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Post by Tamela on Apr 30, 2011 12:06:45 GMT -5
I have tried the the thing of putting something under your feet before and it really worked. Now sometimes I just lift my legs if I need some extra help. It works!!
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Post by gemstone on May 2, 2011 11:19:47 GMT -5
Tamela - I always do this since some of the girls here said about it. It's made such a difference; if any of my friends mention they are having troubles, I recommend this!!
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Post by JC on Jun 9, 2011 7:30:05 GMT -5
This is information regarding the research being done by the Whittemore Peterson Institute- institute for neuro-immune disease. Their current research is on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), Atypical MS, Fibromyalgia and Gulf War Syndrome, share common abnormalities in the innate immune response, which result in chronic immune activation and immune deficiency. I found this facility rather fascinating and thought I'd pass it along. www.wpinstitute.org/xmrv/index.html
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Post by ovarianmutiny on Jun 11, 2011 19:26:04 GMT -5
I thought this article with Q&A for a medical doctor who specializes in endometriosis was both accessible and informative: www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=54511Especially this part: 'Another problem is that doctors don't get paid very well for doing surgery. They get paid for delivering babies, which doesn't take much skill. The reason this is occurring is because the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology decided that if they tried to fight for better payment for both obstetrical services and gynecological services, then they might not get improvement in either. And so they decided to fight for better reimbursement for delivering babies. So gynecology has become the stepchild of ob-gyn. Many doctors practice gynecology almost as a hobby, which they can do because it is subsidized by the money they make from their ob-gyn practice.' This has been my EXACT experience with doctors who claim to be OBGYNs! They make their money from dealing with pregnant women, so their experience and dedication to helping women who aren't in the reproduction game is limited. SO frustrating!
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Post by ovarianmutiny on Jun 11, 2011 19:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by JC on Jun 21, 2011 6:18:25 GMT -5
If you love medical research articles this is an AWESOME website. The articles in this site cover a broad spectrum of medical research, not just endo. I enjoy reading this stuff so if there's a random chance that someone else out there loves this type of thing, this is a great site! The other awesome thing about this site is that all of these articles are in lay person terms. soundmedicine.iu.edu/rss-channels/research
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Post by KSA on Jun 21, 2011 13:40:03 GMT -5
I am listening to the research on anesthesia....Ok I love this site. Great link Jenaya! Nice to know that when we go under it is going into a reversable coma. Very interesting!
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Post by KSA on Aug 15, 2011 19:27:46 GMT -5
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Post by JC on Aug 16, 2011 5:33:36 GMT -5
Love the inflammation article. A lot of medical research and physicians are looking at inflammation as the cause to almost every disease. A large reason why people are carrying so much inflammation in their bodies is the modern lifestyle of poor diet of highly processed foods. Our bodies weren't meant to process all that and as a result, our bodies are fighting back. If there is ANY way to combat inflammation in our bodies, I really feel that's the answer to a lot of what plagues us. Inflammation in our tissues is so unbelievably destructive.
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Post by Karen on Aug 16, 2011 6:31:53 GMT -5
I've read the same things, Jenaya! Did you know that statins appear to reduce inflammation, which is why people on them have fewer heart attacks than people not on them? People think it's because they lowered their cholesterol, but in reality, it's because of the statins that just happen to do both. There's lots of info about inflammation and Altheismers (how the hell do you spell that??), too.
I swear, girls, all the stuff we're doing now to combat inflammation will pay off heaploads in the long run!
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Post by JC on Aug 16, 2011 6:45:35 GMT -5
When I took my endocrine class the professor had a physician guest speaker come in and he talked about metabolic syndrome. He said that obesity is an inflammatory disease because excess body fat, especially belly fat, produces inflammatory substances that wreak havoc on the body. That's why people who are obese have higher incidences of all disease including cancer. Inflammation is they key player in many disease and I really believe it's preventable. It's just that most people don't want to do the work to fight it.
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Post by danniv on Aug 16, 2011 7:05:19 GMT -5
mmm i love strawberries...good thing i ate an entire punnet today, of course for inflammation
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Post by 1234 on Aug 16, 2011 8:44:52 GMT -5
You know, the inflammation is actually what I've been trying to target in my crazy hippy way. I'm not much of an advertisement at the moment, because I've really been in a ton of pain ever since that horrible mirena experience, but the concept does make sense to me. So here is what I've been doing so far: kelp and pepper. These are hugely anti-inflammatory. You can get kelp in pill form either at Karen's vitacost.com or at lost of hippy stores. You can't take much of the kelp, because it provides natural iodine and so you'll over-iodinize yourself. The pepper I've talked about on and off, but the capsaicin in peppers is what is so anti-inflammatory. It lives in teh seeds and the white stuff around the seeds. Shane and I have made pepper pills after buying about 4 bushels of peppers on teh side of the road in rural Maryland (both of our bike panniers were full of peppers--we were QUITE aromatic). We dehydrated the peppers, ground them up, put them in pills, and I take them. Another thing I'll be adding soon is turmeric root--very anti-inflammatory. We'll put it in pills. Important to get pure turmeric root and NOT turmeric extract. And, an additional thing we're trying is gin soaked raisins. I know, I know. But we heard it on the radio this weekend: www.bobedwardsradio.com/blog/2011/8/13/home-remedies-from-the-peoples-pharmacy.html . We currently have raisins sitting in evaporating gin in our house. I'll let yall know how it goes....
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Post by JC on Aug 16, 2011 9:03:10 GMT -5
HA I was going to mention turmeric but you beat me to it! I haven't tried it yet but I hear TONS of great things about it. You can get it in a tea form from Yogi. It's the joint health one. I was taking fish oil for a while and my inflammatory markers went from high to normal so I know that stuff works well, proven through blood work!
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Post by JC on Aug 17, 2011 9:19:52 GMT -5
Cleveland Clinic is giving botox injections in one of the muscles of the pelvis to treat pelvic pain. CRAZY!!
Successful use of botulinum toxin type a in the treatment of refractory postoperative dyspareunia. Authors: Park AJ; Paraiso MF Author Address: Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. parka@ccf.org Source: Obstetrics And Gynecology [Obstet Gynecol] 2009 Aug; Vol. 114 (2 Pt 2), pp. 484-7. Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Journal Information: Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0401101 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0029-7844 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00297844 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Obstet Gynecol Subsets: Core Clinical (AIM); MEDLINE MeSH Terms: Postoperative Complications* Botulinum Toxins, Type A/*therapeutic use Dyspareunia/*drug therapy Dyspareunia/*etiology Neuromuscular Agents/*therapeutic use Vaginismus/*drug therapy Endometriosis/surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Pelvic Floor/surgery ; Rectocele/surgery ; Uterine Prolapse/surgery ; Vaginismus/etiology Abstract: Background: Refractory dyspareunia presents a challenging therapeutic dilemma. Case: A woman with defecatory dysfunction and dyspareunia presented with stage 2 prolapse. She underwent laparoscopic and vaginal pelvic floor reconstruction with excision of endometriosis. The patient experienced increased dyspareunia and de novo vaginismus postoperatively that were refractory to trigger point injections, physical therapy, and medical and surgical management. She underwent botulinum toxin type A injections into her levator ani muscles, which allowed her to have sexual intercourse again after 2 years of apareunia with no recurrence of pain for 12 months. Conclusion: Injecting botulinum toxin into the levator ani muscles shows promise for postoperative patients who develop vaginismus and do not respond to conservative therapy. Substance Nomenclature: 0 (Neuromuscular Agents) EC 3.4.24.69 (Botulinum Toxins, Type A) Entry Dates: Date Created: 20090722 Date Completed: 20090915 Latest Revision: 20101118 Update Code: 20101124 PMID: 19622971 Database: MEDLINE
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