started a new chapter of my Fibro way of life. Today I met Dominique from the Osteopathic Health Center here in Dubai. He is going to help me deal with the Fibromyalgia, with therapy. First he has given me some exercise to do while I work, in hopes that [...]

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