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FOLLY POGS IS ALIVE AND WELL

Hi Folks Apologies for my absence – life is so hectic hardly time to even contemplate. Contemplate what I have not thought about. But The Folly Pogs Fibromyalgia Research UK is on the verge of getting that illusive registered number – you know what I am talking about – the Charity Commission number (if they [...]

WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930′s 1940′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s

1930′s 1940′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s

THE GREEN THINGY – should be compulsory reading!

From Jeanne Hambleton with fibro hugs This morning I received this email as recommended reading.  Do hope I am not in breach of anything but it really is an eye opener.  I had not realised quite how much our living patterns had changed. Now I think is it any wonder  that we are ill, poisoning [...]

May 12 International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Hi – What are you doing on Thursday – our special FM day? Tell me if you are doing anything spectacular -would love to add it to my news. If you are doing some fund raising please don’t forget the Folly Pogs FM Research fund – we all need a cure. Donations gratefully received – [...]

Folly Pogs FM Philanthropists

Folly Pogs and FM Philanthropists Research

SLEEP DEPRIVATION CAN SLOW YOUR REACTION

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy of the National Sleep Foundation  November 23, 2009 Sleep deprivation can have an enormous impact on your health and happiness. Apparently, it can also affect your ability to make split-second decisions, according to a recent study in the journal SLEEP. Researchers at the University of [...]

Heard Through the Grapevine: Test kit for XMRV to be available from Reno-based VIP Dx

From the  FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton Courtesy of ProHealth Copyright © 2009 ProHealth, Inc.     Rumor on the ProHealth Message Boards has it that Viral Immune Pathology Diagnostics (VIP Dx) in Reno, Nevada (www.redlabsusa.com), will soon make available a test kit for the XMRV virus – the retrovirus which most of [...]

Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy WebMD.com    How well do they work? By Jeanie Lerche Davis  Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD   To get relief from fibromyalgia pain, more and more people are trying alternative treatments. It is often instinctive — putting an icepack on a painful spot or reaching for [...]

Fibromyalgia and Stress – Finding the Right Treatment

From FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy of Fibromyalgiaconsultant.com by Matt Dew   The two health problems puzzling many people are fibromyalgia and stress. Fibromyalgia and stress influence each other and often co-exist. Stress is a personalized response to the alterations in the environment that is based on personal perception of feeling [...]

MAY 12 – WORLDWIDE FMS AWARENESS DAY

by Jeanne Hambleton Copyright 2009  May this 12 May blossom into a wonderful year Somehow I just could not let today pass without making some effort to celebrate International  Fibromyalgia Awareness Day together with others who suffer chronic pain and long term illnesses. We constantly strive to raise awareness about this chronic condition  but my [...]

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