Saturday 23 July 2011

FMSSAS eNews 11.07.23

Hello to you all on this bright sunny morning
St Swithun has been true to form with a variety of wet and sunny weather this week!  We will be celebrating our 53rd wedding anniversary this week and attending a friend’s funeral.  Life can be sweet and cruel at the same time.  Fibro can be a bit like that.  I have made many friends and received many blessings whilst working for the relief and benefit of fibro sufferers.  It is apparently more PC to say people who have fibro than refer to them as sufferers.  Nevertheless we do suffer to a greater or lesser degree.  Here’s hoping for the lesser!!
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WORDz FOR THE WEEK
29.  Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back.
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FMSSAS Special General Meeting
This is a reminder to all Members that the Special General Meeting will take place on Monday 1st August at the Age UK Centre, Lavinia House, Dukes Square, Denne Road, Horsham RH12 1GZ.  Notice and accompanying documents were sent out to members on 27th June.  I hope that a goodly number of you have voted on the acceptance of the new Constitution and that you will make the effort to attend the meeting. The voting form is available here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17459523/Voting%20form%20SGM%202011%20final.pdf Your vote is important, please use it.
After the business has been concluded Jeanne Hambleton will be telling us about the FMS Conference that took place in April, and the plans for next year’s.
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East Sussex County Council LINk News
Health update information
Adult Social Care Consultations
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Expert Patient Programme
New course planned – Tues 6th For further information, or to book contact Natalie Cooper Tel 01403 227000 ext 7547
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Dr Dierdre’s second seminar on Yoga Nidra. 
Listen as she guides you on this deep relaxation journey towards healing and transformation.
This practice is supreme when it comes to relaxing. It will help you to:
      Move into a place of peace, trust, and confidence
      Retrain your nervous system to relax
      Completely relax from accumulated mental, muscular and emotional tension
      Offer significant relief for chronic and unbearable pain.
      Restore natural deep sleep
These and many more amazing healing benefits await you...please enjoy!
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Coping with Pain: Five Ways to Improve Your “Self-Efficacy”
Chronic pain often gets in the way of life. Pain can cancel, interrupt, delay, interfere with, and diminish living.  The worst part is that it can make you afraid to try again tomorrow. It can challenge  your beliefs in your ability to do what you want to do in many, or all, areas of life: your work, family life, friendship, or personal goals.
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Central nervous system research on fibromyalgia:
Most of the research findings in fibromyalgia point to a malfunctioning of the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the brain and spinal cord. Yet, there appear to be a variety of abnormalities occurring in the peripheral soft tissues (muscles and connective tissue) and the peripheral nervous system that communicates with the CNS. This dysfunctional interplay between the CNS and peripheral systems is believed by most investigators to be the source of the many body-wide symptoms. In a way, fibromyalgia could be considered a disease of the CNS.
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In exclusive interviews with Pro Health’s editor, respected physicians discussed their approaches to treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia with both traditional and alternative methods, including expert advice from their standard protocols and other recommendations for important issues patients deal with including pain, fatigue, sleep, depression, brain fog, diet, exercise, and nutritional supplementation.
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Latest News in Fibromyalgia
You need to register to gain full access to Medscape’s articles, but it’s free and worth the little effort involved!   There are loads of articles about research and information about fibromyalgia.
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Fibromyalgia News... Recent Fibromyalgia Headlines And News Articles In The News
Welcome to the new "Fibromyalgia News Headlines" and "Comments From Our Readers" page. We welcome your comments
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I hope you learn something new this week.  However much we think we know, there’s always something else around the corner!

Stella

N.B. I would like to point out to you all that the information in my eNewsletters does not necessarily infer endorsement by the charity Fibromyalgia Support for Surrey & Sussex.   Any advice or recommendation of a medical or legal nature must always be discussed with a qualified professional. The charity cannot be held responsible for omissions and/or errors.
Sites I refer you to are for information only.  They might conflict in their opinions, they might not even be medically sound, but I merely offer them for you to peruse and make your own judgements, accept or reject as you will.  Only by reading widely can we get an overall picture of fibromyalgia syndrome and how we can deal with its symptoms, learn to cope with them and still have a life.  I also include various awareness and local issues as well as general health considerations.  Anyone wishing to reproduce any of the above items in printed form should seek permission from the originators.

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