Health Issues/"Dis-eases"

Information about allergies to things in our air, what to do about them to prevent them (filters, etc.), treat them from an integrative medicine standpoint, which includes traditional and alternative approaches.

Outreach and networking about fibromyalgia and chronic exhaustion/fatigue. Collaborative Internet activities culminating on International Fibromyalgia and CF Awareness Day, May 12, and more!

Dr. Spurlock of Dallas, TX has specialized with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue as a long-termer within 'anti-aging', formerly was with Fibro/Fatigue Centers and continues in Enviromental Medicine. Through him, Mardy became aware of ITC Compounding and Natural Wellness Pharmacy in her home state of Colorado, ironcially. They have overlapping and differing ways of going about things, which provides welcome diversity with consistency of overall paradigm. We hope much learning comes from these pages.

Aimee Shannon is credited with inspiring and beginning this Forum in 2010. An activist within the fibromyalgia community as well as a licensed social worker and a contributor writing in the Lumigrate Forums from almost our beginning. We look forward to everyone we will invite to be part here.

Many Topics in this Forum: places for venting, for crying, for funny stories, information and Your Story About Your Fibromyalgia -- come add yours, or read the wonderful stories with so much similar and yet everyone's unique too.

Yenta was created in the fall of 2009 and made her grand entrance on facebook and Lumigrate.com on Thanksgiving week and has been universally loved and very popular. We're hoping MANY more come write about spirituality and we're going to spin Yenta to her own Kibutz. (Right word, Yenta?)

Chronic pain is different than 'acute' pain and that is where much of the problems many have today in having appropriate treatment. Many treatments provided to people by well-meaning providers end up not working and making things worse overall. Doctors are used to treating acute pain. Therapists are used to treating orthopedic not musculo-skeletal and systemically caused pain conditions. Consumer/patients go away feeling angry, distrusting, and 'used and abused' financially and emotionally when this occurs. This forum is to provide information to be utilized in tandem with the medication/pain forum for those who are interested or solo for those who use other strategies for pain remediation.

Discussion on integrative medicine's approaches for mental fogginess, decreased desire, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, headaches (including migraines), etc.

An area for people with problems and solutions and while hopefully not 'bore you to sleep', be a resource for those up late at night with insomnia AND those who want to learn (and contribute) to why sleep is so important to the health of their body, mind, spirit, and what the problems can be!

The body strives to be in a state of 'chronic wellness' but often goes into 'chronic illness' with chronic dis-ease. Information related to functional medicine's integrative approaches to being well (or better!)

Discussion on collaborative care approaches for managing hypoglycemia.

Discussion on collaborative care approaches for managing diabetes.

Discussion on integrative medicine approaches for cancer prevention, detection, and management.

For medical providers (MD, DO, acupuncture, naturopaths, homeopaths, massage therapists, pharmacists) and consumers alike, this area is for YOU to recommend providers you know who might help others who are "Lumigrate Like-Minded". Please include why and as much contact information as you have, so Mardy can contact them and then write a review!

Discussions about changing health care systems in the U.S. and beyond. "Find facts, learn, form opinions, discuss with others while conveying what is fact and opinion. Move forward"