KaleidoPain NEWS: Ever Changing Colors of Chronicity 11-5-2012

KaleidoPain NEWS: Ever Changing Colors of Chronicity, containing news for all pain and neuro-endocrine-immune patients, healthcare providers, and caregivers. 

                                   

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

~Mahatma Gandhi, Unsurpassed leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India,

and led non-violence movements for civil rights. 1869 - 1948 

CELESTE’s BLOGSPEAK  Click here for direct links to each blog  

• Are Your Power Lines Down: Sensitivity of Neuro-Endocrine-Immune Disorders.
• Fighting for the right of choice. RE: PROPS.
• KaleidoPain News: Changing Colors of Chronicity 10-17-12.
• Human Touch: Soft Tissue and Massage Therapy in Chronic Pain Conditions.
• Book Launch for Those Living with Chronic Pain.
• Monthly feature for October is CRPS/RSD.
• A Thief in the Night: Is pain robbing you of love?

FEATURED BLOG or Website

MY MIGRAINE STROBING EFFECT SOURCES BY TONYAMORK

HEALTHY HABITS

What food canhelp my immune system?

INSPIRATION

Mindful awareness expands my being, encouraging me to live consciously without judgment. 

From “Broken Body Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See Saw of Chronic Pain, Fall Devotions"

FEATURING Q&A by Celeste at Sharecare

(I hope you chose to join Sharecare and follow the links directly, however you can also go to www.sharecare.com and copy and paste the question into the ASK search box to go directly to my answers for the question.) 

• Who should I tell about my fibromyalgia?
• Can my diet affect my fibromyalgia?

*See over 280 questions answered by Celeste 

THE ADVOCATE

Be an advocate, vote in the CITGO Fueling Good. In the running: 

• CFS Knowledge Center 
• Vote 
• CFSSolutions (The new home of P-A-N-D-O-R-A)
• Vote 

National Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non-profit organization providing the patient voice in improving access to, and reimbursement for, high-quality healthcare through regulatory and legislative reform at the state and federal levels. NPAF translates the experience of millions of patients who have been helped by our companion, Patient Advocate Foundation, which provides professional case management services to individuals facing barriers to healthcare access for chronic and disabling disease, medical debt crisis and employment-related issues at no cost.

If you are in need of direct patient services, please contact Patient Advocate Foundation at 1-800-532-5274 or on the web.

PAIN STRATEGIES 

• The Power of Words
• Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee - October 22, 2012 Podcast

ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you have or know someone who has CFS, please view and share this video testimony by Jeri McClure Kurre at the CFSAC Committee Meeting.

IN THE NEWS

• The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers . Huffington Post
• Possible New Medications in Development for FM
• Neuropathic Pain Relieved By Immunoglobulin
• Regulation of Prescription Drugs Could Spell Trouble for Patients
• Another Blow to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sufferers
• See the American Family Physician on CFS

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NEWS FOR YOU!