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Come feel fabulous with me!
(Photo is courtesy of ALFRED BORCHARD of Lindlar, Germany)</description><link>http://www.fibroandfabulous.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>287</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FibroAndFabulous" /><feedburner:info uri="fibroandfabulous" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><image><link>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/</link><url>http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif</url><title>Some Rights Reserved</title></image><feedburner:emailServiceId>FibroAndFabulous</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934788003579789487.post-9073427007001661267</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-18T05:34:09.260-04:00</atom:updated><title>Nerve Stimulation Might Ease Fibromyalgia Pain</title><atom:summary>Though this study is in its complete infancy, I find it incredibly interesting that PET scans changed during stimulation.  I do find this exciting, but I think I'll hold my comments until they test this more mainstream.  I'm also not keen on the price tag either.  Hopefully that comes down too LOL! 

http://www.app.com/article/20130617/NJNEWS/306170074&amp;source=rss</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/nFzaSV5iFfA/nerve-stimulation-might-ease.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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I honestly believe that she is trying very hard to help people with Fibromyalgia, I just think her perception of weather is a little skewed.  There </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/upUyQNLbYyc/a-response-to-fibromyalgia-and-weather.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Now granted, this study was supposed to be about sunshine </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/17PqIpLR4NI/weather-doesnt-trigger-fibromyalgia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~4/VaOAOVI4fq8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.fibroandfabulous.com/2013/06/mojito-meatloaf.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934788003579789487.post-4849268129057677130</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-06-03T17:17:47.709-04:00</atom:updated><title>Treating Chronic Pain: Can Doctors Do Better?</title><atom:summary>http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/treating-chronic-pain-can-doctors-do-better-8820182.html</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/zo5iIuV695Q/treating-chronic-pain-can-doctors-do.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~4/zo5iIuV695Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.fibroandfabulous.com/2013/06/treating-chronic-pain-can-doctors-do.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934788003579789487.post-7589152592626324121</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-05-29T15:44:36.967-04:00</atom:updated><title>A Pained Life: Gender Bias in Pain Treatment</title><atom:summary>Though I don't completely disagree with this article due to my own experiences, I can't help but wonder if men who suffer from Fibromyalgia, largely a women's disease, would agree with this writer's sentiments.  I'm curious.  Curious indeed. 
http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/a-pained-life-gender-bias-in-pain-treatment-8820101.html</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/Koiwy3dIAw4/a-pained-life-gender-bias-in-pain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Pregnancy and Fibromyalgia varies.  There are many positive reports of women going into a remission of pain while pregnant in their first and second trimesters and then have the pain return for the last trimester.  Others, like myself, may experience no severe pain flares, even after delivery. Having said all of this, I do not believe I am part of a small privileged few by having less pain </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/ugsrzxkEfrU/pregnancy-and-fibromyalgia-pain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/could-fibromyalgia-be-labeled-as-a-psychiatric-illness-8819773.html

It saddens me that we may wind up being classified as a psychiatric illness because I truly believe </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/TbWEf6yTNFg/could-fibromyalgia-be-labeled-as.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~4/9OR_0KZ54Hw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.fibroandfabulous.com/2013/04/40-fibro-and-fabulous.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934788003579789487.post-9090019098709371640</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-18T21:47:21.620-04:00</atom:updated><title>When a Doctor Tells You "It's All In Your Head"</title><atom:summary>A cord struck with me when I was surfing today and I feel a huge need to post this.  I'd like to apologize to my avid readers because a good part of this post will reiterate things I've said in the past on this blog, and in my books, but after all the current talk about a recent study on Fibromyalgia, and it possibly being a Psychosomatic disorder, I have to rehash this along with a few other </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/7vJbPqyIkYk/when-doctor-tells-you-its-all-in-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~4/9n_ounYPXeY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.fibroandfabulous.com/2013/04/why-labels-on-genetically-engineered.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934788003579789487.post-96079066009927825</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-04-10T11:17:14.180-04:00</atom:updated><title>Going Green with Fibromyalgia</title><atom:summary>I must admit that photos like this didn't look all too appetizing to me a decade ago. 



But then again, no food or drink that wasn't served in in 5 minutes or less was appetizing to me back then.  Looking back, I often wonder what I was ever thinking when I THOUGHT I was eating healthy. 

Ten years later, with a lot of gusto to try new things, and a LOT of information backing my choices up, I </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/hBqhNrHiUCQ/going-green-with-fibromyalgia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fZTlIUr4zfU/UWV7LCecFEI/AAAAAAAAE38/h2dLVR3Oe7I/s72-c/IMG_0129.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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I'm participating in a blog hop and I think it's going to be really fun for all of you and me to discover some writers that we've never known before.  I know a lot of you come here to read about Fibromyalgia and you may wonder why this Fibro and Fabulous gal is participating, well, I'm currently working on a memoir that is-- you guessed it!-- about Fibromyalgia!  So without further ado, here's </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/_3DiCbgVvuE/the-next-big-thing-blog-hop.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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These babies were a new creation of mine.  These are the uncooked version, and unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the cooked version because they are all gone!



Ingredients:



5 Boneless Center Cut Pork Chops  

1 and 1/2 cup of Panko Bread Crumbs

2 Ribs of Celery, chopped

1 Large Pink Lady Apple, sliced

1 tsp of Onion Powder

1 tsp of Sea Salt

1/8 tsp of Ground Pepper

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"The Breeders is a YA dystopian read that's as gritty and dark as the 
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</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FibroAndFabulous/~3/6aIFXB5JTO8/dogs-and-fibromyalgia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><gd:extendedProperty name="commentSource" value="1" /><gd:extendedProperty name="commentModerationMode" value="FILTERED_POSTMOD" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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