Comments on: The Hand Me Down of Fibromyalgia

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 04:23:50 +0000

Thank you, Melanie, for your lovely comment! I am so glad you found warmth and tenderness in reading this post. Yes, I am still doing well. I am glad my post helped you and that you have found other resources that help you as well. Each of us has to find what works best. Peace and blessing back to you.

By: Melanie Nilson

Melanie Nilson — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:36:03 +0000

Hello Moonwatcher,
First off I love that name. I have just read this article and hope you are still doing well. I found a great warmth and tenderness from reading this that you are a very special lady. I am on my journey alone dealing with fibromyalgia. I have been eating vegetarian and also eating eggs and cheese and yes it is slow and yes it is helping. I have also recently discovered a Dr Axe who is very driven about “leaky gut” and all the damage it does to your body. I use Creatine to help keep my muscles strong and also for the lactic acid burn I feel from the fibro. Before I started using it I had trouble opening things cause my muscles were so weak. I have also started using some of Dr. Axe’s products and notice a positive result from it. As I said earlier, I hope you are doing well. Peace and Blessings my friend.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 03:00:17 +0000

Welcome, Selma. Thank you for your comment, and for sharing some of your difficult experience. Sounds like you’ve worked hard at searching for what will help you improve. Diets can be confusing. The approach I’m taking seems to be working very well for me. Everyone is different, though, and I wish you the best in finding what works for you.

By: Selma

Selma — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:27:22 +0000

I was diagnosed with FMS 15 years ago- first the blood type for O(paleo) type cut my pain in 1/2-I slowly added back more trains and spelt-did well for many years,than optic neuritis hit at a stressful point 7 years ago and symptoms became progressive being furthered dramatically by different treatments herbal and a few drugs on the lyme theory ( i test negative for MS).I went high raw vegan /low fat-did pretty well recovered from an attack 3 years ago but not back to baseline with alot more neuro symptoms. But on the high raw low fat vegan-estrogen dominance went into full swing and I developed
endometriosis stage IV, ovarian cysts etc. Surgeries provoked
the 4th neuro attack. with more pervasive numbness and neuro symptoms. I’m trying to figure out what diet to do from here. I am confused by swank, mcdougall, and Dr. Wahls paleo (who has reversed progressive MS). Not sure if I should be eating grains or not and if meat/how much and if I should adhere to swank. Then again, this may all be lyme. I must say I am very confused as I can find MS recovery stories on raw, low fat vegan/high carb, swank, and paleo! Very confusing!

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:57:53 +0000

Dear Sherril, thank you so much for this thoughtful response. I really appreciated your understanding of where I’m coming from, and reading about how the message is similar to that you received earlier in your life which has stood you in good stead. I was going out on a bit of a limb; thank you for letting me know it helps that I share my own way of healing and experience so candidly.

By: Sherril

Sherril — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:13:38 +0000

Maria,

Once again, you have cut to the heart of the matter. Many years ago, a wise friend and acupuncturist advised me to not attach labels such as post polio or fibromyalgia, but to just seek the best I could be. Though I was coming from a need to understand by knowing the cause and source of my pain, I saw the value in this. I am reminded everyday in my teaching and healing practice that our western medical tradition seeks to inflict the “reductionist solution” upon us, and often so do alternative healing traditions. It really helped clarify this for me as I read your words. You offer a true gift by sharing your own way of healing and your experience so candidly. Thank you.

Sherril Twitchell

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:55:42 +0000

Thank you, Cara, for this lovely comment, and for sharing some of your own experience. I cheer you on in your resolve to eat mostly plant-based among a household of others who are not doing the same. Good for you!! The rewards may be slow at times, but they are steady, if we keep at it. All the best to you in finding out whether Fibromyalgia is one of your challenges. I’m so happy to know that what I write inspires you. Here’s to aging well and gracefully!

By: Cara

Cara — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:47:36 +0000

Thank you for this post. It is inspiring–I’m trying to figure out whether I have fibro at the age of 53. I am moving to a mostly plant-based diet. I live with meat eaters who are not willing to change their ways, so I’m having to figure out how to do this on my own. My health has improved over the last year as I move more and more to a vegan lifestyle. Your blog is one of those that inspire me. Here’s to aging well and gracefully!

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:11:33 +0000

Dear Michelle, Thanks for sharing your thoughts here and some of your own journey to improve and heal your own symptoms with food. It is so important! All the additives and preservatives and sulfites in processed food can be very big offenders too. And all interesting about the “leaky gut” theory, too. The friend who sent this article my way is quite savvy herself, and was just saying “here’s the latest the medical establishment has come of with.” So I ran with my own commentary on the heels of Dr. Campbell’s wise words. 🙂

I am also so glad you enjoyed the hand photos. I agree that touch is one of the most healing powers of all, too. And thank you for your very kind words about mine!! xo

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:30:15 +0000

PS – I forgot to say that your hand pictures are stunning and show that touch is also one of the most healing of all powers too. That’s why I must now say that the words and experiences you share here touch us so very deeply – because they are healing me for certain!