DOMINIE'S NEWSLETTER
JULY
2003
DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical doctor. I am a
fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome survivor. The purpose of this newsletter
is not to diagnose or cure any disease or malady, but is presented as food for
thought. This information cannot take the place of professional medical
advice. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should come under the
direction of a physician. No guarantees are made regarding any of the
information in this newsletter.
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read Topics 1-10 below:
1. LETTERS FROM
READERS
2. THYROID AND
FMS
3. UNEDUCATED
DOCTORS
4. ABUSE, MARTYRS
AND FMS
5. NEED FMS DOCTOR
IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA
6. MERCURY DETOX
WITH IMMUNE BALANCER
7. SLEEP AND
IMMUNE SYSTEM
8. BREATHING AND
FMS/CFIDS
9. DEATH BY MODERN
MEDICINE
10. BOOK ON
FIBROMYALGIA
11. STROKES AND
BLOODLETTING
12. INSOLES CUT
FATIGUE
13. STOPS
TINNITUS?
14. CHANGES IN
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CAUSE FMS/CFIDS
15. POSTER PERSON
FOR FIBRO NEEDED
16. PREGNANCY AND
FMS (revisited)
17. A.D.D. AND
FIBRO
18. NEED HELP
COPING?
19. YEAST AND
FMS
20. PARVOVIRUS AND
CFIDS
21. SODIUM OXYBATE
AND SLEEP
22. DETOX AND
SLEEP
23. WHIPLASH AND
FMS
24. POSSIBLE
SUICIDE IN KIDS ON PAXIL
25. SEASILVER TO
BE AVAILABLE SOON
26. AVOID
SUGAR
27. GOOD ADVICE ON
MEDS
28. BEWARE OF
LEVAQUIN
29. GOT QUESTIONS?
HERE ARE ANSWERS!
30. MARITAL
HARMONY - AN EMERGENCY MARRIAGE MANUAL
31. SPIRITUAL
UPLIFT CORNER
32. DOMINIE'S
PERSONAL UPDATE
"Thanks so much for putting together this
newsletter. In all the years I have been trying to find information, I have
never found as much quality research and helpful articles as you present
here."
"Yesterday I recieved both the newsletter and
the immune balancer. After two dosages I experienced a clearing of a kind
of fogginess in my head that I understand many people with CFS
experience."
"This disease is like its related cousin,
depression/anxiety and stress, when mentioned to medical professionals or
insurance companies--their collective ignorance with their medical based science
mentality." [NOTE FROM DOMINIE: Read 50 SIGNS OF
FIBROMYALGIA at http://www.fms-help.com/signs.htm]
"I used to be a competitive bodybuilder, but
then I got CFS. Recently I had to stay in bed for 5 days, but within a few
days of taking the immune balancer, I got so much energy!"
"I stumbled upon your page www.fms-help.com in a search for
more fibromyalgia info. with each site i find, reflecting on my past, so many
things now make sense. unpredictable random stabbing pains, fatigue, depression,
being held in contempt up to and including family members, as if a person
chooses this life. what i have read thus far at times has brought tears to my 45
yr old eyes (46 in july). i know i'm far from being perfect, but the hardest
part isn't the pain, but the way i'm treated by my wife and kids. everyone
thinks i fake the pain and use depression as an excuse. i've always been at
times made fun of to my face and am accused of feeling sorry for myself in front
of my children. i even get them literature to read up on it to hopefully get
them to understand, but it's also dissmissed as an even more convenient
excuse." [NOTE FROM DOMINIE: Please see MY NAME IS
FIBROMYALGIA at www.fms-help.com/mnif.htm ]
"I have used most of the container of the
immune balancer, and it is wonderful. I am sleeping better, and do not
hurt like I did."
"I am really enjoying your June newsletter, so
informative and helpful."
"Even though I was up twice to go to the
bathroom, I pretty much slept straight through last night. Yippee!
I am also thrilled as to how the immune balancer is clearing up my yeast
infection. I have tried everything and battled this for a long
time. I had itching and burning and it was horrible. Nothing really
helped. I resigned myself to the fact that I would have this
forever. I'm very happy with those results right now. It would
always get worse right before and during my period. For women with yeast
problems this may be the cure!! I'm curious to see how it affects my
pre-menstrual problems."
From a newsletter reader--
"I found a doctor that believes in and
precribes natural hormone and thyroid replacement. My Fibro is better, have alot
more energy. He also precribed cortisol for tired adrenal gland. The thyroid is
called armour thyroid. The thyroid test I had done with other (so-called)
doctors always came back normal...but turns out it was far from normal. He is in
the Houston area, if anyone is interested. His last name is Hotzie. Just thought
I would share this."
From a newsletter reader--
"I have been diagnosed with condition for about
16 months, but have had a lot of the symptoms for years. Only because the pain
and fact that I really couldn't walk very, lack of sleep and intense fatigue
that I sought the help of my doctor. Unfortunately like a lot of doctors, I felt
I wasn't getting much back from her and she appeared to 'go deaf' when I was
talking, she has now told me that she feels a lot of it is 'in the head'. I
really couldn't believe it as I thought she was a young, forward thinking G.P.
Any suggestions what letter to write to terminate her as my doctor, also I know
I am in England, but where to find doctors who are informed about
FM."
4. ABUSE, MARTYRS AND FMS
From a newsletter reader--
"As you are aware Fibro is mostly a woman's
problem, I feel that is because in most cases women are the caregivers in our
sociaty. The reason some men also suffer with Fibro is because there are some
men that are also caregivers. In today's world of the haves and have nots
the caregivers try so hard to do everything and use themselves up. Even after
they are used up they still keep on giving. They do it out of love for those
they serve. Unfortunately that kind of servant is almost never appreciated
and ends up being not appreciated and abused, because the people that we serve,
that we love, we make excuses for. Because we make excuses for them it
enables them to blame us for their shortcomings so we end up taking the blame
for everything that goes wrong with their life.....[NOTE: This women
goes on to tell about being raised in a ghetto with 12 children and an
alcoholic father, crying every day of her childhood, being raped twice before
she was 12, and about her first abusive marriage where she tried to please and
turned into a martyr, being beaten, etc. Continuing with her
remarks......] I have always said, what goes around comes around, but in
my mind it was if you did bad it would come back to you, but I never realized
that if you are sad it will come back to you too. I saw the light,
sadness brings sadness, I was the one that caused all my unhappiness. I was born
with a genitic sadness that was controlling my life. Sadness was pouring from me
and that was what I was getting back from all that I loved. I was not only
destroying myself but all that I cared for. I had devoted my life to the
ones I loved and eliminated everyone else. I never had any friends just my
family...........Five years ago [a person] showed me I needed to be my best
friend, that the only one that was ever going to love me was me, and until I
loved myself and was happy with me no one else could love me, because what goes
around comes around. Now love pours from me like sunshine even on rainy
days. Now when I drive in my car or walk down the street or in a store everyone
catches my eyes and sees the love that comes from me and smiles at me. Everyone
that knew me before don't even know who I am. It is like everyday is the first
day of my life and it is filled with happiness and love, now the sadness
is gone, when it tries to come back it can't because I love me and I know I
deserved to be loved and not sad. My life is still filled with uncertaianty and
challenge, the sadness keeps trying to come back but this new love I have for
myself won't let it and won't let anyone treat me like a unworthy servant ever
again. Because it has been beaten into my soul that I have to love myself
before I can be worthy of love. So for the first time in 59 years I am loved by
the person that deserves it the most
ME!!!!!" [NOTE FROM DOMINIE: I'm sure
many of us can relate to at least parts of this woman's incredible
story! A good Christian book on the subject of being a martyr,
pleasing, not being appreciated, etc. is "THE PLEASERS" by Kevin
Lehman. You can get it online at amazon.com or from most Christian
bookstores. It really helped me when I read it about 15 years
ago.]
5. NEED FMS DOCTOR IN TULSA,
OKLAHOMA
Donna, a newsletter reader, is looking for a a
fibromyalgia doctor in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has had back, neck and carpal
tunnel surgery and now has FMS. Her mother also had FMS (when she was
alive) & 2 of her sisters do. When she asks her
doctor about checking into it, he more or less laughs and says since she has
arthritis really bad, that's all it is. Donna is seeking a new doctor as her
symptoms are worsening. Her email address is jdcran@softhome.net
6. MERCURY DETOX WITH IMMUNE BALANCING
About MERCURY POISONING - A doctor reported
that one of his patients began excreting mercury in the urine after using an
immune balancing powder.
7. SLEEP AND IMMUNE
SYSTEM
From newsletter readers--
"I had been disabled from fibromyalgia and
chronic fatigue syndrome. I am able to sleep all night without medication
since being on the immune balancer. I have no pain since being taking the
capsules with the shake."
"I have been sleeping better since the first
few days on the immune balancer."
[NOTE FROM
DOMINIE: I have not been able to sleep much for the past 20
years. It was horrible! (I would say it was a nightmare, but that
would mean I was sleeping!!!) After 3 weeks on the immune
balancer, I began yawning and feeling sleepy at night instead of just tensing
up, which was normal for me. I have been able to cut back on my sleep meds
considerably, and later became 99% pain free after a week of taking the
capsules with the shake.]
8. BREATHING AND FMS/CFIDS
From Tip of the Day from
immunesupport.com--
According to Richard Podell, M.D., disordered
breathing is one of the vicious cycles that CFS and FM patients experience.
"More than half of our patients with FMS or CFS develop a disordered pattern of
breathing. They take very small rapid breaths using the small muscles of their
chest instead of slow, deep breathing with the large muscles of the abdomen.
These changes are subtle and most people who "hyperventilate" in this manner
don't realize that their breathing pattern is out-of-sync. Shallow chest
breathing makes people feel tense. Slow, deep abdominal breathing creates
feelings of calmness. Disordered breathing can also cause a broad array of
frightening symptoms including mental fog, dizziness, irritability, chest pain,
feeling numb and more. Worsening symptoms then disrupt breathing further."
(Source: www.ImmuneSupport.com. Read the complete article at http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/ID/4563.)
9. DEATH BY
MODERN MEDICINE
From a newsletter reader--
“'Death by Modern Medicine' written by Dr.
Carolyn Dean MD, ND, with Trueman Tuck, Rights Advocate goes beyond the
statistics of deaths due to drugs. It shows how the medical monopoly that
created the system in the first place is allowed to control health care. A tale
of propaganda, health care bureaucracy, the business of cancer, our own personal
addictions to sugar and drugs, and the denial we all harbor to help us cope with
the overwhelming burden are woven into this 400-page volume."
From a newsletter reader in
Alabama--
"TREATING AND BEATING FIBROMYLGIA AND
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME" BY DR. RODGER H.
MURPHREE (205) 879-2383
Cost is $19.95 + $3.00
S&H THIS BOOK MAY BE ORDERED AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS & WEB
SITE: www.fibromyalgiacfsstore.com HARRISON AND HAMPTON PUBLISHING, ATTENTION:
DWM, 825 CONROY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
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