Thus if the body becomes overloaded with toxins, it could act as the last straw on the camels back resulting in toxin overload and CFS/ME. This was a misdiagnosis plain and simple. According to one site, though, these ligaments get reduced blood flows which is another issue in ME/CFS which does make one wonder if CCI/AAI is a more a risk for people with ME/CFS. I remember I pretty much overnight went from being able to remember and repeat physical movements after one or two demonstrations and having no trouble recalling them days or weeks later, to flat out forgetting them entirely within a few minutes. And I do appreciate any new information about anyone recovering or improving a lot and how they got to this point. Almost immediately I began feeling with more energy, clarity of mind and happiness. Jennifer Brea, Counselor, Lyndhurst, NJ, 07071, Seeking counseling therapy takes courage, willingness to invite change, exploring difficulties, and learning new strategies. While there are certainly cases of gradual recoveries using supplements, pacing, and mind/body practices, many of the recovery stories involve unusual, out-of-the-box treatments. Would you share the Hyperzine product thats working for you? My daughters ligaments peeled off like paper. Maybe they thought cfs was related to these outbreaks: https://www.betterhealthguy.com/episode98, I have found the article below very important and relevant to the topic. All it took was a series of spinal surgeries done over several weeks about six months ago. Jennifer Brea I do not believe was ever diagnosed with EDS. We read articles and studies and we just believe until we start digging. Amy, not knowing truly more about your situation, you did not have the correct type of imaging. I can work now. What is very different about the Ayurvedic training and Western Medical Doctor, is as you alluded to calling a symptom or collection of symptoms a definitive disease. Is that possible? One person on the Phoenix Rising forums reported that she didnt have CCI but that the search for it turned up severe stenosis, edema, compression fractures, and other issues causing my spinal cord to be affected and that treatments for those conditions were helping. Lets have respect for those who have suffered and not discredit them or what they experienced when they recover. Hence why its one of those you dont want to miss complications of rheumatoid arthritis, or dont want to miss for any reason. (08/07/2008). Dr Perrin explains the back-flow issue in really simply terms making it easy for the layman to understand. Neurosurgeons advocating surgery of this nature are preying on ill people with ME who are desperate for cure. That being said it is my hope that you can put your forces behind the search for a biological marker. Kaiser Permanente Inglewood Medical Offices is a medical group practice located in Inglewood, CA that specializes in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine. "Health update #3: My ME is in remission". Jens story beginning with thyroid cancer reminds me of this story told on the TV show Northern Exposure by character Marilyn to Ed. They think, Plenty of pectus patients do not have ME, so pectus does not play a role in this. First of all, Im super happy about Jennifer Breas recovery and for new directions for research to go in that this brings about. I havent read the comments above, it occurs to me that Jen would have failed the nano-needle (Ron Davis)/intracellular phenylalanine (Karl Morten)/mitochondrial fragmentation (Bupresh Prusty) tests. https://www.facebook.com/MegsEDS.MedicalJourney/posts/it-is-with-great-sadness-to-share-this-this-hits-way-too-close-to-home-this-is-n/2302315926661395/. Some evidence directly implicates the brainstem in ME/CFS. I can understand the objection, but I wouldnt call Jen Brea case a misdiagnosis. However, and I state again, she was not an HEDS patient. As an Ayurvedic physician I can help people unhook their identities from their suffering and heal. I cannot see not addressing symptomatic radiographic presentations and the good doctors know what to look for symptomatically and radiographically. I am in this fight until every person living with ME, no matter the cause, has access to diagnosis and care. So glad some are helped, but its not something to jump into without lots of research. This is another interesting bit of research that fits in with the above: It was not tolerable and she was in a real bad way before she passed. As such, hibernation is a very wasteful process. Lacking those things, a doctor can simply pull the patients head up off the spine in the doctors office, and see if that helps! Many of the symptoms I experience seem to point to something the body is trying to resolve. Both VanElzakker and Barnden are employing those techniques as they continue their brainstem studies in ME/CFS. In 2014 I went to Workwell and my 2-Day CPET showed cardio-pulmonary abnormalities in every category. Barnden proposed problems in the brainstem could be inhibiting the flow of signals from the motor cortex in the brain to the muscles. I also wonder how many men with ME had suffered a traumatic injury to the back or neck at some point prior to becoming ill? Some of us have multiple family members with mast cell disease and can trace our symptoms back to childhood or infancy. nice article; good perspective in the article and comments on cures, remedies, recoveries message of hope keep trying, everyone! If anything their recovery may reinvigorate the medical field by showing how profound the impact of things like physics, gravity, interaction between organs and signalling throughout the body can be. Maybe, maybe not. If I could choose a way to recover which I obviously cant neurosurgery would be one of the last options on my list. Raquel (form Brazil), http://dysautonomia.com.au/fibromyalgia-syndrome/. in belgium. Well said, Michele Brown. I believe Ive had CCI for over 25 years which doctors have refused to image properly. The encouraging news from Jeff and Jen (and now, hints of such from @mattie and @StarChild56) make the prospect of this being the solution all the more real. Sometimes, hope shows up where you least expect it and we are reminded that all things are possible. The ceremony is to be led by Henry Louis Gates Jr . amzn_assoc_default_search_key = ""; It is from this experience that drove me on to, in very short, to become a Ayurvedic Naturopath and then medical doctor and work with people with the incurable . Maybe, the warrior said. She knew her PEM was gone immediately after the CCI/AAI surgery. Hi Cort- I cant keep up with all the reading around this issue so I might have missed this, but will their case reports be published? The negative fallout from the confusion caused from that episode took years to overcome. But Im leery of these fixes. Im fighting when I have the energy but I dont feel I will triumph. Nor could I ever feel any envy. They (hers & others) can distract us from the underlying cause of this devastating illness so many of us have. Many young men were killed. The money issue raises its head no surprise there really. I think the question of just what exactly is ME/CFS is going to come up more and more. glad for jen ofcourse. The first thing is that the tail becomes a bit longer but a lot more narrow so its volume goes down. If so, might I ask who performed her surgery? It triggers me (pardon another pun) just like the mold topic does. The Recovery/Recovering Stories section of Health Rising often triggers differing emotions some people love them, others hate them. Its great that this worked for her, BUT the very fact ME/CFS has had clustered outbreaks in many places makes it evident that this is some kind of infection. Today, I shared with the community that I no longer meet any diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). June 1st will mark one year since my full recovery. I and others had surgery, some at CINN in Chicago, but I saw E Neurosurgeons to confirm. Im still waiting ?. I have bought Dr. Raymond Perrins book and no person in this area can do these exersices so im doing them myselfmy lumps are going awayi still have many many issues. I did it because that is how Jen described herself. In it, bone marrow concentrate (BMC) containing a stem cell fraction (same-day stem cell procedure) is injected directly into the lax ligaments. Wouldnt it be nice if it is as easy as getting a neck surgery to recover from CFS? Not sure whether he meant various Enteroviruses which have an affinity for the brain or more than one type of virus. Apparently she had the surgery here and then went to Dr. Bolonesse (sic) in Europe for followup surgeries which failed. I appreciated your your emphasis on the importance of staying curious, given the wide variety of ways out of illness that some people are finding. Thanks for the informative article, Cort! This would explain why some people recover on the vegan diet or by juicing fasts or by mega doses of probiotics or by the grain free, dairy free paleo diet or the leaky gut diet, AIP diet or via the Perrin Technique. She saw a world renown surgeon and we are very happy with the surgery. https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2019/05/29/spinal-stenosis-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia/#comment-874284, https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/13193/hereditary-alpha-tryptasemia-syndrome, https://www.mechanicalbasis.org/interviews.html, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648738/, via the dysregulation of immune signals traveling from the vagus nerve to the brain, via activation of the many mast cells found in it, via problems with its regulation of the autonomic nervous system. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Im very happy for those who benefit from surgery but a new diagnosis may just add another name to my long long list. That was probably due to improving the flow of pooled blood in the legs to the hart. The result of toxin build-up manifests as CFS/ME symptoms. I couldnt find any information on that so maybe it doesnt. The problem with doctors is the way they think. Sleeping in a bed with the feet elevated and the head down in theTrendelenburg position can help. After three years and a dozen doctors started taking cortisol tablets and experienced immediate relief. ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and long COVID blogs here. Its wonderful work you are doing, Cort! Maybe the comments I made on https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2019/05/29/spinal-stenosis-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia/#comment-874284 can answer your question. youve forgotten them or they are lost to you. A halo or cervical brace is worn while the bones completely fuse together. What really makes me angry though, is that even if you are privileged enough to live in the US, you still need top notch insurance and a huge amount of money for what insurance wont cover. EDS does run in his family. Everything felt to me to be systemic. Auto-correct said Jan instead of Jen! I do think that if something like Ron Daviss nanoneedle is validated or some other discovery that wakes up the medical is it will spread to Belgium and New Zealand and just about everywhere. Sounds like a case of misdiagnosis to me! Best regards I had an Austrian physiatrist, who would probably be over 100 by now, and she was amazing. I think the really compelling thing about mechanical explanations relating to the neck and spinenot just CCI, but mechanical Intracranial pressure, cervical spinal stenosis, etc etc. is that it can potentially speak to two of the biggest puzzle pieces in ME: It isnt the best technique to do so as its fairly aggressive to the back but I often felt a clear surge, fresh flow of rich oxygenated blood to the head. I have read many stories on my EDS forum about this problem of a missed diagnosis. Simran Hans @heavier_things . Dr. Jennifer A. . Dear Cort Narrower everything? We know Jen Brea and her husbands story on an intimate level through Unrest. She's even a certified medical acupuncturist! Reduced brainstem grey matter volume suggests that the neurons in the brainstem may have been damaged. I am with Fibromyalgia and I am reading the book above have not finised yet It looks promissing .!!!! We are left trying to figure out where the truth lies. The fact that the damage correlated with autonomic nervous system problems suggested brainstem problems could be affecting exercise, sleep, the gut and cognition. With all of us working together who knows what will happen? So this makes me wonder if Jeff or Jen showed signs of MCD from the beginning. The rest is speculation. Maybe not probable but at least possible. This is most likely from tryptase which acts like a meat tenderizer. But, because of his broken leg, the warriors son was left behind, and so was spared.. Brigitte: how is your financial situation? 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