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2022-Space Weather and You
If you are in a flare or dealing with harsh fibro crap right now, I feel ya. If you are on the guaifenesin protocol, and you’re wondering when you are gonna start to feel better, keep going. You are well on your way to feeling better. Except, for the part where you are flushing the…
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Salicylates and You
If you and your health care practitioner decide to start the *guiafenesin (gwy-FEN-e-sin) protocol, there are some important things to know about salicylates. It is imperative that you avoid any **salicylates topically from now on. In order for the guiafenesin to work it must have unrestricted access to the kidneys. This is described in Dr.…
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Nice to meet you, Mucinex
Mucinex or “guiafenesin is an expectorant that thins mucus and helps to loosen phlegm. Guiafenesin is quickly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and is rapidly metabolized and excreted into the urine. Guiafenesin is also known to lower uric acid levels. No serious side-effects have been reported.” -Physicians’ Desk Reference It is found in many cold…
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Pain Management
Pain control. Two words that can scare the sh*t out of you. If you’ve been thinking them or if you’ve ever had to think in terms of them. I’m sorry. It is crucial that you find solutions to manage pain. It can be exhausting day in and day out to be in out-of-control mind bending…
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Calling Grace
Having a healthy mindset or outlook to life is no doubt what many of us strive for. Having a chronic illness can mean that you have to work a bit harder at keeping it that way. A complicated balance of enough attention to mind, and body can leave little energy for the spirit. I feel…
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…”well, you look good!”
Or, “You don’t look sick.” I’m sure you can relate to these comments, and ‘m sure you do look good or even great. Facts are, you feel like you haven’t recovered from being run over by a semi on the freeway or a tractor in the field slowly, and repeatedly. A well intentioned remark, can…
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The Princess and the (Sweet) Pea
In the story of the Princess and the Pea, the Prince and company are on the genuine search for a match. One stormy night a drenched Princess comes along the Prince’s castle. Needing shelter and claiming she was a Princess, they of course accommodate her and to test her true royal-ness the Prince’s mother placed…
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Boredom & loneliness
I have been on the edge of that ledge where monsters lie. Where chronic pain or chronic illness can have you feeling alone, and or desperate at times. If you are dealing with days in bed or a loss of your normal day to day activities, feeling like a bystander in your own life is…
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Why Dr. St. Amand?
I came across the book by Dr. R. Paul St. Amand (Internist/Endocrinologist) in 2014. It seemed revolutionary, and maybe somewhat personally daunting to start another thing. Upon reading the forward, preface and first chapter, I was convinced that he was the only health care practitioner that had nailed not only the culprit for fibromyalgia, but…
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Grief to Relief
Depending on where your emotions are at, the diagnosis – I coin sarcastically as ‘the f’ word’, may have left you feeling somewhat defeated, deflated or down right miserable. Quite obviously you have realized your recovery is your new discovery. Your research and input is important and vitally crucial to your getting your life back.…
The 'Fibromyologist'
Reversing fibromyalgia symptoms through guiafenesin protocol
The 'Fibromyologist' 