You know... between strangers still insisting that they know better than me and my doctors about my medications and disorders and this new bizarre, creepy, fucked up conspiracy theory about actress Angelina Jolie, I think I need to put up all my psychic shields whenever I am on Facebook ( Read more... )

And yet another email from a well-meaning stranger who insists that if only I would stop all my medications and eat certain foods for the rest of my life, I would be completely healed and all my disabilities would vanish. Ah, willful ignorance, my nemesis, we meet again ( Read more... )

I love science ( Read more... )

I brewed half a pot of coffee using four tablespoons from a sample bag of 7-11 Fusion Energy Coffee. I remember when Adam bought it to see if Billy might like it, since Billy loves 7-11 coffee, and is so tolerant to caffeine that he can drink several pots of coffee without feeling a buzz. The little packet was still sitting unopened, so what the ( Read more... )

Today, I am happy. Because I actually have energy.
When I have energy, I can manage pain better.
Go me!
*is own cheerleader*

Ashwagandha + Gotu Kola = super wonderful herbs for fibro.

Woah ( Read more... )

One of my favorite body lotions, Telbari.com's "Andrea Baby Lotion", contains sea buckthorn oil, avocado oil, wheat germ... and organic Pau d'arco extract. This would make it quite possibly one of the most powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory skin lotions I know of ( Read more... )

I took my usual supplement cocktail for pain today, in the wake of that one Cymbalta pill making me feel like hell ( Read more... )

(Reishi is also called Lingzhi in China)

"Lingzhi has been found to strengthen the respiratory system and to have a healing effect on the lungs, and is particularly beneficial for individuals with asthma, cough and other respiratory complaints. At least one population study conducted in the 1970s confirms this claim. When more the 2,000 Chinese ( Read more... )