Little Tree
By: Kurt Fondriest I Wrote this Story Over 30 Years ago for Children with Fibromyalgia. In a forest of magic and wisdom and of rainbows and fairies, lived a little tree who was smaller, by far, than any other. [...]
I Am More Than My Diagnosis
By: Dave Shields I am often perplexed by an individual's response to a disorder or disease diagnosis. In the early 90’s I came down with Fibromyalgia. It seemed to take forever but I was finally diagnosed at the Mayo [...]
Good Doctor List
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CBD Craze Sweeping America
Dennis Thompson: MONDAY, May 13, 2019 (HealthDay News) You would have to be living in a cave to have missed the CBD craze that is sweeping across America: New products are cramming store shelves as the market explodes for [...]
Proper Listening Can Save Lives
By: Rosaria Mastronardo Statistically, it is proven that, during a common visit to a doctor: "Every 22 seconds the doctor interrupts the patient"; moreover: "90% of diagnoses, if the patient is not interrupted, makes it himself" and finally, doctors should [...]
Good vs. Bad Doctors
How to Tell a Knight on a White Horse! Good vs. Bad Doctors By: Jessica Franke Reprinted from FMOnline Good vs. Bad Doctors. I don't watch Grays Anatomy, the latest television drama glorifying the lives of doctors, simply because [...]
Sick and Tired: A Doctors Perspective
Sick and Tired By: Dr. David Saul Reprinted from FMOnline I feel ashamed to be a member of the medical profession when I hear from my fibromyalgia (FM) patients that they left in tears from a doctor's office after [...]
Anticipatory Grief in a Nutshell
By: Nancy Gordon, LCSW, CLC © 2020-2022 All Rights Reserved Anticipatory Grief We might say loss and grief have become a global pandemic in and of itself. No one is escaping it. Truly, loss and grief have always gone [...]
FM and Negative Medicine Side Effects
by Elisabeth Deffner Dianna Graney has tried dozens of medications in the search for ways to manage her fibromyalgia and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) symptoms. Some have helped and some have hurt, like one prescription intended to reduce the [...]
1st Set and Achieve the Right Goals
As we start the new year, we talk a lot about setting goals and accomplishing new things in the coming months. In order to achieve your goals here are a few “tips” that can help you in achieving the [...]
Not Enough Time… And a Good Reason Why
Not enough time... It’s 8:15 pm and I was just going to leave the office and head home. We had been talking today about my “Good Grief” blog and someone said, “Lynne do you realize that you haven’t posted [...]
Pampering Yourself!
Pampering Yourself! by Joanne Kabak What have you done lately to treat yourself luxuriously? Did you fulfill a desire that just came into your head? Have you humored yourself by doing something you like, just because you like it? You [...]
