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Common Laptop/Netbook Positions to Avoid

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:27:39 +0000

Common Laptop/Netbook Positions to Avoid:

Potentially helpful to #fibro #me/cfs sufferers: “Interestingly, the most comfortable position, according to the study, is position #2 above: lying down with the device slightly elevated on the…

Fibromyalgia symptoms

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:17:57 +0000

Fibromyalgia symptoms:

Interesting diagram, available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

The list of symptoms is, of course, merely the tip of the iceberg as far as the unpredictable…

Government slammed for ‘snowman skills shortage’

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:50:56 +0000

Government slammed for ‘snowman skills shortage’:

ROFLMAO! #uksnow

Orange relaxation line chills your ears

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:59:03 +0000

Orange relaxation line chills your ears:

Orange customers can dial 347 for free from their mobile, and everyone else can call 0207 050 6888 and pay their normal network rate to get a choice of what Orange has chosen as Britain’s soothingest…

@themadcatlady ROFLMAO! Please tell me they’re having a...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:30:26 +0000

@themadcatlady ROFLMAO! Please tell me they’re having a laugh! Relaxation Music For Cats: The Cat Whisperer: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads

Disease Burdens of Fibromyalgia | eHow.com

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:07:06 +0000

Disease Burdens of Fibromyalgia | eHow.com

Pain

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:16:44 +0000

Pain:

Regularly discuss your pain with your doctor. Are they having a laugh? Has the author of this advice ever tried discussing pain with their doctor? Regularly? If they had, they would know that even…

Disability benefits under the Tories…

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:16:42 +0000

Disability benefits under the Tories…:

This, abstracted from the Conservative party website, isn’t exactly cheering reading

Health: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: 16 Dec 2009: Written answers and statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:16:41 +0000

Health: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: 16 Dec 2009: Written answers and statements (TheyWorkForYou.com):

WTF? Still trying to treat a physical illness as a mental problem: it’s a bloody wonder they aren’t still burning witches at the stake really. “… the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic…

Why does IBS have to be so fickle?

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:52:05 +0000

Why does IBS have to be so fickle?:

IBS, with which I was diagnosed in 1980 and again in 1986, often comes as part of the whole fibromyalgia / me/cfs package and, these buggers are all as unpredictable, unexplainable…

Hark da « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats –...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:34:09 +0000

Hark da « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger?

Professor Simon Wessely and his CBT logic ...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:05:51 +0000

Professor Simon Wessely and his CBT logic ...

Benefit Scrounging Scum: When disabled isn't disabled enough

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:50:08 +0000

Benefit Scrounging Scum: When disabled isn't disabled enough:

One of the biggest difficulties with benefits for disabled people is that the application process demands a style of answer typically not relevant to the life of the disabled person.

Winter vomiting bug closes wards

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:29:48 +0000

Winter vomiting bug closes wards:

Oh joy, viral bugs and I’m booked in to the Princess Anne on January 5th. “Visitors are being urged to stay away if they have suffered from diarrhoea or vomiting in the previous 72 hours.”

CFS/ME - Leading a normal Life (pt1 - Mobility) | CFS & ME Blog

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:55:57 +0000

CFS/ME - Leading a normal Life (pt1 - Mobility) | CFS & ME Blog:

The key to this of course is being disabled which before changes to the Disability Discrimination act was classified by registering with the County Council. The new definition of a disabled person…

EHRC - Home

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:55:56 +0000

EHRC - Home:

Our job is to promote equality and human rights, and to create a fairer Britain. We do this by providing advice and guidance, working to implement an effective legislative framework and raising…

Five Differential Diagnoses to Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:11 +0000

Five Differential Diagnoses to Fibromyalgia Syndrome

How to Deal With Difficult Relatives

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:10 +0000

How to Deal With Difficult Relatives:

If your boundaries are reasonable, and the person is either unwilling or incapable of complying with them, you’re done — in most situations it would be foolish to continue such a relationship. It…

How To Deal With Difficult People

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:10 +0000

How To Deal With Difficult People:

Whiners, Know-It-Alls, and Steamrollers: Strategies to cope with even the most hard-to-take personalities.

How to Deal with Difficult Family

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:09 +0000

How to Deal with Difficult Family:

Accept the relationship as is and seek help from other sources: positive friends or support groups.