Fibromyalgia:
Fears, Facts, and Feeling Better
Stan Gardner, M.D., CNS
In my office practice, I frequently offer complementary lectures on various topics.  But many people live out of state and would like to learn more about these topics from an alternative/ integrative medicine point of view.  So, for all you Meridian readers that live outside of Utah:  Here’s [...]

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I would love to attend your lecture on Fibromyalgia tonight [this was received several weeks ago], but I live in Michigan.   Is there anyway I can receive this information?
I have some mysterious muscle-connective tissue problem ( shoulders, tendons, that damage with simple use) that I have been trying everything I can that is suppose to [...]

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I have nerve pain in my legs, feet, shoulder, neck, and some around my eyes. It feels like someone is ripping the nerves out of my legs, and it has been limiting my productivity.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 1997 @ Sansum Med Ctr, but my sister told me they had to diagnose [...]

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I need to change eating habits as well as exercise more to better control my weight and health. I have been reading your articles posted on Meridian Magazine and now wonder how big a part of my weight issue is my fibromyalgia and thoracic outlet syndrome issues. For years I have felt bloated and [...]

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I need to change eating habits as well as exercise more to better control my weight and health. I have been reading your articles and now wonder how big a part of my weight issue is my fibromyalgia and thoracic outlet syndrome issues. For years I have felt bloated and like I was retaining fluid [...]

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I have been on Cymbalta for some time and my weight has skyrocketed. My primary care physician has counseled me to get off of the drug. I cold-turkeyed the drug three weeks ago. Since then every nerve in my body has gone crazy - the pain from what we think is a [...]

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Fibromyalgia is a condition that we are hearing of more and more.  I was told I had it and suffered for 30 years - too long.  What I found was helpful is getting proper nutrition, and the biggest thing was going on a Bio (natural) Identical Hormone Replacement.  I believe we trash our [...]

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