I am a music teacher, mother, wife and chronic pain sufferer who was diagnosed with chiari malformation in September 2009. I love life and spend a large amount of time learning the art of happiness despite intense periods of pain.
Hi, my name is Erica and I live in San Antonio, TX. This blog is a mixture of personal experience and advice/guidance on what I've learned through reading, doctors, forums, etc. Hope you enjoy yourself and stay well! I feel as if I am a cocktail of pain, never know which body part is going to hurt at any given time. Possible Disorders: Fibromyalgia, Reynaud's Syndrome, Chiari Malformation....
Dr. Schoen has specialized in Mind-Body Medicine for over twenty five years. Currently, Dr. Schoen is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA's School of Medicine, where he teaches and conducts research on Mind-Body Medicine and Hypnosis.
Dr. Schoen’s research and practice is particularly focused on Hypnosis and how the mind affects the body. His sub interest is in the area...
Nily Naiman was born in Israel in December of 1953. She was the elder of two sisters in a hard working family that had arrived there after the defeat of the Third Reich. Nily grew up in a time of constant war and political and cultural upheaval in a narrow-minded society of Holocaust survivors and new Jewish immigrants who had come from all over the world.
She struggled throughout her...
I am a 41yr old man. I've been an electrician for 22yrs, most of which i've been a workaholic. "A walking forklift", I've been called. In May of 2007 I lifted my toolbag wrong (which I found out later weighed 80lbs) and felt a sudden sharp pain in my lower back that almost put me to my knees. I reported this but kept on working (old mindset "just work...
I'm married to a great guy, and I'm furmom to Felix, our young kitty, and Maisy, our new Jack Russell terrier.
I enjoy reading, writing, yoga, meditating, blogging, knitting and watching tv, movies, football, and basketball.
I have had chronic migraines for more than five years. They have nearly taken over my life. I started having migraines when I was six years old, but until 2003 I had them...
Marilyn Yohe, Lic.Ac., MAOM, is a licensed and national board certified acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. She is a graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, MA, where she earned a Master's degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Marilyn has additional training in the Dr. Tan Balance Method; Dr. Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture for neurolgical and pain conditions; and...
Yep! That was me (my profile pic), Colene Whitehead, about 20 years ago! The picture was taken of me during on of my "thin" periods as I was wading in a cool pool in a mountain stream near our motel on a vacation trip. This picture is one of my inspirations. My goal is to lose down to at least 147 pounds. Can I do it? Yes, I can! My handsome husband, Kirby and I are on a...
Iam a workinging class lady,i got married in feb 3 ,2007.i ve not been pregnet since then.i ve fibroid that give me pain and heavy flow of 5 to 6 days .my period is inrugular blw 26,27,28, which make it diffcult to know my ovulation timing.
"No cure for Lupus"?? Wrong.
The day I understood how much the pharma industry is manipulating our view on diseases, I instantly stopped believing anything which I did not test myself. There are actually people who prefer to sell you extremely expensive, life-threatening and NOT healing at all "medicaments", instead of letting you know that you CAN indeed stop Lupus...
