31 May 2001 - Special issue (#2001-568)

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> > Have you ever noticed the lack of information on Fibromyalgia or CFIDS

> and

> > childbearing?

> >

> > Search engines return they same 5 references repeatedly. Here is an

> > article I wrote based on anecdotes from patients:

> >

> > " Conceptual Problems: Reproductive Questions in CFIDS and FMS. "

http://www.writtenbyme.com/content/48210

> >

> > Regards,

> > Anne-Marie Vidal

> > mailto:shadesofjoy@...

> >

>

> > CFIDS/Fibromyalgia Rating Scale

> >

> > 100 % Fully recovered. Normal activity level with no symptoms.

> >

> > 90 % Normal activity level with mild symptoms at times.

> >

> > 80 % Near normal activity level with some symptoms.

> >

> > 70 % Able to work full time but with difficulty. Mostly mild symptoms.

> >

> > 60 % Able to do about 6-7 hours of work a day. Mostly mild to moderate

> > symptoms.

> >

> > 50 % Able to do about 4-5 hours a day of work or similar activity at

home.

> > Daily rests required. Symptoms mostly moderate.

> >

> > 40 % Able to leave house every day. Moderate symptoms on average. Able

> to

> > do

> > about 3-4 hours a day of work or activity like housework, shopping,

using

> > computer.

> >

> > 30 % Able to leave house several times a week. Moderate to severe

> symptoms

> > much

> > of the time. Able to do about 2 hours a day of work at home or activity

> > like housework, shopping, using computer.

> >

> > 20 % Able to leave house once or twice a week. Moderate to severe

> symptoms.

> > Able to concentrate for 1 hour or less per day.

> >

> > 10 % Mostly bedridden. Severe symptoms.

> >

> > 0 % Bedridden constantly. Unable to care for self.>>>>>>

> >

> >

> > I was amazed at this list, but glad that I saw it. I am in another

flare

> > right now (and started the 'animal week'--sorry guys! , but absolutely

> > *had* to go get some things from the store (not grocery shop, just a few

> > things) so we (my son and I) went. I was barely keeping myself upright

by

> > hanging on the cart. We passed by an older woman with an oxygen tube

from

> > her nose and she was walking about unassisted and I thought, " Why can't

I

> do

> > that?! "

> >

> > Then, I come home and am checking my emails and there's this list. I

> needed

> > to read that--no telling what I would have done to myself to push to do

> more

> > because I " should be able to " . I usually function at 30% without the

> flare

> > (etc.)!

> >

> > gentle hugs to all, especially those needing them at this time,

> >

> >

> >

> > > Hi Group:

> >

> > When the discussion about the best dogs was going on .... I was trying

to

> find this - just ran

> > into it again.

> >

> > Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our

> whole

> > lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid burned-out

> light bulb?

> >

> > Border Collie: Just one. And I'll replace any wiring that's not up to

> code.

> >

> > Dachshund: I can't reach the stupid lamp!

> >

> > Toy Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it.

By

> > the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry.

> >

> > Rottweiler: Go ahead! Make me!

> >

> > Shi-tzu: Puh-leeze, dah-ling. Let the servants...

> >

> > Lab: Oh, me! Me!!! Pppplllleeeeeeze let me change the light bulb!

> > Can I? Can I? Huh? Huh? Can I?

> >

> > Malamute: Let the Border Collie do it. You can feed me while he's

busy.

> >

> > Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the

> dark.

> >

> > Doberman Pinscher: While it's dark, I'm going to sleep on the couch.

> >

> > Mastiff: Mastiffs are NOT afraid of the dark.

> >

> > Basset Hound: ZZZZZZZZZ

> >

> > Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb.

> >

> > Irish Wolfhound: Can somebody else do it? I've got a hangover.

> >

> > Pointer: I see it, there it is, right there...

> >

> > Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?

> >

> > Australian Shepherd: Put all the light bulbs in a little circle...

> >

> > Old English Sheep Dog: Light bulb? Light bulb? That thing I just ate

> was

> > a light bulb?

> >

> > Rat (Fox?)Terrier: No, my size doesn't impair my ability to change a

> light

> > bulb or do anything for that matter. I can change a light bulb faster

> > than you, but why try when I already know I can do it. In fact, it was

> > Edison who...

> >

> > Note: When I was a teenager I had a Fox Terrier and I was able to teach

> him about 8 things or

> > so in one day: sit, laydown, rollover, shake, speak grrr, speak woff,

> situp, walk on hind legs,

> > etc. and could get him to heel in the house and sit when I stopped ....

> but outside.....he

> > would about pull my arm out of my socket .... to teach him a lesson we

> went for about a 10 mile

> > walk ... and he was lagging when we got home.

> >

> >

> >

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