FMSSAS eNews 11.06.11

Hello to you all

I hope you are all doing well and finding things to help you BE well.  Keeping your mind occupied is one of the best ways of putting your pain out of it!

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WORDz FOR THE WEEK

23.  Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain but you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.

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Worthing Newsletter

Nichola apologises that this month’s newsletter will be a little later than usual.  She has recently moved house and until her new phone is connected she does not have access to the internet.  It will be available as soon as she is able to transmit it.

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CFS & FM -Exercise & Gene Expression Alterations

Objectives: To determine mRNA expression differences in genes involved in signaling and modulating sensory fatigue, and muscle pain in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FM) at baseline, and following moderate exercise.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21615807
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Resistance exercise training does not affect postexercise hypotension and wave reflection in women with fibromyalgia.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of resistance exercise training (RET) on aortic wave reflection and hemodynamics during recovery from acute resistance exercise in women with fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy women (HW).
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/h10-105?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
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"Reframing: Not the Life I Planned, But a Good Life Nonetheless"  Mental adjustments that reduce suffering and make living with chronic illness easier   

Living successfully with CFS or FM requires not only changing what we do but also how we think. In the second of two articles on reframing, we'll look at several more mental adjustments that can reduce suffering and make living with chronic illness easier and more productive.
http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/library/reframing-part-2-not-life-i-planned-good-life-nonetheless
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"25 Reasons Why I've Improved"  How one person used a combination of strategies to double her activity level.

Many people believe that improvement is difficult when a case of CFS or FM is severe. The experience of Bobbie Brown, a CFS & FM patient from Arizona, offers evidence that patients can get better.
http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/library/25-reasons-why-ive-improved
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Aches and Pains? A Simple Solution You'll Love

If you could rub a magic lamp to make a genie appear, would one of your first wishes be relief from your pain?

http://www.prohealth.com/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=16287&B1=EG060111&utm_source=EG060111&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=Wellness&slvor=10644.1040056.0.1.0.110434&eid

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Your Fibromyalgia Gone Forever because it’s not what you think it is . . .

‘No Need To Find A Cure For Fibromyalgia!  Why Is That? Because there already is one!’  You have to buy the ebook to find out what it is!!

http://www.victory-over-fibromyalgia.com/?hop=spenney

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Interesting Calendar for July 2011

To end on a lighter note. . . . THIS IS THE ONLY TIME WE WILL SEE AND LIVE THIS EVENT   

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17459523/eNews_110611Calendar_for_July_2011.doc

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Fondest wishes to you all

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.