Hi there
I have taken a couple of weeks off! I am still in Spain but as a few items have
been assembled I thought I would send this anyway, especially as I want to
remind you about the AGM on 27th October - next Saturday. This has now taken on a new format because of
lack of support for the original plans, no lunch, no competitions, only 2
speakers, a different venue – and no charge!
Please see www.fms-sas.co.uk/Trustees_Newsletters/TN_13.pdf for details.
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WORDz FOR THE WEEK
90. The bad things
in life open your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying attention to
before,
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Read the latest reports from the West Sussex Local Involvement Network
(LINk)
The hyperlink below will
take you to the LINk's latest reports including:
A Review of the impact of
changing social care eligibility criteria
A Review of Nutrition,
Hydration and Feeding in five wards of St Richard's Hospital, Chichester.
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Inflammation & Stress Feedback in
Fibromyalgia
A recent
study suggests that a relationship between inflammation and
stress-system dysregulation are an underlying part of fibromyalgia.
Researchers analyzed the
blood of 25 women with the condition, along with healthy controls, and found
100% of the fibromyalgia group had markers of an inflammatory state and altered
stress response. They say that was demonstrated by high circulating levels of
interleukin 8, a major mediator of inflammatory response, and C-reactive
protein, which rises in response to inflammation.
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New-Doctor Woes With Fibromyalgia &
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
'm just a few days away
from my first appointment with a new primary care doctor. I'm trying not to be
too hopeful or too pessimistic, but I keep going back and forth between the
extremes.
Most people with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome will know exactly
why. Like most of you, I'm worried . . . . . . .
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Melatonin Therapy for Fibromyalgia
A recent article in the
journal Current
Pain and Headache Reports discusses the use of melatonin as a
treatment for fibromyalgia. First the authors reported on four studies that
measured melatonin levels at various times of day and night using both FM
patients and healthy controls. The results of those studies suggested that FM
is not associated with a major change in nocturnal melatonin synthesis or
release.
Conversely, they reported
on two small, open studies testing the use of melatonin as a treatment for FM.
In both studies all FM patients participating reported significant improvement.
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Message from Sophie Neville
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If you don't already have
it, please help yourselves to a free copy today of my illustrated ebook
'Funnily Enough' about my time stuck in bed with CFS/M.E., and how my friends
and family helped me to cope.
For all the Amazon Kindle regional links, and also a few simple directions to download the Kindle app for your device, click on:
http://funnily-enough.blogspot.com
For all the Amazon Kindle regional links, and also a few simple directions to download the Kindle app for your device, click on:
http://funnily-enough.blogspot.com
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The Combination Approach by Norah
Wickerson
This is a long but well
worth the read document you may like to save in a folder to read at your
leisure. It tells how Norah found a way
to conquer FM and how she helps others.
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An official video about taking your ESA
appeal to Tribunal / HM Courts and Tribunal Service
by Tony Britton on October 15, 2012
Dr Jane Rayner, Chief Medical Member of the Social Security Tribunals service, has prepared this video for people considering an Employment and Support Allowance appeal to Tribunal.
by Tony Britton on October 15, 2012
Dr Jane Rayner, Chief Medical Member of the Social Security Tribunals service, has prepared this video for people considering an Employment and Support Allowance appeal to Tribunal.
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What is fibromyalgia? See pictures
explaining symptoms, muscle pain, fatigue, tests, causes, and treatments.
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I hope to see some of you on 27th. If you are not a member of FMSSAS you will
not be able to vote. If you want to
become a member email membership@fms-sas.co.uk giving your name, postal address, email
address and tel. no.
I wish I could send you a
bit of Spanish sunshine!
Best regards
Stella
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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.
Wordz for the Week
are from ‘Wordz for the Day’ by Donnie Kuhn, Sr.
Past issues of
FMSSAS eNews can be found at www.fms-sas.co.uk/fmseNews.html and on a
blog at http://fmssas-enews.blogspot.com/
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