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IS AMERICA CAUSING IT'S OWN DIS-EASE AND BLAMING YOU FOR IT- FMS AND MORE

FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE, ARTHRITIS, OBESITY, DIABETES THE LIST GOES ON.

MY FIRST COHERENT THOUGHTS IN WEEKS PLEASE DON'T BERATE ME IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO GET OUT WHAT I'VE BEEN FEELING FOR SO LONG AND PUT IT TO WORDS!! ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOME THOUGH....


I AM TOO WEAK TO POST ACTUAL SOURCE CREDITS SO TAKE IT FOR IT WHAT IT IS WORTH TO YOU. IF YOU CAN SUPPLY ME WITH LINKS I WILL CREDIT YOU FOR THEM.

THIS IS MY OWN OPINION AND THE REASON I CANNOT BE HERE AS I LONG TO BE. THIS IS MY CONTACT WITH HUMANS MY ONLY SOURCE OF DOING SO AND NOW MY HEALTH IS STEALING THIS AS WELL. IF YOU RELATE TO WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN HERE PLEASE WRITE ME, STATE YOUR OPINION, HELP, SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. WE MUST FIGHT TOGETHER FOR THE TRUTH AND STOP HIDING BEHIND MEDICATION AND SEARCHING WHEN THE ANSWERS HAVE BEEN IN OUR OWN HANDS. IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS AND MEDICATION IS USEFUL BUT IF SOMEONE COULD HAVE STOPPED ME FROM GETTING INTO THAT CYCLE LONG AGO I WOULD NOT BE HERE NOW. MY MOTHER TRIED TO TELL ME BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TRUTHS LAID IN HER PLEADINGS UNTIL NOW. PLEASE DON'T BLAST ME WITH HOW WRONG YOU THINK I AM. TAKE WHAT YOU LIKE AND IF YOU DON'T LEAVE IT LAY. I ADMIT THERE IS CAUSE FOR MEDICATIONS...THIS IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE BUT WHAT WE EAT IS AT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE SUFFER WITH AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN LIFESTYLE WE ARE BORN INTO. FREEDOM HAS IT'S COST...IT'S RESPONSIBILITY


YES I AM YELLING (CAPS)...... AMERICANS ARE BEING KILLED BY AMERICA'S NEED TO MAKE MONEY AND THEN WE HAVE THE NERVE TO CONDEMN IRAQ WHILE WE SILENTLY KILL OUR OWN, OH WE HAVE A SLY GOVERNMENT............READ ON...

O M G ......IS ANY HUMAN MEANT TO SERIOUSLY LIVE WITH THIS MUCH PHYSICAL PAIN, NAMED FIBROMYALGIA?

I WON'T EVEN MENTION THE EMOTIONAL PAIN OF LOSING MY MOTHER THAT HAS COMPLETELY TAKEN A BACK SEAT SOME WHERE, I DONT EVEN HAVE THE STRENGTH TO CRY. I'VE BEEN ILL FOR TWENTY PLUS YEARS AND ONCE AGAIN, TODAY,  I LISTENED TO A EMPATHETIC, HEALTHY, MONEY MAKING MAN CALLED A DOCTOR, TELL ME I MUST FIND A WAY TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH THE PHYSICAL PAIN, (MY PAIN TOLERANCE IS LOW DON'T YOU KNOW). AS IF I HAVE NOT TRIED EVERY HUMANLY POSSIBLE METHOD KNOWN BEYOND HIS LIMITS TO REMOVE THE PAIN. AS IF I AM A SIMPLE MINDED WOMAN THAT WANTS ATTENTION, THAT LOVES EATING DRUGS AND ENJOYS SPENDING HALF OUR INCOME ON INSURANCE AND PILLS SO I CAN SIT IN HIS 100 DOLLAR, 5 MINUTE OFFICE JUST SO I CAN LISTEN TO SOME PATRONIZING SNIDE SMART A.. TELL ME WHAT HE THINKS HE KNOWS ABOUT ME AND MY DIS-EASE. I HEARD HIS AFFILIATE OUTSIDE LAUGHING, "I CALLED DR CAROLL THIS MORNING TO ASK HIM WHAT HE WAS WEARING TODAY, HAHAHA". I WANTED TO EITHER HIT SOMEONE OR SWITCH BODIES WITH MY DOCTOR SO I COULD PATRONIZE HIM AND TREAT HIM LIKE HE IS SOME DEPRESSIVE ENTITY I NEED TO AVOID AND SHOVE OFF TO SOME OTHER DOCTOR SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM, WALK OUT OF THE OFFICE AND MOVE ON TO MY HAPPY LIFE...AND NOT EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT IT. DO YOU FEEL THIS WAY? DO YOU FEEL GUILTY FOR FEELING THIS WAY? WELL DON'T!!!! YOU DESERVE ALL YOUR FEELINGS, YOU ARE THE ONE PUTTING THE LIFE IN THEIR STYLES!!! THEY LEARNED IN COLLEGE EARLY HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODIES AND THEY HAVE THE INCOMES TO DO IT PROPERLY. OH A FEW HERE AND THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ESCAPE THE SICK MONSTER IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE. IF YOU WANT THE REAL ANSWER TO GETTING BETTER OR AT LEAST WHAT TRUTH I KNOW READ ON.....

SOMEBODY TAKE THE BLINDERS OFF BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

I'VE BEEN UNDER ICE, NECK BRACES, PAIN MEDS, BED REST ALL SELF HELP BECAUSE MY CURRENT DOC IS AN IDIOT THAT SHOULD NOT BE SERVING FIBRO PATIENTS. WHEN I GAIN THE STRENGTH I WILL BE FINDING AND CALLING A NEW DOCTOR (PRAYERFULLY). I'VE SPENT TWO DAYS ON-LINE IN BLEEPS OF TIME THAT MY ARMS WILL ALLOW SEARCHING FOR THOSE THAT ARE SUITED TO MY NEEDS, THIS IS A HARD THING TO FIND. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT NOT EVERY DOCTOR IS COMPLETELY IN THIS FOR THE MONEY AND WILL HELP BEYOND WHAT MY INSURANCE WILL PAY FOR. I NEED ACUPUNCTURE, IV THERAPY NUTRIENT'S, A HUG!


MY NECK IS SO WEAK, I EXERCISE AND IT GETS WORSE, I DON'T IT GETS WORSE. IT'S NOT A FLARE IT'S A DETOX OFF MEDS THAT HAVE BEEN MASKING THE PAIN. I TAKE NORCO AND A HOST OF OTHERS DRUGS SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN I WOULD ENDURE BEING OFF EVERYTHING. MY IMMUNE SUPPRESSOR SHOTS BARELY TOUCH MY PAIN LEVELS AND MY STOMACH IS IN KNOTS TRYING TO WRITE THIS AND ENDURE THE COLD ICE AND SPASMS SHOOTING UP AND DOWN MY SPINE. MY LUMBAR AND CERVICAL ARE IN A COMPETITION TO SEE WHICH CAN CAUSE THE MOST HAVOC AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHICH IS CAUSING WHAT. THE ONLY EPIDURAL DOCTOR IN OUR TOWN IS BOOKED ALL YEAR, I HAVE ANOTHER TWO MONTH WAIT. I AM SORRY FOR THE CAPS I STARTED AND I HATE INCONSISTENCY AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO GO BACK AND RESTART.

SO HERE I AM, MY POINT OF VIEW AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT...I'M SO HOPPING MAD AND MAYBE THAT IS WHAT MORE OF US NEED TO GET IN ORDER TO MAKE REAL CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW IF I AM MORE ANGRY OVER THE MONOPOLY IN KEEPING PEOPLE SICK OR THE GAS PRICE GAMES.

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE!!!!!!!!!!! IF MY BRAIN COULD THINK STRAIGHT IN THE MIDST OF THIS PAIN ENOUGH TO GET OFF MY PILLOW AND COOK MYSELF A MEAL OR TALK COHERENTLY I'D BE MARCHING ON WASHINGTON. I ONCE WAS INTELLIGENT AND PRODUCTIVE, RAISED FOUR CHILDREN WITHOUT CHILD SUPPORT AND KNEW HOW TO LAUGH FROM THE BELLY AS WELL AS HELP OTHERS, ALL THAT IS GONE.

IT'S TIME TO STOP DRUGGING AMERICA, MASKING ILLNESSES AND MAKING US WORSE WITH DRUGS INSTEAD OF SLEEPING IN BED WITH BIG CORPORATIONS THAT ARE KILLING AMERICANS IN THE NAME OF KEEPING THE USA COMMERCE ALIVE! HUNDREDS DIE EVERY DAY FROM DRUG SIDE EFFECTS AND OR MORE ILLNESS BROUGHT ON BY THE DRUG.

AMERICA NEEDS GENUINE NUTRITION WITHOUT CHEMICALLY TREATED, BOXED PRESERVATIVE FOODS. WE NEED ORGANIC HEALTHY LIVING WE NEED MEDICAL CARE THAT IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ALTERNATIVE, HOLISTIC THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE MEDICINE. THINK OF LAB CREATED MEDICINES? THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON A CELLULAR LEVEL FROM PLANT FORM JUST LIKE OUR FOOD. OUR BODIES SEE IT AS AN INVADER, IT DOESN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS HEALTHY HELP IT'S ALIEN AND OUR BODIES GO INTO OVER DRIVE TO PROTECT US BUT IN THE END ATTACK US INSTEAD.

WE NEED A PROACTIVE SOCIETY THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY SUFFERING. MY BODY IS DYING, MY CELLS ARE DYING AND I CANT AFFORD THE NATURAL REMEDIES LET ALONE NATURAL FOODS. ITS CHEAPER TO BUY A BOX OF MACARONI THAN CHEMICALLY FREE GROWN LETTUCE AND FRUIT. OUR BODIES WERE MADE TO EAT FRESH THINGS FROM THE SOURCE AND IF THEY AREN'T THEN IT'S A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE THAT GETS TREATED AS SUCH. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS A MAJOR ARMY FIGHTING FOR US NO WONDER WE ARE TIRED AND IN PAIN.

EVERYTHING AROUND US IS TOXIC FROM THE CLOTHES WE WEAR, THE LIQUID WE WASH THEM IN, TO THE CHLORINE ANTI BIOTIC WATER WE DRINK. YES CHLORINE ACTS AS AN ANTI BIOTIC WHEN OVER USED BREAKS DOWN THE FLORA IN OUR GUT WHICH IN TURNS CREATES A HOST OF OTHER PROBLEMS, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
EVEN THE GAS WE PUT IN OUR CARS THAT WE TOUCH AND BREATHE IN CAUSES MORE THAN WE IMAGINE. WE PAY A THIRD OF OUR INCOME FOR GAS NOW, TALK ABOUT A RECESSION.

WE HAVE CHEMICALS IN OUR DEODORANT'S, MAKE UP, PERFUMES, AIR FRESHENERS, EVERYTHING WE TOUCH AND WE TAKE THIS FAR FAR TOO LIGHTLY. OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE OVER LOADED AND WE WORRY ABOUT EATING SOME FISH FROM OUR RIVERS LOL. WE WOULD ALL DO MUCH BETTER LIVING ON AN ISLAND FENDING FOR OURSELVES IN FACT WE RESIST WHY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE SO MUCH HEALTHIER AND THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO WONDER WHY ON EARTH THEY DON'T WANT TO ADOPT OUR LIFE STYLE HAHA.
FORGIVE ME FOR ANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, I'VE BEEN TOO WEAK TO GET MY HEAD OFF A PILLOW OR MY ARMS TO HOLD A BRUSH LET ALONE TYPE CORRECTLY.

THE HUMAN BODY IS POWERFUL BUT IN TIME IT CAN ONLY FIGHT FOR US SO LONG. I HAVE NO FANTASTIC ANSWERS FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT. WE LIVE ON $600 PER MONTH.

YES, POVERTY RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA BECAUSE I AM TOO SICK TO MAKE THE MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS MY OWN COUNTRY RAISED ME TO INGEST. READ THAT ONE AGAIN!

I, WE, ENDURE THE STIGMA OF BEING SICK BECAUSE I, WE, ARE NOW USELESS TO THE SOCIETY THAT AIDED IN MAKING ME/US SICK. I DON'T QUALIFY FOR DISABILITY I WAS TOO SICK TO GET MY TEN YEARS OF WORK IN.

THE HOMELESS SHELTERS IN MY COMMUNITY ARE LOADED SO ARE THE MENTAL WARDS IN OUR HOSPITALS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME. DID THE DEPRESSION COME FIRST OR THE ILLNESS? I'VE READ IT IS THE SAME ACROSS THE U.S

MY HUSBAND HAS CANCER. HE WAS NEVER TOLD THAT CONSISTENT USE OF ROUND UP WOULD MAKE HIM SICK. HIS EMPLOYER NEVER TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO WEAR GLOVES OR A MASK. ALMOST EVERY PERSON I KNOW USES ROUND UP TO KILL WEEDS. IT'S A FACT THAT HIS CANCER TYPE CAN ONLY BE CAUSED BY THIS CARCINOGEN. IT IS ALSO NEAR TO IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE BUSINESS THAT MAKES THIS TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE. BY THE WAY (ROUND UP) THE STUFF THAT KILLS WEEDS IS MADE BY THE COMPANY THAT MADE AGENT ORANGE! THAT'S RIGHT THE STUFF THAT KILLED OUR OWN MEN IN VIETNAM.

DON'T USE ROUND UP!!!!!!

AMERICANS NEED TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES BY BEING INFORMED BUT FOR US I FEAR IT'S TOO LATE. WE HAVE LITTLE ABILITY TO GAIN A GREAT ENOUGH INCOME TO FIX OUR HEALTH PROBLEMS NOW. AT LEAST THE TYPE OF HELP THAT DRUGS AND REGULAR DOCTORS CANT FIX.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK...

 

 

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  • Freed by Mercy silver member
    June 6, 2008
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    I think lots of things contribute to make us ill. Childhood abuse and the accompaning PTSD is a major source, not only of psychic pain and psychological illness, but also physical pain and illness, in my opinion. This causes low self esteem among other things, which in turn leads to addictive behaviors and not taking good care of our bodies, minds and hearts.

    Toxins we ingest play a role, as do food choices. The role of diet in illness, particularly Fibromyalgia differs greatly among practitioners. One general md I saw in Canada attributed FMS and a host of other illnesses to food sensitivities. He developed this diet plan for himself after suffering from severe undiagnosed illness and found his own cure. Raw fruits and veggies, salads, etc. were a big no no. Juices, a more concentrated source of raw fruit and vegetables were especially bad. White rice, small amounts of chicken, and a few COOKED (mainly orange in color) vegetables and Cooked fruits were ok to eat. Water was ok, but virtually every other beverage was not, including herbal tea. Salt, pepper and I think a couple of oils were ok. Rice milk and rice cereal was ok. Other grains, nuts, fish, red meat, eggs, milk, dried fruit, cheese were all prohibited, at least in the early phases. I was on this diet for 2 months. I had to write down everything I ate and the time I ate it, and log my symptoms the same way. I felt WORSE because I was so aware of how I felt. I did lose 25 lbs. because it was basically a restricted but healthy diet. I couldn't stay on it, though, and it seemed not to help the pain.

    Other food theories out there: Candida, of course.
    Supplements, juicing, vegan, the list goes on and on. I think if one eats a health well balanced diet heavy on veggies, fruit, balanced grains, nuts and olive oil, light on meat... The basic food groups. Some say the mediteranian diet is the healthiest with it's emphasis on fish, vegetables, olive oil, etc. Eat what makes your body feel good, stop when it says to stop. Be careful with preparation of food, wash produce, don't cross contaminate.

    The grocery store for me is a dangerous place. Food is linked to mood, so I eat poorly much of the time.
    That is my choice. Somewhat deprived when I was younger (I felt that way, anyway), now I indulge. My son can eat whatever he wants. Yes, I buy him junk food. But he does not overindulge. When his stomach says full, he stops, no matter how much I prod him.
    Guess what? He's reed thin. He doesn't feel deprived. He can eat all he wants. I do not think he will ever be obese.

    Well, I've said a mouthful. Maybe I've talked some sense into my own thick skull.


  • catz Moderators member
    May 5, 2008
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    This is an interesting and informative column. I personally know two people who are afflicted with fibromyalgia. It's a devastating illness and my heart goes out to you.

    I also agree with you on the use of most medications. I'm all for holistic medicine and natural treatments. Right now I'm on blod pressure medications and I hate taking them. They keep me dizzy among other things... I also know that they've helped me get my blood pressure under control after having a stroke. According to my doctors, I'm stuck with the medications for life... I tend to disagree with that but I'm not quite ready to take the chance of not using them. I went off them about a year ago on my own and ended up having a stroke several months later. I was fortunate in that it didn't leave me paralysed though it has permantly effected my body, my agility, stamina, vision, etc.

    My friend who has fibromyalgia has been helped a great deal by accupuncture.

    I hope a lot of people read your column here

    Dee


  • BarefootSoul
    May 4, 2008
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    RECOMMENDED READING -

    1. Any books on juicing, Jack Lalane
    2. You on a diet by Dr. Oz
    3. Inside Fibromyalgia Mark Pellegrino
    4. Potatoes Not Prozac
    5. Natural Cures - Some good old info despite author
    6. The Secret
    7. A Return To Love
    8. The bible of course

    MORE LATER.......NEED TO LOOK IN MY LIBRARY

    QUOTE; KNOWLEDGE IS USELESS UNLESS IT'S USED