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Alison S. San Francisco, California
I have celiac disease and I am a mom to a daughter with food allergies. Much of my family lives... More
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I'm a luscious lavender lupus butterfly spreading my social media wings to promote Lupus... More
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My husband and I have been married for 6 months now. He has been my support system since we have... More
Zurama .. Rancho Cucamonga, California
I am mom to five wonderfull kids. The youngest, Mickie was diagnosed with Severe Autism, when he... More
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I'm 134 lbs. I went down to my ideal weight a few months ago. I was 125lbs. and felt my best, full... More

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Successful New Month’s Day - With Some Soul Searching by Roni N. Patient Expert When I posted my New Month’s Eve! post I was trying to convince myself NOT to wait until New Years...’s just how my brain works. The funny thing… these type of opportunities weren’t even on my radar a few months ago...
Autism Awareness and Severely Autistic Adults by Harold L D. Patient Expert April is Autism Awareness Month in the US. Here, in Canada October is officially Autism Awareness Month but living next door to the US media giant many Canadians receive more media coverage...
One Month Later... by sawling Medical Doctor One month into the job, 1. I am definitely more confident in managing epilepsy, migraines, Gullain-Barre, and myasthenia gravis. 2. I can perform a slick neurological examination. 3...
The Red Ribbon ... by Odysseys of George Patient Expert Myasthenia gravis; Ovarian, cervical, uterine,polycystic ovarian syndrome and all other gynecological... The Red Ribbon Anti-drug symbol AIDS awareness symbol Heart disease (also uses the red...
Change of the Tide (Hopefully) by Rachel M. Patient Expert , I’m thinking I should do something at the next year’s ME/CFS awareness month. I’m thinking.... She understands the frustration of lack of awareness for ME/CFS. If there is any awareness event or project...
We weathered the storm, but... by Joan .. Patient Expert . I am very much aware of the many people who lost their homes and cars and everything in the tornadoes and flooding... each month. BUT I was able to use my netzero account via phone line (remember dial up?) to access...
Controlling the Uncontrollable by Molly Patient Expert because your body is in such severe pain. I can't remember the last time I got a full month of normalcy... we are facing. There aren't enough of us out there fighting this disease, raising awareness and trying...
Health Headlines - August 23 by Meredy Registered NurseHealth Maven -- a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction triggered by allergens. "All school staff must be made aware... count during the first 3 months of treatment. If you take warfarin (such as Coumadin): Get regular...
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What About The Leftovers? by Ashley's Mom Patient Expert and wanted. As National Adoption Awareness Month draws to a close, I implore you to examine your lives... Leftovers – lots of leftovers – turkey, gravy, yams, stuffing, green beans, rolls. One...

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finally woohoo?
Hello Doc, this is the guy with myasthenia gravis, who you told to get a pcr dna. Well I did and they said they found no virus, they also did an elisa, also non-reactive. So its been three months and two weeks..., should I get tested again at six months? I know you hear this all the time, but you really have no idea...crap

CVID / PCR-DNA / P24
Dr Bob,I have quite severe CVID, and through reading your archives am aware that this could cause a false negative with an ELISA test. As such, I took a DNA-PCR & P24 (the latter as a DUO test with ELISA) test - both negative on two occassions, several months apart.My question is this - I am unable...crap

Black cohosh+meds
Hi, Thanks for being there!I'm taking Kivexa and Nevirapine for the last 2 months... relive the menopause symptoms. Are you aware of any tests that may have been done to see if black cohosh... supplement be aware of the potential for adverse events. ...crap

Severe Headaches/Undetermined Cause
I have been experiencing severe headaches for aproximately 18 months. The pain is so intense... holiday for 4 months and during that time, the headaches did not happen as often, but still ocurred 2-3 times a month, and were of the same intensity as when I was taking meds. Now that I am back on meds...crap

Valium and Agenerase
it to leave town about every 6 weeks to 2 months.I am not worried about heavy sedation but i worry about brain... to be aware that there may be a greater sedation affect of a standard dose of Valium, and to use the lowest...crap

Hypochondriac - but I finally took the test!
a stupid Lifetime original movie about it a few months ago. I have severe anxiety and panic attacks... for months. It was taking over my life. I developed a whitish coating on my tongue from all the stress..., see, think, or move after I saw an HIV awareness ad on TV, I couldn't wait any longer...crap

need some advice about testing
"flu-like" symptoms very soon after the incident(I had the flu 2 months prior to this incidence which i know was not related to sexual encounters). The test was done at almost exactly three months to the day... my three month test? I am so terrified it was a false negetive. Please help! I am a 20 year old college...crap

So very confused by conflicting information!!! pls help
Hello Dr McGovern, I hope you can help clear up something once and for all. I had a severe bout with Acute Hep B in Dec 2003, I became VERY sick and my liver enzymes went through the roof, 5 months later... aware of? Why would a Dr AND a Hep B carrier of many years be so sure when my Gastro Dr told...crap

URTICARIA
Hi Doctor,I have been on HIV treatment now for 2 years now. When i started i used to take TRimune but i had severe lipoatrophy so my doctor changed me to ATRIPLA a year ago. The first month after the new treament... is aware of a reference on that subject please post! KH...crap

2/18/08 #1 - Radio freqyency of the occipital nerve for Migraine?
, drugs, etc. At the most a new treatment gives a month of relief. Most preventatives affect the liver.... I have no experience with radiofrequency lesions of the occipital nerve, although I’m aware that they had been tried...crap