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	<title>Women and Fibromyalgia</title>
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	<description>Living with an Invisible Dis-ease</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>On Being Parented and Parenting: Overcoming Past Experiences Through Understanding Pain of Fibromyalgia</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/11/01/fibromyalgia-on-being-parented-and-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/11/01/fibromyalgia-on-being-parented-and-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Melzack's Neuromatrix Model]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SomaSimple]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children and fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[early socialization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fibromyalgia and parenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[highly sensitive nervous system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hyperventilating]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hypervigilance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[intense family obligations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mindfulness meditation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[myofascial release]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nature vs.nurture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nightmares]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[overly empathetic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pain and the brain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parent blaming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pre-disposition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[repressed memories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self reproach]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sleep walking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[types of massage therapies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unrealistic expectations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people&#8221;, Thich Nhat Hanh

Since I am convinced that fibromyalgia is the result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia and Other Pains: Living with Anxiety and Apprehension</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/10/10/fibromyalgia-and-sore-hips/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/10/10/fibromyalgia-and-sore-hips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adrenalin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[apprehension]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[catastrophize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chronic stress response]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cortisol]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hysterics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mindfulness meditation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[over excited nerve cells]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[over-stimulated nervous system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sore hips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s not the load that breaks you down, it&#8217;s the way you carry it&#8221; , Lena Horne
HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK-END!

We Canadians are always so happy our Thanksgiving falls in mid October when it&#8217;s harvest time; the leaves are gorgeous and in full colour and if we cook a turkey it is still a long way till Christmas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia: Suffering With The Itch You Can&#8217;t Scratch</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/09/07/fibromyalgia-and-the-itch-you-cannot-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/09/07/fibromyalgia-and-the-itch-you-cannot-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-itch lotion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Atul Gawande]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Epsom salts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Yorker]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bouts of itching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brain state conditioning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[central nervous system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cold packs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fibromyalgia and itching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[humidity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nerve transmissions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[neurotransmitters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newer theory on itching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[retraining the brain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[skin as a sensory organ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[weather changes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Once it is understood that sufferings cannot be compared, then it is possible to speak of different sufferings in the same story, because there is no comparison&#8221;, Arthur W. Frank

Here it is&#8230; one awful day, living with the winds and rains of Hurricane Hanna and my brain tells my body something unusual is happening. The itching has returned; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia and &#8216;flare-ups&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/08/15/fibromyalgia-and-flare-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/08/15/fibromyalgia-and-flare-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[childhood issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[episodes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flare-ups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flare-ups subside]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[localized pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pushing too hard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[weather conditions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8221; So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us&#8221;, Gaston Bachelard

A flare-up, a word for an acute attack of fibromyalgia, can be very alarming if it seems to come out of the air without warning. Even after years of living with fibromyalgia I can become overwhelmed with anxiety about an episode [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia and friendships</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/07/25/fibromyalgia-and-friendships/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/07/25/fibromyalgia-and-friendships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Estelle Getty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Golden Girls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advocates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[buddies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chronic fatigue]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emotions and feelings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[estrogen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fair weather friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[female friendships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[friendships vs. support groups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life partner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[male friendships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maternal behaviour]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meaning of friendships for fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[oxytocin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[secrecy of fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sick role]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sisters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[testosterone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/?p=33</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;One&#8217;s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion&#8221;, Simone deBeauvoir

This week Estelle Getty died, one of the stars of The Golden Girls, a rather schmaltzy sitcom about friendships, the theme song words &#8220;thank you for being my friend&#8221; ringing clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia and &#8216;Energy Medicine&#8217;: Trying to unlock the puzzling language and belief system</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/07/11/fibromyalgia-tryin-to-unlock-the-puzzle-of-meridiansenergy-systemsacupressure-points/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/07/11/fibromyalgia-tryin-to-unlock-the-puzzle-of-meridiansenergy-systemsacupressure-points/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[EFT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EMT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Eastern philosophies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Freedom Techniques]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jin Shin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NEAT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Power healing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pranic healing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Qi Gong]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Theta healing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[acupuncture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[auras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[body discourse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[body/mind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brain activity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chakras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[conventional medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empirical evidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[healer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mainstream medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meridians]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mystical]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nervous system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reiki]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tai-chi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[therapeutic touch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please&#8221;, Mark Twain

Given that modern medicine has been unable to find either a cause or cure for fibromyalgia it is little wonder that many have turned to an alternate way of viewing and discussing the body in order to deal with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia:     Men/ Women/ Sensitivity and Empathy</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/23/fibromyalgia-men-and-womensensitivity-and-empathy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA['emotional intelligence']]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[George Carlin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gulf War Syndrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IQ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cannot generalize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[caring work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[feminine traits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fibromyalgi and highly intuitive]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fibromyalgia and high energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gay men]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[high achievers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[highly motivated]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[human emotions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[interaction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[masculine traits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men and fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[political issue]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sensitivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women's movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it&#8221;, George Carlin
To-day one of my favourite comedians died. I shall miss his humour and while I obviously agree with Carlin&#8217;s view that both men and women are from earth, I cannot be quite so cavalier about dealing with many known differences. Sensitivity and empathy, for example, are human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia and &#8216;playing&#8217; the &#8216;game&#8217; of bridge</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/20/fibromyalgia-and-playing-the-game-of-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/20/fibromyalgia-and-playing-the-game-of-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[angry people]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bridge games]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[concentration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hobby]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[laughter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[life long learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[positive thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[relaxation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stress and pain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Bridge is essentially a social game, but unfortunately it attracts a substantial number of antisocial people&#8221;, Alan Truscott

Those of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue need fun, lightness, play time, enjoyable games that bring us good cheer and laughter. There are no better ways to relax those painful muscles and let us forget for awhile how easily it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia and the attempt to force it into a &#8216;disease&#8217; category</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/12/fibromyalgia-and-the-attempt-to-force-it-into-a-disease-category/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/12/fibromyalgia-and-the-attempt-to-force-it-into-a-disease-category/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[attachment relationships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bright lights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cure vs cause]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nature/nuture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[psychoneurologists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[right hemisphere of brain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[smells]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social cause]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strong winds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[toxic substances]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8221; Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse&#8221; , Lily Tomlin
I am weary. Try as much as I can, I cannot find many fibromyalgia researchers who are willing to stop this endless search for a medical cause of fibromyalgia! So many seem keen on trying to force the Cinderella slipper on the wrong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia, Evidence Based Medicine and &#8216;Complementary / Alternative&#8217; Practices</title>
		<link>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/04/fibromyalgia-and-complementaryalternative-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/06/04/fibromyalgia-and-complementaryalternative-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Keddy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese herbs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[allopathic medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alternative therapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[botanical]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[complementary therapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[concoctions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[evidence based medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flower essences]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[junk science]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[magnets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[natural remedies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peppermint leaves]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[placebo effect]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pseudo science]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[supplements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vitamins]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[voodoo science]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[western medicine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Question everything&#8221;, Maria Mitchell
Frustrated that there is not much hope for relief from the usual medical system and its approach to fibromyalgia, many turn for help to practitioners who provide either complementary or alternative medicine (C/AM). The differences between the latter two is an artifical separation since they both entail using concoctions, therapies, herbs, or homeopathic remedies that are one and the same. [...]]]></description>
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