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Feb 03, 2000 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Winning Your Social Security Disability Claim:
15 Mistakes You Can Not Afford to Make!
Mistake #1: Assuming that what SSA tells you is true. Unfortunately, some of the advice Social Security Administration (SSA) employees provides to the public is incorrect.
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Feb 23, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Taking Stock: ME/CFS Advocacy Making Headway
We tend to dwell on the negative. But some of the foundation stones needed for ME/CFS to succeed have recently been laid - to some extent because of the CDC funding scandal. |
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Jun 23, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Fibromyalgia Disability Application Issues: How to Be Your Own Expert Medical Witness
Without hard lab test data to measure how sick you are, you can still provide objective evidence of how it affects your life. |
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Nov 15, 2002 |
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CFIDS&FM |
The Politics of Pain: The Controversy Surrounding Chronic Pain and Opioids
Anne-Marie Vidal writes, "Anyone who lives with chronic pain is acutely aware of many physicians’ difficulty in coming to terms with prescribing adequate pain medication. For us [fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients], this is more than a research or academic issue. We know first hand that pain is debilitating and can erode our standard of living and ability to earn an income."
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Apr 26, 2008 |
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CFIDS&FM |
ME/CFS as a Mitochondrial Disease
ME/CFS is a disorder involving the cells’ energy-producing mitochondria – but it’s a mitochondrial disease like no other, Dr. Bell believes. He explains why it hasn’t been diagnosed, classified, and studied like other kinds of mitochondrial diseases - and why a change may be “just around the corner.” |
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May 03, 2004 |
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Article |
CFIDS&FM |
Toxic America: Tracking the Hazardous Chemicals That Seep Stealthily Into Our Bodies [Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia News]
Alexandra Rome writes, "Although it's unknown to what extent my exposure to chemicals may have contributed to the diseases (autoimmune illnesses, FM, and cardiac Syndrome X) I have that have been diagnosed, learning of these chemicals in my body has been deeply disturbing. I have many questions and concerns: How and where was I exposed to each of them? Have they contributed to my health problems? Had I known, could I have done anything more to avoid the exposures?" |
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Oct 14, 2002 |
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Article |
FM |
Living with Fibromyalgia: Nobody Understands?
Deborah A. Barrett writes, "being understood, particularly by someone who shares our experience [fibromyalgia], creates a feeling of camaraderie. You do not have to explain in any detail to produce an accurate picture or evoke an appropriate response. To be understood is to be validated.
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Jul 11, 2005 |
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Article,CopingCorner |
CFIDS&FM |
Coping with Grief, Loss, Chronic Illness of CFS/FM, and Staying Connected
Coping Corner columnist Eunice Beck, RN, writes, "There have been many changes in my life since I lost my partner of 30 years in March. Everyone, from friends to my doctor, has said 'Now it's time to take care of Eunice.' Apparently, this message was even left by my sweetheart for friends to deliver. I am trying to do that." |
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Oct 27, 2004 |
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CFIDS |
"My Own Medicine - the Process of Recovery from Chronic Illness": Detoxifying
Diane Kerner writes, "Whether you've paid much attention to it or not, toxins are all around us in this day and age. We breathe toxic substances in our air, drink them in our water, eat them in our foods in the form of pesticides or added chemicals. They are everywhere and so it is easy to overlook and underestimate their presence and impact." |
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Sep 22, 2003 |
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CFIDS&FM |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Thyroid Function: Seeking Appropriate Treatment
Dr. Charles Shepherd writes, "Following a recent discussion on several UK lists around the controversial subject of thyroid function and the use of thyroxine to treat myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), here are a few key points on which I feel the vast majority of doctors involved in the management of ME/CFS patients would agree." |
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