What I LOVE about Deirdre Rawlings, ND's Info on Fibromyalgia and Food

"We all have a need for connection and relationships.  Do your heart good this month; allow yourself to love and be loved.  Health is your most prized possession.  Protect it with love.  Handle it and you with care." is my favorite part of Deirdre Rawlings' Newsletter, Volume 1.1!  She goes on to say:

"You can take heart knowing that the number one goal for every edition of Foods for Fibromyalgia newsletter is to support you on your healing path!  Each edition will contain  all of the latest cutting-edge health and nutrition information, research, resources, recipes, tools, tips, strategies, and more, that's available on fibromyalgia.  We know and understand what you are going through and we're here to assist you in easing your pain, fighting your fatigue, and supporting you to get your life back on track and to be healthy."

Yesterday was Valentine's Day and it's very interesting to see how little interest there is in reading the blog posts about heart health that I made.  This is a 'fibromyalgia following' for SURE, but there are many things that apply to one and the other.  I encourage you to follow the link to read the newsletter, as it has information about libido, sleep, magnesium, AND has a healthy chocolate mouse recipe!  

Both Dr. Rawlings and I worked at least 'full days yesterday', because we love our businesses and are committed to advancing health care through our customers, who are the consumers and providers looking for progressive and valid information.  To my knowledge, neither of us have taken a day off in the month that we've been collaborating related to her being the nutrition expert for Lumigrate.com.  She's creating the content for two new websites and even though it was a particularly busy time, she appreciates Lumigrate and the Grate Group of followers and wanted to contribute to what is going on in the Forums area. 

This might be a good time to ask: How hard are YOU working this year on YOUR health?  Are you expecting the providers around you to be 'right on' all the time and expecting as much of yourself?  I hope SO.  Because you're the one that is in control over what you do with your time, energy and money.  You have the control in who you chose to be on your team as well, which becomes complicated with the differing financial / insurance situations I realize, but even within that there are 'choices' that we maybe sometimes don't initially consider as such.  This is a time to really be taking a long look inside ourselves individually and communally as it relates to health care.  And I hope I do MY best with my own health and with Lumigrate, in bringing valid, progressive, streamlined and FUN information and people to the website and facebook pages so that many can benefit by learning and growing.  That is a 'head thing' and a 'heart thing', and requires your spirit to be involved as well, which is why 'integrative medicine' is about 'mind, body, spirit'.    

After I get this posted for you all to read, I'm going to go over to the Forums / Fibromyalgia / Imaginary Patients area and finish up / hatch  "Neva", a 35 year old woman who, like anyone, has this one life to deal with and do with and live, and who has a diagnosis of 'fibromyalgia' as part of that.  I'm then going to let everyone know Neva is 'there' and invite everyone to go brainstorm what they might suggest she 'do' to get well.  My intention is to create an interesting, dynamic and realistic learning environment that allows the professionals who will come write comfortably with the suggestions they make, and be equally as inviting for the OTHER experts -- and those are the people who have fibromyalgia or other medical conditions, their family and friends who are coming to learn and share, or anyone who has an interest in chronic pain.

Ilene Spector, DO is in Grand Junction treating patients today and tomorrow and I have time scheduled with her to not only have her continue working on me and being able to share what a 'cranial osteopath' contributes to my health care team, but to get her set up to contribute in the Forums area, at least for now with her 'take' on Neva, along with whatever else anyone else wants to write.  So please stay tuned here this week for these developments!

Below are two things: The link for Dr. Rawlings' website/newsletter archive section and I HIGHLY encourage everyone to click on it and go read!  And below that is what you would receive on facebook if you were part of her facebook following, and there is a link within that for her facebook information.  Let's really grab hands, and onto the rope of information she is throwing us, and get better together!   www.foodsforfibromyalgia.com/information-center/newsletter-archive/item/164-newsletter-vol-11-february-2010.html#three

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