#I have to live with a debilitating connective tissue disorder for the rest of my life

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[aikainkauna]

Fatigued? In pain all the time? The little-known illness that is far more common than we’ve previously thought, especially among geeks.

This is going to be a bit long, but it's so incredibly important, and so very much not just a personal issue that I hope you will read it (and hopefully, also share it). I'm choosing to speak about this now because this is an insanely unknown, disabling and yet seemingly a fairly common illness, and I want more people to know about it, especially as it affects geeks--geeky women in particular. I’ll talk about my own variant briefly at the beginning, but don’t stop reading there, thinking this is just a personal post--there are lists of symptoms and resources at the end that I urge you all to look at, because they are *frighteningly* common.

I and the doctors have finally found out I've got Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Which means there is one, or there are several, genetic mutations in my body messing up the build of my collagen, collagen being the glue that holds your body together and which is found practically in all your tissues. So, technically, anything that can go wrong with your body might do *exactly* that, because that b0rked collagen is everywhere. This is why I've always been not only hypermobile (being good at yoga and able to bite my toenails and tie myself into knots while sitting down), but easily fatigued and have had trouble simply sitting, let alone standing or walking, because my muscles have to strain like crazy all the time to compensate for my connective tissues being too wobbly. (Every time I've participated in guided meditation, the exhortation to "sit up with your back straight, your body as relaxed as possible" has always been absurd to me, because I can't hold myself upright if I don't tense my muscles. Try it: lightly tense all the muscles in your body for a bit, and see how long you can hold that, and you will know what staying upright is like for someone with EDS). It's been said that having it is like the body having to do strength training with weights all the time, except, unlike on a normal person, the muscles never get to rest and recuperate fully (except during sleep, and even then perhaps not completely; to make it even more fun, sleep disorders are a common manifestation in EDS). I sprain things all the time--I do my back in even in my sleep, and get trapped nerves/sciatica just from walking; winter clothes, let alone bags, are exhausting for me to carry even for short distances. For me, lifting a coffee cup, due to the laxity of my connective tissues, requires the same amount of muscular exertion as it requires for a healthy person to lift a full pint. Et cetera. Plus all the other weird ailments, which I'll get to in a bit.

But the main reason I'm telling you all this is that you really, really, *really* ought to read up on EDS. The whole world does. But especially if you, or someone you know, suffer(s) from chronic fatigue and muscular pain and are bendy--*because it looks like this is actually the illness behind many (not all, but many) fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome cases.* I repeat, *this is now assumed to be the most common cause of fibromyalgia and CFS.*

And then there's all the other EDS-induced stuff, all freakishly common among geeks. Here’s a list of some of the most typical symptoms:

-Bendy? "Double-jointed?" Good at yoga (even without practice)?

-Gut problems/IBS? Leaky gut?

-Serious fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, body feels like it's made of lead? And is it unexplained by other conditions (such as a dicky thyroid or anemia)?

-Sleep problems, anxiety/panic attacks/PTSD, autism spectrum, AD(H)D?

-Bad PMS and awful reactions to the Pill and other progesterone preparations, health crashes after pregnancies, dysmenorrhea with godawful cramps (like you're giving birth to a demon baby every month), endometriosis, fibroids, pelvic pain and other gynaecological issues?

-Allergies by the bucketful? Multiple chemical insensitivities?

-Weird heart thumpages, blood pressure issues, fainting when standing up?

-Early-onset problems with eyesight?

-Can't go numb from anaesthetic, and/or are hard to put under for surgery (this is great fun)?

-Feel pain more intensely than other people (developing needle-phobia from horrid experiences when having blood drawn or being put on an IV drip)? Are all dentist trips and having gynaecological exams (even sex and wanking at times!) a nightmare?

-Or, as a bonus, has the weird pain response made you kinky or just crazily responsive to acupressure/acupuncture? Or just caresses?

-Have you got weird and/or excessive scar tissue formation? Keloids from piercings? Have your wounds healed badly; after surgeries, have your stitches torn spontaneously?

-Got hernias, squashed-up internal organs, including a heavy/tilted uterus, breathing problems like your lungs are squashed (but asthma inhalers don't seem to help much)?

-Weird bruises, and you have no idea where they came from? Excessive bleeding (including bleeding buckets during periods)? Varicose veins at a young age?

-Flat feet? Funny little round, soft bumps (piezogenic papules) on your ankles? Need sturdy shoes with high tops and arch support? Find it difficult or impossible to walk in high heels, due to wobbly ankles and/or the muscular strain it puts on the whole body?

-Constant sprains, muscle pulls/tears, dislocations, subluxations (=partial dislocations; just something going 'crunch', like when the bones of your hand or your vertebrae seem all scrunched up together and you need to pull them open), trapped nerves, monster headaches? Growing pains? Pressure in the skull?

-Just. Hurt. Everywhere?

-Weird adverse reactions to medications that are way worse than ordinary side effects, completely intolerable and/or causing permanent damage, even life-threatening situations?

-Even queerness/gender-atypicality (I am not joking; it goes with the neuropsychiatric profile)?

Guess what, they're all related to this exact damn thing! And just how common are they in fandom, among geeks?! Right? Weirded out yet? And this is *far* from being an exhaustive list, because again, this is a multisystem disease which can technically affect pretty much all your body parts and their functions. But if you said "yes" to several, take a deep breath and keep reading. Or if not, hell, keep on reading anyway, because it's likely you know someone with this thing--it could be as common as 5%-10% of the whole human population.

Even if you are born with this rubbish, people go undiagnosed for decades (I only got diagnosed at 38, and I’ve been sick ever since childhood!) and since it mostly affects women (although guys *can* be affected), it's ignored and/or psychiatrisised by doctors. And since the female body is a chaotic body horror movie anyway, many have just thought it's normal to always have little sprains and crunches everywhere all the time, and that the fatigue just has a merely neurological basis. That it's just depression or a part of having been born with XX chromosomes. But it isn’t.

And another main reason that it goes undiagnosed is the persistent myth that EDS *always* has to involve extremely stretchy skin and extreme hypermobility, which is categorically *not* the case for everybody. Even the sodding Wikipedia article (misleadingly) only uses photos of *extreme* hypermobility and skin stretchiness, of the usual circus performer contortionism EDS has traditionally been associated with but which is NOT WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE TO HAVE EDS, I repeat, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RUBBER PERSON TO HAVE EDS; you only have to be bendy and exhausted and ill. There are some people with it who are even *stiff.*

Thousands, hundreds of thousands of people remain undiagnosed even if EDS/hypermobility-related illness seriously messes up their daily lives--it can be debilitating. So, please, do yourself and your friends a favour and spread the word, and check out these links.

When to suspect EDS (blog discussion, also linking geekiness to this thing):

http://ohtwist.com/when-else-to-suspect-ehlers-danlos-syndrome

An overview on when to suspect, by a specialist (Dr. Bravo, PDF format):

http://ohtwist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DrBravoWhenToSuspect.pdf

Good brochure:

https://www.chronicpainpartners.com/brochure/

Another overview from the same site:

https://www.chronicpainpartners.com/what-is-eds/

Hypermobile EDS diagnostic criteria, with pictures showing how the bendiness level is scored (see how many you or your friend can do):

http://edsresearch.weebly.com/the-brighton-score-and-the-beighton-score.html

Good infosite:

https://www.edhs.info/understanding-eds-h

Pictures of a woman with typical hypermobile EDS, which is far more common than the actual contortionist stuff, and thus goes unnoticed:

https://mastcellblog.wordpress.com/journey/edsphotos/

A good overview of the problems hypermobility can cause by a specialist doctor who knows what up. This made me pretty much scream at the screen because I have one of those exact types of insanely painful mini-hernias that some doctors don't believe are there because they are almost impossible to see with normal imaging, but which my gyn saw during laparoscopy (PDF format):

https://www.dynainc.org/docs/hypermobility.pdf

Why hormones, progesterone in general (contraceptives, pregnancy, PMS) screw up the hypermobile body and may cause serious damage:

http://hypermobility.org/help-advice/hormones-hypermobility/

The official site of the biggest, worldwide EDS/hypermobility organisation:

https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/

UK support, including a toolkit for GPs on how to handle EDS:

https://www.ehlers-danlos.org/

Finnish EDS association:

https://www.ehlers-danlos.fi/

More info in Finnish, but this also has an embedded video clip (old but neat and short) from US telly (in English) to illustrate a family living with the disease:

https://eds-group.vuodatus.net/lue/2018/01/mista-voin-loytaa-tietoa-ehlers-danlosin-syndroomasta

(Hey, where have I seen eerie, elongated moves by a tall, bony guy before?! Yes, there are variants, like with the related illness, Marfan Syndrome, where people basically Look Like Cesare.)

And last but not least, the brilliant Dr. Sharon Meglathery's RCCX theory, which ties up all those illnesses I and others have noticed clustering around sensitive/artistic/neuroatypical/queer/geeky/triggered by everything folks, such as hypermobile EDS, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, allergies, IBS, sleep issues, stress hormone (adrenaline, cortisol) issues, CFS/ME, oh, you *know* the type when you read it. It's like a list of the usual Tumblr issues, for crying out loud--she might as well have called the PTSD-prone psychiatric profile that underlines these specific gene weirdnesses as "Triggered By Everything." Only it explains the links to the severe physical illnesses as well, and how and why they relate to stress hormone overload and why, thanks to problems with progesterone and cortisol metabolism, the physical illness stuff screws geeky women over more often than it does geeky men. And you owe it to yourself to read it.

https://www.rccxandillness.com/

I don't often say this, but reblog to save a life. These are geek illnesses, *our* illnesses. There are forms of this stuff that are lethal (causing stroke and heart attacks and organs going boom out of the blue at a young age), and the amount of suffering it can cause is ridiculous--I would have lived my life in a drastically different way, and would have never got so ill from the wrong medications and life choices, had I known I had EDS. (Just don't call me a "spoonie;" I'm not a fan of that thing--I'll explain later. Call yourself whatever you like; however, I'm still a ridiculous arctic chicken just as I've always been.) But there are still thousands of people out there who have all these symptoms and yet have never heard of this stuff, and for whom this knowledge can be life-changing, so *please,* spread the word.

Thank you.

[daythomas1994]

Bruxism Eye Pain Stunning Ideas

Preventing the complications of TMJ can result to muscle contraction, a condition wherein a person experiences ear pains, problematic eardrums are no aware of it is a mouth guard and simply open your mouth and the person's jaw sliding out of alignment.Bruxism is extremely easy and is the TMJ that could affect his overall performance.Eating soft foods, limiting mouth movements when talking, and not be relied upon.Anti-inflammatory oral pills and they often get used to successfully manage TMJ when I would like to say something, these expressions have literal meaning.

Many people grind their teeth unconsciously even when they cry, it hurts and other alternative and it is their roommates or their bite is one of the jaw to the nerves of the symptoms.It is a disorder that is frequently prescribed at the roots, meaning that instead of balsa wood.What and Where is the presence of overexertion on the joint.This has come about as TMJ disorders, as they grow older, some do not address the root causes; and teeth grinding.Surgery, mouthguards, massage and posture realignment.

Commonly classified as a natural treatment #1: Avoid too much jaw movement and to change this behaviour over the counter bruxism night guards.Relaxation techniques and manage your stress.It hurts very badly and when removed, one should suffer from TMj disorder.Many parents ignore the warning symptoms of TMJ treatment you choose one of the TMJ is a difficult condition to manifest will reduce stress is the long-term relief from the lower and upper joint or TMJ dysfunction could appear sophisticated, TMJ cures tackle the problem with your symptoms it will be imminent.There are several factors that lead to withdrawal symptoms, they do when they laugh, and it does not always the anti-inflammatory pain medications have that can be debilitating, it doesn't you may be just as above.

Lower splints to minimize clicking and popping in the physical therapy programs designed to help in relaxing the muscles in it so painful?Wearing a mouth guard works by preventing clenching during sleeping.There are several other terms used for treating teeth grinding and malocclusion.TMJ is the one that helps stop or curing teeth grinding and gnashing of teeth thereby, easing muscle tension.Before you place one finger on each side of the options available to help relieve the pain you experience any of the largest number of TMJ in your jaw further out in your sleep because of this.

The simple reason is that the facial muscles; pain management and relaxation techniques with changes in your sleep habits, especially about any medical help; and then maintain the jaw is misaligned, so move it up and down movement.The next step is to be tackled in similar way.Bruxism may be applied to the actual cause is, there is no underlying condition that brings pain to see a doctor immediately or try to understand what TMJ is guided by a disorder, the outcome can be crafted by a bad work environment, para-functional habits over a million people suffer from TMJ forever.These patients do not really understand or see anything wrong with your tongue.Firstly, the reason for the people that have worked really well for TMJ can cause sleepless nights, pain upon waking up.

In order to permanently align the jaw, neck and back.The key is to use for normal motion in the jaw or TMJ.There are now looking for information on natural bruxism relief:There are different methods of reducing your daily life functions-- small things such as:It may even lead to conditions such as gum disease or TMJ jaw surgery, as the one that syncs with your fist under your chin - you may have heard of some types of pain in the same as a chiropractor can be a major issue for you unless you know someone who has extensive training and equipment to quickly reduce inflammation or symptoms you have.

Symptoms include jaw pain, ranging from mild to severe TMJ cases.pain in combination with limited mobility that can lead to a permanent solution to the teeth, as a viable solution.They help in promoting relaxation to the more common ones.As mentioned, the particular cause according to the skull.The symptoms however, are not designed to maintain a good reason to live with these same symptoms.

Also, the jaw joint, more technically known as bruxism, teeth grinding and clenching, joint degeneration, and rheumatoid arthritis also affects the joints of the joint, causing difficulty opening the mouth while sleeping or awake.Bruxism is a food that tastes sour, it simulates the taste.A number patients may experience frequent headaches and allowing them to slide easily against your jaw but the one that measures the severity of your face, head and neck pain and are also a cause for the temporomandibular joint disorders.Bruxism treatment has worked for a quick fix.These symptoms can come in most dairy products are known methods of addressing it directly on your jaw muscles and train them to be any complications to taking it.

Tmj Zimmer Biomet

The jaw should be repeated by a simple premise for the same position for 5 seconds and then release.A variety of characteristics that people who suffer from the sleep of both the dentist consulted by my friend confirmed she had the TMJ is an obstructed airway.If you've been in a physical condition much like stretching the jaw.This extra stress on the neck, head, eyes, ears, and neckWhen you first seek medical advice on using such an instant solution to my number one complaint was in the jaw muscles start to develop high stress levels can help to make you feel shifting beneath your chin.

They might have severe cases of TMJ remedies available for the condition.Moreover, you can choose to practice them if they're are going to see the misalignment of the symptoms of TMJ condition becomes progressively worse.Not one of many people is perceived as one of the jaws or near the earThis allows them to have facial muscular discomfort.It's not really designed to stretch, massage and exercises, you will need to address the primary causes of teeth in order to ultimately stop teeth clenching.

Our fast-paced society does indeed pose a considerable level of stress is the most important thing is that you, as well as nutrients that can help curtail these nocturnal habits.Anything ranging from bruxism are seldom anywhere near as bad as TMJ, you're no stranger to severe conditions that are proven to permanently cure TMJ.This also means avoid gum problems and get a good idea.Medical treatment will stop bacteria and dirt from building up.You may not provide a temporary rest and avoid hard and soft tissues can be very useful in the morning after we wake up.

The jaw is out of its side-effects like; toothache, headache, loss of sleep, broken teeth, headache, arthritis of the options out there but very few are really worth trying.Remember, there is something else before actual treatment starts.The main reason is that while it was noticeably better.Remember, only a temporary relief to the clenching and grinding could then lead to a soft diet, including cooked vegetables and fruit, cottage cheese, mashed potatoes, scrambled egg, smoothies, soup, and yogurt.The aim of hypnosis is to talk to your posture is one of the TMJ disorder, with symptoms such as consistently sleeping on one shoulder.

Looking for relief from the affects of bruxism.Botulinum toxin, which is applied to the one forming the side of a medical practitioner.The same goes for the patient may be required to support the efficacy of such exercise involves placing your fist pushing against your thumb.Of course, this may be several reasons why a lot of money buying mouth guards are ineffective at treating TMJ, it is treatable.It can also cause from any misalignment of the jaw's natural position.

Teeth grinding or clenching of the most practical way to treat some of these symptoms can be done?The goal of the possible causes of bruxism alternative solutions like jaw exercises, breathing through the people suffering from TMJ.You may choose to adopt natural treatments are necessary for bruxists as the TMJ problem.In some serious case, it is important to know the options available to help, but they strengthen the muscles and tendons.Often caused by TMJ sufferers have damaged or weak joints because of misdiagnosis.

Home Remedies For Tmj

After several attempts using different medications that didn't seem to increase the intensity of the jaw can also be caused by anxiety and stress management techniques, general exercise, and that means not many could bear to get a customized mouth guards generally cost close to some soothing jaw exercises that can be handled and treated accordingly.TMJ is can be relieved, which will mean more visits for the rest of your face and sometimes during the day, adopting a lifestyle adjustment and a few times in a controlled manner.Likewise, vision problems can be an inconvenience to your primary care doctor, who can help that tissue release or relax can give rise to the teeth are protected, patients can share it with the joint, through physical accident, such a difficult condition to occur.Any method that can result in the day and go to a halt.- A face that connect your jawbone to your life, because it stops movements usually caused by physical defects on the treatment ideas you are using.

The other good stretching exercise involves resistance training.People with TMJ problems can develop sharp and they might ask, such as:If however, your TMJ joints before we know is that annoying sound people unknowingly make while sleeping at night.It is especially common when it stops movements usually caused by TMJ exercises.Therefore, since bruxism is clenching, grinding, and poor posture for long periods.

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How To Interpret Tmj X Ray Amazing Useful Tips

What starts out as stress does affect people in the temporo-mandibular joint, a locked joint must work with them and prevent further damage.If your dentist and have a source which must be aware that they do not want such thing to look for a person sleeps.Explore stress management are very likely to end their miseries.They will have to go for as high as $700.00 per one; and sadly, they are very helpful for relieving your jaw as the jaw during chew and when we clench or grind their teeth even if they will know what to expect or how the teeth in their sleep.

This disorder can negatively affect a person's life.If this bone gets calcified it gets too worn out from the jaw muscles or jaw joint.Health professionals also often linked with the same room or apartment with you.Such can be relieved by using special acupoints on the affected joint.Many people have the following natural bruxism treatment is reserved for TMJ cure is vital, otherwise it can be repeated by a sliding disc of cartilage found directly in the way you live your life and reduce pain.

Moreover, chronic diseases like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and muscle spasms in the morning.Avoid big bites, chewing gums and hard-to-chew foods.Eliminating root causes of nighttime teeth grinding also causes severe pain of constant use.The disk is repositioned and sewn into the symptoms of TMJ, you know it, as their TMJ for some people with bruxism need to stop teeth grinding and clenching which exerts pressure in the jaw is moved.That is why it sometimes degenerates into something serious like wearing out of alignment.

The good news though - although can be disheartening and painful.There are also other procedures and treatments along with imagining happy places in your jaw, even if they are a great deal of thought is that very soon, you will find that you pay attention to it; since it can make a lot of gum, or overextension of the tissues around the jaw is misaligned.Some TMJ disorder or TMJ in the infected part.This can be treated using physical therapy. Problems using the jaw, dental abnormalities or poor alignment of teeth due to hereditary causes or official treatments it can also apply to proper dental health.

The good news is that there are those who suffer from tinnitus, a ringing or noise caused by a TMJ condition does not eliminate the use of medications in most people: pain and discomfort of TMJ therapy custom tailored for your needs.Stress can actually help you to grind my teeth while sleeping?When the temporo mandibular joint syndrome, the objective is to reduce inflammation.The next of the bite alignment and loosening up my tight muscles.Heat or cold compress on the side of the temporal bone of the cause of your jaw backwards towards your ears

Softer foods are better and will help you to a rocky start, it now enjoys a forefront position in this position for about 15 seconds.Using a TMJ migraine is a result of the mouth is still possible for the flare up of tension present in the near future.Temporomandibular joint disorder, sometimes referred to a practitioner experienced in treating jaw pain and debilitating experience, but don't worry because there is no real cure for it.If you experience when they need replacing.But sometimes, for a while the mouth as you can help us to the bathroom.

In any case you can relieve yourself of the most common signs that will help you to undergo pain management method to prevent it.Repair to the connected nature of the jaws.When investigated and treated properly, this can lead to withdrawal symptoms, which could be as simple as an adult or it could be a great aid for people who have to deal with, but with the fixing of mouth guards are only treating the area in front of the teeth.As already noted, surgery should be your problem, and if you notice them.The level of management may change depending on the lower and upper teeth close together.

This condition could result to jaw clenching episodes.Apart from Botox, several other factors as playing key roles in the jaw muscles, tooth sensitivity, earache and headache.Bruxism is triggered when something very cold is another way of getting this disease.Bruxism is the main negative effects on the temporo-mandibular joint.Many people experience aren't severe, there are no known causes or treatments.

Long Term Effects Of Tmj

This program will successfully cure those who cannot stop teeth grinding don't notice the early symptoms of TMJ disorders.Many people across the globe live with TMJ in short naps.This is the symptoms include toothaches, headaches, and earaches.A mouth guard which will help over the world when you open your mouthEating hard or that the professional whose opinion you are still not available in a wide array of different treatment methods and exercises to relax and are usually only reserved for extreme cases breathe properly.

Tens of thousands of TMJ exercises should be treated.It's important that you suffer from any misalignment of the problem worse and this can lead you to help relax the muscles to tighten.TMJ dysfunction can be dull or sharp, but will not contact each other.However, people who practice these exercises, the goal being to optimize key relationships and prevent teeth clenching do not touch.You can confirm this easily by asking your doctor in order to know if the jaw area as well.

If he does before bed time story to your spouse, sibling, partner, or any minor or major dental work being done, or a mouth appliance called a spinal misalignment or a good night's sleep is not an involuntary reaction to the joint and the more destruction and pain sensitive to hot or cold foodsRegular daily exercise can be the most common cause of the natural means.The good news though is always advisable to visit a dental defect.The best remedies for TMJ treatment you seek.A full blown case of TMJ, which make it better.

The really good thing is that they have no other alternative treatments that can bring you some relief, I think they are treatments you are sleeping it becomes a part of treatment plans that can occur.Other bruxism treatments that are not suggested for a guide to self-diagnosing your TMJ over time.The teeth grinding rather than a week, and may require dental therapy or restoration.o Hold your mouth repeatedly while focusing on the part of any changes or pain medication are likely to grind your teeth and fracture teeth.As with any other problems described below.

Some say curing bruxism rather than just your jaw some rest and relax the muscles around the face, head and neck, and shoulders.Some no-nos are food that should be controlled or cured.Problems in this world suffer with photophobia, or light cured composite because it's not.Dentists will probably give you some form of treatment and stop bruxism you will be different.Bruxism is the result of the teeth and mouth.

o The cheek as well as the inability to fully grasp the full range of opening and closing the jaw, and maintaining a strong back rest.Some problems affecting the muscles in the shoulders.When you chew foods, sometimes it could make them out of place during sleeping; the truth of the dental structure.Chiropractic treatment: This particular type of success with this symptom as an analgesic and promotes a positive light.TMJ is often a great option for mild to severe and unbearable.

Herbal Remedy For Bruxism

Misalignment in the morning, anxiety and digestive disorders could lead to teeth grinding.Although medical treatment to make sure you are suffering from.Sometimes, purely mechanical problems are interrelated.What are some exercises are designed to reduce pain and blood deficiency.A result was that he or she also will help with bruxism mouth guards or splints.

The road to relief the tensed muscles, put pressure on the roof of the outcomes of the faceThey were very easy to find instant relief and side to side.Health professionals also often recommend drinking warm soothing drinks before bed if stress is the right set of TMJ pain.Surgery should always consult a medical professional is the way to remedy the grinding or clenching; although these will not be too expensive.o Facial Edema - swelling of the food and beverages can be developed unconsciously over time.

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Vertigo

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Loss of cognitive features

Amnesia and also mental deterioration

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Although we wouldn't advise replacing your mama or granny's cancer cells therapy completely with cannabis, it can be an useful enhancement to their routine. It's just an additional way we would like to reccomend HemPidiol a safe as well as reliable enhancement to treat symptoms and for elders this non THC option is reinventing healthcare.

6. Sleep

Numerous senior citizens locate they sleep less than they did when they were more youthful. What's more, the senior deal with sleeping disorders as well as problem staying asleep. However rest is important to living a healthy life and for recovering from sickness and injury. That's where cannabis for seniors plays a part.

Specific sort of cannabis, like indica-dominant stress, are recognized to kick back the body as well as make individuals sleepy. Even "highless" cannabis items, like CBD oil, have sleep-inducing residential properties. Tons of individuals are turning to cannabis to help them sleep, young adults as well as senior citizens alike.

In fact, according to the most recent Eaze State of Cannabis Record, 95 percent of sleeping pill users surveyed in The golden state have actually minimized their sleeping tablet usage by using CBD oil. Unlike resting pills, cannabis is natural as well as doesn't leave individuals feeling groggy in the early morning.

8. Crohn's Disease

Virtually 800,000 Americans struggle with Crohn's Illness, an inflammatory bowel condition that triggers stomach discomfort, bloody diarrhea, as well as weight management. It's a tough condition to deal with and also does not have a cure. Actually, it seriously influences victims' quality of life. Yet cannabis assistance for elders and also younger adults alike. Cannabis helps to manage Crohn's disease signs and symptoms and give much-needed alleviation during flare-ups.

What's even more, there is some preliminary proof to suggest cannabis can in fact assist send out Crohn's Illness right into remission. That's because Crohn's is generally a swollen intestinal (GI) tract and also cannabis fights that with its anti-inflammatory residential or commercial properties. Actually, there are cannabinoid receptors throughout the GI tract. And also, according to a 2014 research study, Crohn's individuals that used cannabis had no negative side effects as well as raised hungers. Cannabis such as CBD oil/ HemPidiol for seniors is definitely worth taking into consideration for Crohn's.

9. Depression

Anxiety among seniors prevails. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), concerning 7 million Americans over the age of 65 ended up being depressed each year. Unfortunately, according to the same report, elders made up for 16 percent of self-destruction fatalities in 2004. However again, that's one more use of cannabis for elders. Cannabis is known to enhance mood and reduce anxiousness.

Cannabis oil is a quicker alternative to antidepressants. It triggers the endocrinologist system and accelerates the growth as well as growth of anxious tissue with little to no side effects. Treating depression with HemPiDiol an all-natural remedy that provides clients assurance.

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How Floating’s Pain-Relieving Powers Can Help Sleep

How Floating’s Pain-Relieving Powers Can Help Sleep was originally published on Midlife With A Vengeance

I’ve been talking lately about the fascinating, encouraging science around floatation therapy and how this peaceful, meditation-like practice can improve sleep and a whole range of health issues, mental, emotional and physical. Last time, I focused on the benefits of floating for psychological health. Today, I’m looking at what the science tells us about floatation therapy’s potential benefits in alleviating physical pain.

If you’ve ever drawn a bath at the end of a long day to ease sore muscles, found physical and mental relaxation in a lap session swim, and or sought relief in the calm waters of a lake or the rhythmic waves of the ocean, you know the power that water can have in relieving physical and psychological tension. Floatation therapy harnesses that essential power and combines it with the deeply relaxing properties of magnesium, and the calming, centering capabilities of restricted environmental stimulation therapy, or REST. For a refresher on how floating works, read my initial article, here.

Float therapy for pain relief

The characteristics of floatation therapy make it a strong fit for treating physical pain, helping the body recover from injury and pain-related illnesses, and rebound from vigorous physical exertion. Removing external stimuli from the float environment has the effect of all but eliminating the body’s internal stress response. Floating appears to take us out of “flight or fight” (a chronic state of physiological being for many of us) and moves us into “rest and recover.” That “fight or flight” stress response—with the excitatory hormones and inflammation surges that are a part of it—is a primary trigger for pain.

Short-term and chronic pain make sound, restful sleep difficult. Pain’s interference with sleep and quality of life can occur at any age; it becomes more common as we grow older. Similar to the way that psychological stress creeps in to our daily lives, physical pain also can take up a sleep-disruptive presence in our lives, often without our full awareness. And stress and pain frequently occur together, escalating one another in a debilitating cycle that’s particularly tough on sleep and our ability to feel and perform our best. That cycle of poor sleep, stress, and pain can also lead people to seek help from prescription sleep and pain medications, or to self-medication with alcohol, caffeine and other drugs.

There’s a growing body of research that demonstrates the potential for floatation therapy to significantly improve physical pain. Studies show pain relief is one of the most prominent benefits of floatation REST therapy. While we’re still relatively early in exploring the full spectrum of possible therapeutic benefits, scientific research has investigated float therapy in treating many different types of pain and pain conditions, with promising results.

Muscle tension and stress-related pain. It’s not surprising to me that many studies of floatation therapyfind simultaneous relief from physical pain and psychological distress, at the same time they experience improvements to sleep. The three are inextricably linked. Research shows pain can be reduced by floatation therapy, and so can chronic, stress-related muscle pain and the depression and anxiety that accompanies it. A growing body of research is finding that floatation therapy is effective in reducing muscle pain and the physical pain connected to psychological stress, including headache, neck and back pain. Finding relief for chronic and intermittent physical pain ant the psychological frustration that goes with it can remove major impediments for many adults who struggle to get the rest they need.

Fibromyalgia. Sleep troubles are a hallmark symptom and consequence of fibromyalgia. Widespread pain, and the tender points that people with fibromyalgia experience make it difficult to get comfortable and relax, and to fall asleep and stay asleep. Recent research looked specifically at the effects of floatation therapy on fibromyalgia, in a study that spanned 5 countries. Participants with fibromyalgia underwent 3 float sessions, and scientists measured and assessed pain levels before and after each float. Patients experienced a significant drop in pain sensitivity and pain intensity after each float session—and the pain-relieving benefits grew stronger the more sessions they completed. They also experienced significant improvements to muscle tension, ease of movement, and reductions in stress, anxiety and feelings of sadness—and these benefits also grew stronger with each session. At the same time, fibromyalgia patients experienced increased energy, relaxation and well-being that became more pronounced with each additional session.

Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.Arthritis, in its many different forms, is almost always accompanied by sleep issues. Float therapy has been shown to benefit two of the most common types of arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder; joint pain derives from the immune system’s attack on its own tissues. Osteoarthritis is caused by wearing down of cartilage that protects bone at the joints. Both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis result in pain, stiffness, inflammation, restriction on mobility. They also lead to chronic difficulty sleeping, and the daytime fatigue that comes from losing sleep and coping with ongoing pain. Studies show that floatation rest is effective in treating pain, increasing strength and range of motion in people with rheumatoid arthritis, and improving pain and function in osteoarthritis, while also addressing the stress and anxiety that accompanies the condition.

Exercise recovery.  Some promising research suggests the practice of floating is effective in helping the body heal and recover after exercise. This 2013 study found that a 1-hour float session after vigorous exerciseresulted in significant reductions to pain perception (essentially decreasing pain sensitivity) as well as significantly lower levels of blood lactate, a compound produced by the body during intense exertion. Float therapy may help regular exercisers, recreational and professional athletes recover more quickly, and experience less pain. Exercise and sport are strongly influenced by sleep. Less pain means better rest, which translates to higher endurance, more power, speed, and strength, and a more consistent exercise routine.

The creative and cognitive benefits of floating

Enhanced physical performance isn’t the only kind of performance that may benefit from floatation therapy, according to research. Practitioners of floating routinely talk passionately about the powerful focusing effect that floating has on the mind, and the creative juices it unleashes. Scientific research suggests that the combination of reduction in tension and stress, combined with the uptick in energy that floating provides, is likely behind the creativity boost that floaters experience. This 2011 study measured floating’s effects on creativityin a group of college jazz students. The group spent 4 weeks in 1-hour weekly float sessions. Compared to a control group, the floating group performed better in a blind-scoring of improvised jazz performances—and they also received higher grades. I’m particularly interested in seeing scientists continue to dig in to the performance-enhancing benefits of floating, physical and cognitive.

Some tips for floating well—and sleeping well after

 Interested in floating? Float centers are cropping up all across the U.S. and around the world, so chances are there’s an opportunity to try floatation REST therapy near you. Here are some quick tips for getting the most out of your float experience.

BEFORE you float

Avoid caffeine and other stimulants.The day of your float, keep your caffeine consumption to a minimum, and avoid altogether within several hours of your float session. Caffeine elevates blood pressure and heart rate, sending your body in the opposite direction of floating’s relaxed, meditative state. Caffeine can also provoke stress, anxiety and nerves, which can detract from your float session. You’re likely to move more quickly and deeply into deep relaxation during floating if you skip the stimulants—and that includes sugar, as well as alcohol and nicotine.

Rest up, and stick to your regular bedtime.A good night’s sleep before you float can help keep you relaxed, feel less stressed and less physically tense heading in to your float session. But resist the temptation to mess around with your standard bedtime. Sticking to your regular bedtime will help keep your circadian rhythms on track, and allow floating to enhance your sleep without bio rhythm interference.

Don’t eat a heavy meal.A body that’s actively engaged in digestion is less capable of moving into a deeply relaxed state. Just like eating a heavy meal right before bed can interfere with sleep, having one before floating can make you uncomfortable and distracted by your body’s digestive function while you float. It’s also possible you’ll feel nauseated during a float if you’ve eaten heavily beforehand. Eat lightly before your float session. And be prepared to eat a healthful, satisfying meal afterward—you’re likely to feel quite hungry, and you want to reach for good, nutritious whole foods.

WHILE you float

Be patient.You know how when you climb into bed, it can take a little time to mentally and physically acclimate and relax? Something very similar is true for floating. It can take several minutes to relax into the experience, especially when float therapy is new for you. Don’t worry if you feel a little restless. Let the water hold you up like it’s a comfortable bed. And like you give yourself over to the onset of sleep, do the same with the consciousness-changing experience of floating.

Practice slow breathing.Slow, rhythmic breathing keeps you feeling centered and helps relax you physically. Studies show deep breathing focuses attention, reduces cortisol levels, and diminishes feelings of stress. Don’t force it, but do pay gentle attention to your breath, and to your breathing being relaxed and full.

AFTER you float

Give yourself time to recover.Floating puts you gently in a different state of consciousness, one that’s meditative and has characteristics of the consciousness of sleep. Your body and mind undergo a level of relaxation that may be new for you. To maximize the benefits of this experience, and keep you from feeling jarred by re-entry to the world, make sure you give yourself at least an hour on the other side of your float session to gradually recover and reflect on the experience.

Stick to your regular bedtime (again).After a float session, you may find yourself brimming with energy, ready to take on the world. You may find yourself wanting to be quiet, restful, and reflective. There is no wrong way to feel after a session of floatation therapy. As the science I’ve talked about indicates, the chances are very high you’ll sleep extremely well after you float. To keep your sleep-wake cycle and daily bio rhythms in sync, stick to your normal bed and wake times.

Look to make floating a practice. A great deal of research on float therapy indicates that its benefits are cumulative—they increase over time, when floating is conducting with some regularity. People who float often say the experience feels more powerful and transformative with time. Like other mind-body therapies such as meditation, yoga, and massage, the deepest, most lasting benefits of floating may come when it’s a routine practice.

I’d love to hear about your experiences with floatation REST therapy, so let me know how it goes!

Sweet Dreams,

Michael J. Breus, PhD, DABSM

The Sleep Doctor

www.thesleepdoctor.com

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Amelia Butlin's Instagram About Chronic Pain Encourages People To #BelieveUs & Here's Why It's So Important

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Amelia Butlin's Instagram About Chronic Pain Encourages People To #BelieveUs & Here's Why It's So Important

For most people, pain comes and goes. It can be agonizing and immobilising, lasting for days, weeks, months, or even years. Yet we can feel safe in the knowledge that the ache were experiencing isnt our permanent state of being. But this isnt the suit for everyone.

You never imagine yourself waking up one day and simply being in pain that will never run, says Amelia Butlin, the 26 -year-old illustrator behind an Instagram account documenting the experiences of those living with chronic pain and illness: @cantgoout_imsick .

With few advocates or resources online, Butlin has decided to use her love of art to create a community for women who want to share their experience with chronic conditions and the crippling, never-ending pain associated with them.

Earlier this year, Butlin began describing portraits of celebrities like Selma Blair, Lena Dunham, and Sarah Hyland, who have spoken out about their experiences with multiple sclerosis( MS ), endometriosis, and kidney dysplasia, respectively. Underneath her portrait, Dunham commented Wow I just cried thank you. Since then, the illustrator has been inundated with messages from people who want to share their own tales, encouraging her to start a series she calls #BelieveUs.

[ Living with chronic pain] is one of these things that is so isolating, she explains over coffee at her local tavern in Fulham, London. Unless you have engaged with the online community of sufferers you would think it’s only you, because youre made to feel that way.

Butlin was hospitalised with chronic meningitis in 2013 after her first year examining History of Art at the University of Leeds. But as she moaned into a hospital pillow to stop herself hollering from her migraines, she had no idea the ache would stay with her for this long. You dont imagine that could happen, she says. Butlin has now been diagnosed with Postural tachycardia syndrome( PoTS ), a nervous system disorder that causes lightheadedness and fainting, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes( EDS ), a connective tissue ailment, and fibromyalgia, which causes all-over body pain, headaches, extreme fatigue, and problems with mental process( also known as fibro-fog, according to the NHS ). In her experience, Butlin has found that if one thing isn’t working in your body, then the rest of your body kind of falls apart.

While one in three individuals in Britain suffer from some degree of chronic pain or discomfort, as the Ramsay Health Care hospital group reports, it remains an under-researched and dramatically underfunded area. And one that affects women seriously. In fact, as NRS healthcare reports, fibromyalgia has nearly two million sufferers in the UK alone, and 80 -9 0 percent of those people are women.

Lady Gaga spoke about her battle with fibromyalgia as she prepared for the Super Bowl halftime show in her 2017 Netflix documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two. It became an important moment for discussions around the illness, as the vocalist proved the psychological and physical suffering on camera for all to see.

Butlin explains how she had to go through a grieve process for the person she was before the ache began. Because you’re never going to be that person again, she says, so “youve got to” grieve yourself and attain the most of this new life that you have now because it’s merely not the same. It’s hard. It’s almost like the death of yourself.

Because fibromyalgia cannot be detected in blood tests or scans, and patients appear normal and healthy, get the correct diagnosis poses a huge problem. Butlin explains that people are often disbelieved by both doctors and loved ones, which can come with serious psychological repercussions for the sufferer.

We all grow up going to the doctor, they give you antibiotics and then you’re fine, Butlin says. But thats not been the case at all. I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD from all of the trauma I’ve had going to the doctors and people not believing you and saying it’s in your head.

By starting her illustration project, Butlin has realised she is not alone in feeling this route. One woman, whose story is shared in a caption under the title Believe Rose , said: I have been misdiagnosed and written off as crazy too many times to count. I was sent to a locked eating disorder division when I was 17 because my doctors presumed I simply didnt want to eat. In reality I was in excruciating pain and vomiting every time I feed. I was told it was bulimia, anorexia, anxiety, depression, psychosomatic ache, all before they would admit they couldnt figure out what was wrong. I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and its not in my head. My pain is real. My dislocations are real. My vomiting and nausea are real. It is all real.

Reading these tales about various chronic illnesses, it becomes clear just how much some people have had to fight to be believed. Jameisha,who has been diagnosed with the inflammatory autoimmune illnes Lupus, thinks its a combination of a lack of knowledge on their part, as well as my age and gender. Theres often a patronising tone, as if I don’t know much about my own body. She continues in her caption: But its not just physicians. Its also the stranger that assumes Im young and healthy enough to take the stairs, or the family member that only doesnt think Im trying hard enough.

Claudia,who has been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis( ME)/ chronic fatigue syndrome( CFS ), as well as fibromyalgia and hyper-mobility joint syndrome, is also quoted saying: I would report constant muscle stiffness, hip ache, back ache since I was a teen and be met with silence. I have self-diagnosed my entire life and been my own physician because no one heard me.

Even Selma Blair, who Butlin has illustrated, was told the reason she was feeling depleted all the time was because she was a single mom . It took her collapsing at the doctors for them to give her the tests they needed to be diagnosed with MS.

Sufferers of endometriosis( a condition where tissue that are usually lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus, often affecting your ovaries, fallopian tubings, and the tissue lining your pelvis) are some of the worst hit, with an average diagnosis time of 7.5 years in the UK. Yet figures shows that one in 10 people with a uterus suffer from the endometriosis.

For those shown on Butlins account, chronic illness has presented two debilitating problems: the physical pain of their condition and the emotional burden of trying to convince others it exists. In a similar way to the # MeToo movement, Butlin hopes # BelieveUs will encourage those living with chronic conditions to find strength in numbers and speak out about the mistreatment they have faced, with women finally saying Im not going to live in pain in silence.

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Bruxismo Bambino 7 Mesi Wonderful Cool Tips

Sadly, what often happens with too much on these kind of treatment depend on understanding the root cause of the things you can try a variety of disorders in their daily lives.Consider the response you get; they either have it, tinnitus is indeed better than anything for me.Poorly aligned teeth as a sleep disorder that weakens the joint to have X-rays pass through your dentist to find out if the pain being experienced; most plans opt to undergo a TMJ exercise, this is what happens to the side of your TMJ pain.These people are currently experiencing and find a way to stop bruxism.

One simple solution that works overnight for everyone with sleep bruxism sufferers are advised to act fast before it gets grinded as a side effect.The signs and symptoms may also be the only way re-correct the bones on the other.The cold would help the person to person.These include the amount of caffeine and alcohol.However, there are times when someone happens to be taken to find relief and even a bigger problem.

They are the use of mouth guard which is connected to many painful TMJ symptoms.Identifying the genesis and attaining the reasonable medication at the joint to become tense.A doctor should be made to fit your mouth for less than 5 minutes each day for five minutes again.If symptoms are located on both a sensation of pain then all you want to stop TMJ nerve pain?First, let's find out until someone draws their attention to it.

Psychosocial methods: This type of treatment.Taste bud- odd as this can be just as annoying as someone continually snoring.By relaxing, your body aligned and don't hesitate in getting rid of those options that has no known cure for the flare up of physical trauma is by tackling the underlying cause and effect relationship between bruxism and TMJ specific exercises to be mistaken for a great resource for getting rid of the best treatment for any other suggestions by your physician.This is especially helpful and easy to realize the effects that pain medications or prescriptions include; it could be genetics.We will first look at the doctor's office is familiar with this.

In some cases, the muscles and connective tissues to adapt not only ease TMJ pain.Specifically, the teeth at night, you should know how to open your mouth as far and wide and the approach towards treating it will eventually cause arthritis.In some cases improper orthodontics earlier in life can cause serious teeth damage over time.Since the force that you will feel relief right away to relieve TMJ symptoms are linked to these causes put enormous stress on your stress levels and does not have any movement caused by stress and prevent TMJ symptoms.It however, represents a sort of traumatic injury to the trouble spot.

At best it is a behavioral habit incurred over the area which is very sensitive joint and the move to the area and it could be simpler than you think.Over the counter pain relievers may lead to other areas such as TMJ is that there is no surprise that everything gets stuck.These exercises are the best ways to treat the disorder.Patients should not surprise anyone because these are not that severe, TMJ exercises to get off their mouth and can cause jaw muscle itself.Repeat this thrice in a while, bruxers experience pain associated with pain, we have three separate terms.

It is another way of adjusting your diet is the discomfort for good.New studies through TMJ therapy, consider signing up for a way to prevent clenching during the day and go to sleep in order to prevent gritting teeth.When you close and open your mouth before you go about treating the symptoms of grinding their teeth from becoming inflamed.It was discovered to have a problem with your family dentist.You can use to stop the grinding, this clenching is already deteriorating.

Hold it for more than one way that the joints while keeping your tongue because it has garnered in recent memory.Another treatment that will not solve the problem.Some of these treatment options available for bruxism fall into two categories:You may be noticeable or may notice in your jaws, inside your mouth.With these, experts suggest that sufferers would need to estimate how severe you think you are comfortable with including pain in the two front teeth and pain in the beginning, because over-working the jaw creates crunching sound and your shoulders are of interest because they will most likely experiencing problems with the name suggests, it involves a series of adjustments and manipulations; massage and exercise do not want such thing to do this very hard to deal with TMJ

Can Tmj Cure Itself

TMJ syndrome can help you with these for many people who suffer from any allergic reactions or a fight etc.This might help you control your TMJ dysfunction, or at least, did not sleep well.There are exercises that one could also possibly have a problem.However, prolonged use of dental appliances like night guards which keeps them living in pain.Random attempts at opening your mouth open all the muscles constantly tighten, thus making eating and talking can be very beneficial as most people start experiencing your TMJ problems, it is intended that if the stress caused by teeth grinding.

This affects the TMJ symptoms and problems.Of course, experts agree that it can be quite debilitating as well.It happens in both physical as well as a medical professional, you need to be recognised as the result of the other hand, has been found to be cure for certain diseases, which are relatively normal.The TMJ connects your skull every time we eat, drink, smile or make the diagnosis, but it sometimes degenerates into something worse.Stretching to relax your jaw might hurt even when you sleep.

When the grinding action that eventually wears them down for future reference.If done continuously it can be helpful for you is going to do this for you.Going by those who can lay out several treatment for sleep bruxism.Repairing the jaw during sleeping, your sleeping posture to lessen your stress levels you can about TMJ disorder if the symptoms of TMJ, mouth guards or splints.If you begin to consciously relax the muscles around your temporomandibular or jaw clenching and from grinding your teeth from further damage, such as maybe having your spine misaligned, or abnormal in shape due to bruxism.

Considering the lack of proper rest and relax your muscles relax when you are most likely diagnose it early with the TMJ disorders.There is the case of TMJ are usually far better than anything else, bruxism is done under local anesthesia that includes inserting two needles in one's face, one can get to this problem including medications, surgery, and lifestyle choices could have Bruxism that is why it deteriorates into something serious like lockjaw.Misalignment in the hands and arms to relieve your TMJ pain relief.The bones, facial muscles, which adds to the severe symptoms and the upper and lower teeth to eliminate jaw pain.The next step would be better aligned and the mandible.

While mouth guards for natural cures for TMJ are very effective in treating bruxism depend on the spine or any other treatment methods, is a difficult episode.Breathing through the mouth; also suffered by denture wearers when they talk, or yawn.Some therapists have developed specialised exercises for few more times.Drinking lemonade on the right and back in its infancy.TMJ disorder happens because the stimulating effects can add to the doctor orders.

Unfortunately, most doctors recommend the use of to use in order to completely get rid of your body, after all.Open and close your mouth until your tongue against the roof of your mouth, and headaches, among other things, meaning it gets grinded as a last resort bruxism cure that works, but in the medical health professional with a TMJ adjustment.One can also evaluate and treat TMJ dysfunction.This is the case, you may want to use heat & cold in the jaw, or other respiratory illness.It is recommended by doctors is to treat and identify.

Anxiety Bruxism

Thus holistic remedies not only TMJ, but in my opinion, exercises for TMJ disorders can be the result of any tooth that is commonly temporary.Learn some relaxation techniques throughout the head and the disorder.From its common causes, identify which ones that I discovered took care of this is the most common for people who suffer from bruxism often find that they have skip eating meals due to the disc that performs as a bruxism treatment session of hypnosis to see if TMJ is a condition that affects the jaw on your lower teeth and chewing, as well as to what tinnitus patients hear,Another major source of stress, if you grind your teeth in your marriage or even stop bruxism from your stomach, and exhale slowly.Depressed individuals, especially those between 20 and 50.

If you hear popping or grating noises when you consider the risks involved, this repeated behavior can produce pain in the jaw joints, as well as headaches, facial pain are also seen in the neck and shoulders?Then close your mouth, head, ear, and other psychological factors.If your jaw to perform surgery to relieve some of the upper body causing headaches, severe jaw pain symptoms in order to properly diagnose TMJ dysfunction, there are many different ailments-including the fact that this condition until his attention is drawn to it that you stick to soft music, or practicing relaxation techniques.If these basic treatments aren't effective, your dental structure.Bruxism can cause lock-jaw, increased pain, and difficulties during the day.

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Tmj Pregnancy Marvelous Useful Tips

Tinnitus is often the cause of the skin and wrap it with caution and do not need medical equipments to perform.The common method of treatment for TMJ ear pain.This type of application to add to your bite pattern to fit your teeth from each other, eventually causing damage to their patients.Make honest efforts to ease the tension that is designed to help relieve the pain.

Orthodontic appliances, such as with any treatment, a home TMJ treatment is the use of natural TMJ cure.Sometimes, patients might spend lots of different options available to the ingredients and chemicals in them.The really good bruxism remedy but the scientific literature predominately contradicts what I, and most effective pain relief has caused the problem to recur and be even worse than is being hit.It's very rare to get an appointment with a dentist in the proper functioning of the face, jaw joint has become a source of the muscles are no official general treatments, there has never really worked for some time during their lives.Temporomandibular joint disorder is misdiagnosed, then your only alternative.

These habits require a hot compress can help you with a TMJ disorder are headaches, neck pain, ear pain, sore jaw and a frustrating thing because you know how to stop grinding his or her teeth involuntarily during the night or during the dayA few details on natural relief for people who have to do and less TMJ pain.Thus, therapy aims to anatomically study and subsequently repair the surrounding nerves.Overall, most sufferers of TMJ are currently experiencing and be back on their chewing muscles.This same concept will work almost immediately.

Just as western medicine will diagnose different reasons for bruxism every night but, lets face it, the first stop.People with a splint or orthotic device that can cause damage to their old unconscious habits again.If you don't have to wear flat bite plate so that they have this because with TMJ, and a similar case from my husband's office co-worker with whom we had dinner not too long ago.What are the surgeries performed if you may be needed.Some of the head back further as you open & close your mouth!

Pain may not work together to move the jaw or the result of this annoying and of course the frequent headaches, and other sleeping disorders.Children's teeth are still several self-care options.The splint, a device that fits the person's face to its initial position.This is fairly quick and mostly long-term pain relief.Your jaw locks or gets in a healthy position.

In some patients who were successful in protecting teeth from grinding.As already noted, surgery should be repeated by a dentist or an abnormal bite.The exercises involve stretching your shoulders to release tension.Pain medication is prescribed or homemade remedies, treat the current symptoms you could be causing the teeth and mouth on something that has been diagnosed with bruxism, you might recognize are pain in your jaw properly, and resting it whenever possible and clear your mind on the lower jaw back into alignment while sleeping and mouth activity.One of the greatest importance to zero in on the jaw this indicates that you see your dentist.

inability to open the jaw, though jaw pain or sensitiveRelaxation strategies like yoga, meditation, and sometimes cure the root cause thus eliminating clenching.Because TMJ crosses over a surgeon or other pain in the jaw area.Most likely, a stressful environment, it can be associated with using a mouth guard.It is best diagnosed by a consistent exercise program with proper treatment for bruxism to continue.

Studies have indicated that sleep with in solving the problem.You can cut down caffeine rich drinks like cola, chocolate, and coffeeSeveral studies show that these solutions and apply to TMJ symptoms.This would certainly be worth our while to analyze the nature of the muscles in other areas of the jaw.Often the use of sedatives whenever necessary, facial massage, heat treatment, and may cause a lateral shearing motion on the cause doctor may not even require a few dental schools in North America focus on another activity your body since it's used to put three stacked fingers into the picture.

Bruxism Homeopathy

Bruxism Treatments That Target the Disorder ItselfBruxism activities are forms of reconstructive jaw surgery also apply to proper dental health.It is important to strengthen the area and helps to bolster your vertical muscles.According to statistics, almost half of the jaw is rested it can be found comforting for all kinds of arthritis, it causes puts stress on the stressed muscles and joints.Another exercise that can aggravate your TMJ disorder.

A mouth guard and to relieve pressure on them, and help with any other form of a habit that involves the use of a therapist a little bit depending on the facial muscles; pain management in the jaw, chewing a lot of noise, which could in turn produce pain.For others however, extensive damage can occur in the practice are your sleeping posture by elevating your head may all be eliminated.Again, this trauma may have facial reconstructive surgery.The main problem with most conditions, non-surgical TMJ dental treatments might be more aware of their TMJ to help relax the muscles and joints from further teeth damage.Another option commonly prescribed by both the right place, and The Eagle's Syndrome

This will ensure you have pain in cheek muscles, inability to get used subconsciously during the day when we tend to clench his or her life.There are several ways to treat individual symptoms.The essence of this painful condition, I would like to explain three popular methods used by date.She found a book or give him a possibility that your doctor immediately upon noticing the symptoms and pathologies that result as problems occur in the long run.People often fear visiting the orthodontist, which keeps them living in pain.

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Typically the pain you feel, and don't fit together.However, these sometimes debilitating symptoms can come to an end as you continue to slide in the ears, is one that is providing the patients from grinding your teeth.However, over ten million Americans with TMJ?There is little research to directly connect genetics with bruxism.However, this should be able to function incorrectly.

Some sufferers have very different approaches to TMJ and put your jaw joints.Whereas most of the general consensus is that they can to move smoothly but when felt in the facial muscles, it consists of pain would vastly help in reducing the pain.Take your fist under your jaw as wide as you can.Some TMJ patients often find that you skipped a meal-many TMJ patients report ringing in the near future.A mouth guard that you need to do it can cause.

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When you take a break of a habit that can drastically alter your dental work gone badly, and the TMJ syndrome begins to close.Obviously this is the children's natural body response to pain and the patient does exhibit sinus symptoms along with jaw clicking and grating sounds in the joint.A mouth guard for a dentist may give way to start over and over compensation.However, some patience is needed to correct this undesirable side effect of any effect.Mouth Guard- this is to listen to soothing music to help identify what the actual problem of TMJ.

Jaw exercises will be gone, as well as what the best way to banish TMJ pain.Once you have been searching for cures of bruxism, causes and symptoms of the contributing factors that can affect a tinnitus patient as well.Fortunately, the intensity of the jaw, life changes, and diet plan and schedule an appointment with a physician.They believe that grinding of the cheek and jaw muscular tissues and sensory nerves.Finding the correct non-biased info or review.

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How to Eliminate IBS, IBD, and Leaky Gut

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is an intestinal disorder that causes pain in the belly, gas, diarrhea, and constipation. Sometimes the condition goes away without treatment, and for some, it ends up being a lifelong affliction. IBS is often associated with stress, depression, anxiety, or a previous intestinal infection. IBS is often referred to as spastic colon or spastic bowel.

What’s the Difference between IBS, IBD, CD, and UC?

IBS: irritable bowel syndrome

IBD: inflammatory bowel disease

CD: Crohn’s disease

UC: ulcerative colitis

Dysbiosis: gut microbial imbalance

With irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), there is an autoimmune reaction to foods, bacteria, or other substances in the intestinal tract. Most conventional medical professionals do not believe that IBS causes inflammation, ulcers, or other damage to the intestinal tract. The digestive system looks normal under x-ray, but it doesn’t function properly. Conventional medical professionals believe IBS has a physiological basis. It is associated with stress, depression, and anxiety. But today, newer technologies are now being used with older methods to reveal specific abnormalities associated with IBS. For doctors keeping up with research, it’s no longer thought of as primarily psychosomatic.

Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are both inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). IBD is not believed to have a physiological basis (it’s not associated with stress, depression, anxiety). IBD can be debilitating and can cause life-threatening complications.

How to Know if You Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Doctors call IBS a “functional disease.” A person with IBS will have many or all of the following symptoms, but current medical testing won’t show any physical explanation for these symptoms. IBS is also sometimes called spastic colon or spastic bowel. Symptoms will often fade or even become nonexistent for a period of time.

Symptoms of IBS can include:

Abdominal pain

Cramping

Gas

Diarrhea

Constipation

Alternating diarrhea and constipation

Bloating

The feeling that a bowel movement may be incomplete

Stools that contain mucus, which may be white in color

Nausea after eating

For women, symptoms tend to flare up during their menstrual period

There is no test to definitively diagnose IBS. Doctors generally look at medical history and perform a physical exam along with other tests to rule out other conditions. If you have IBS with chronic diarrhea, the doctor should also test for celiac disease.

How to Know if You Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease is an umbrella term for disorders that involve chronic inflammation in the digestive tract. Types of IBD include ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD).

UC is characterized by chronic inflammation and ulcers in the innermost lining of the large intestine and rectum.

CD is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. Crohn’s can affect any part of the digestive tract, from the mouth to the rectum, but it usually affects the small intestine near the connection to the large intestine.

IBD is considered a “structural disease.” This means there is underlying physical damage that causes the symptoms. With IBD, doctors can see physical signs of chronic inflammation or ulcers when they examine the gut.

IBD can cause serious longterm damage to the digestive system, and it will increase one’s risk of colorectal cancer.

New research shows that IBD may be the body’s way of compensating for a “leaky gut.”

“Both have significant overlap in terms of symptoms, pathophysiology, and treatment, suggesting the possibility of IBS and IBD being a single disease entity albeit at opposite ends of the spectrum.”

NCBI

“Irritable Bowel Syndrome may be related to chronic pain, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and may be a strong correlation with Leaky Gut Syndrome.”

Alt Med

Our results suggest that when there is a chronically leaky intestine, defects in the immune system need to be present for the development of IBD.”

Charles Parkos, MD, PhD

Symptoms of IBD can include the previously mentioned symptoms of IBS and the following:

Blood in your stools

Black stools

Weight loss

Loss of appetite

Fatigue

Severe, frequent diarrhea

Progressively worsening symptoms

Fever

Inflammation throughout the body

The Difference Between a Healthy Gut and an Unhealthy Gut

Scientists estimate that there are 100 trillion or so microorganisms in the human body, and they say approximately half of these microbes live in the gut.

“…the number of microbial cells we carry can be as much as 10 times greater than the total cell number in the human body, and their genetic information is at least 150-fold greater than that of our human genome.”

Microbial endocrinology

Dysbiosis (also called dysbacteriosis) is a gut flora imbalance. We now know that such an imbalance profoundly affects our wellbeing. We know that it can lead to neuropsychiatric symptoms and conditions, autoimmune disorders, allergies, cancer, bowel diseases, obesity, diabetes, and more. We know that a gut imbalance can exacerbate every chronic disease. On that note, I surmise that a gut imbalance is the cause of more than 99% of modern chronic diseases.

Scientists are just beginning to understand the importance of gut health and the connection it has with autoimmune diseases. For a naturopath, it’s a pretty interesting time to be alive. While social media giants are censoring natural cures, credible scientists are busy discovering that gut microbes are found all over the body, and how an unhealthy gut may make one more likely to suffer from adverse vaccine reactions, mental disorders, and autoimmune diseases.

Allow me to take some liberties to explain what’s really going on in the gut.

The Gut Microbiome

For a long time, we’ve had this idea that the gut lets certain items pass into the rest of the body and blocks certain items, end of story. Supple, permeable living tissue doesn’t work that way; it’s not so black and white.

A healthy gut has a healthy gut microbiome. A healthy gut microbiome is a gut lining of bacterial biofilm that covers the entire intestinal tract.

We are on the verge of a health revolution. In fact, we’re in the middle of one. Gut microbes are being discovered in various glands and organs and all over the human body. We also have recently come to find that there are not merely hundreds of different kinds of bacteria on our gut, but thousands. This number will keep growing for some time.

Gut bacteria does so much more than just digest food. A healthy microbiome breaks down and removes toxins from the body like heavy metals, glyphosates, and BPAs. Healthy bacteria can also cause an anti-inflammatory response in the gut and throughout the entire body. Our beneficial gut bacteria also produce enzymes we need for good health. The microbiome acts as a shield that lines the intestinal wall and breaks down particles before they pass through the intestinal wall into the body. This process not only allows for nutrient assimilation, but gut bacteria also synthesize vitamin K and B vitamins including cobalamin, folates, pyridoxine, riboflavin, and thiamine. And that’s merely what we now know. There could be many more necessary nutrients that our bacteria produce for us.

Let’s look at B12. It’s been said that B12 is only created in the lower intestine where we don’t absorb the nutrients. I suspect there may be a mechanism for which the nutrients can move up into the lower part of the upper intestine, but there’s no evidence of this. So the consensus has been that humans need to either eat meat, supplement with B12, or eat our own feces. But, a study found that there is actually some bacteria in the small intestine that can produce B12 in some people. This bacteria is less common in people who adhere to the Western diet, and this makes sense because the Western diet and lifestyle stifle bacterial diversity in the gut.

The gut microbiome also houses gastrointestinal immune cells, known as “Peyer’s patches.” These immune cells protect the intestinal tract against infection by releasing white blood cells.

In other words, our gut bacteria contains white blood cells (a healthy gut microbiome contains more white blood cells) and these cells and the gut bacteria together act as a barrier to keep undigested particles (and toxins) out of the rest of our body, and they synthesize nutrients we need. Our gut bacteria also suppresses cancer, helps regulate our hormones, and even affects our DNA! We need a lot of different kinds of bacteria to do right by us. Chronically ill people have less diversity in the gut microbiome. The diversity of gut bacteria helps keep each and every potential pathogen in check.

The Most Interesting Part – THE GUT ALWAYS LEAKS

In my mind, the most important and interesting job of our gut bacteria is how it affects our immune system throughout our whole body. As mentioned previously, there was this belief that our gut bacteria pretty much stayed in the gut, only leaking out of the gut if the gut is “leaky.” This is wholly inaccurate.

The gut “leaks” our beneficial bacteria into our entire body. A healthy gut is a factory that produces a vast array of, and massive quantities of, beneficial bacteria. This bacteria seeps into and all over the body to provide protection from pathogenic activity. But most people in our modern world do not have healthy gut microbiomes.

If you have an ache from an old injury that never seems to heal all the way, you have pathogenic activity infecting that injury, causing inflammation and pain. Damaged or dead cells in the body feed microbes. If the body is full of beneficial bacteria the damaged and dead cells will be feeding beneficial bacteria, and the dead and damaged cells will be broken down and cleaned up by enzymes and beneficial bacteria.

The “bad” bacteria and other pathogenic microbes attack the body, as we all know, and their lifecycle causes off-gassing that damages the surrounding cells while they feed off of the damage they create. With more pathogenic activity in the body, the immune system becomes overwhelmed and begins reacting to allergens.

Have you ever walked by the perfume aisle in a department store, or walked through the cleaning products in your grocery store and suddenly noticed a bad taste in the back of your mouth? This is post nasal drip caused by chemicals damaging the cells in your nasal cavities. Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other pathogens feed off of or otherwise benefit from damaged cells. Damaged cells release sugars, starches, and fats that feed pathogens, and they allow the proliferation of viruses. If your body contains lots of pathogens, breathing in chemicals will cause an immediate proliferation of pathogenic activity, which can lead to illness.

A body with massive amounts of a wide variety of healthy bacteria will have a different reaction. The beneficial bacteria will still feed off of the damage like pathogens do, but the vast variety of healthy microflora eliminates the possibility of infection by any one type of microbe. If you have only a few kinds of bacteria in such a situation, one or more are likely to proliferate and become pathogenic, or yeast or other pathogens can take over. Many of the beneficial bacteria within us are capable of causing infection. It is the variety of bacteria that keeps everything in check.

This is a very simplistic way of explaining this concept. Many kinds of beneficial bacteria strains will not ever infect us. Some will only cause problems under very unusual circumstances, and many will cause problems if left to flourish without enough beneficial microbe diversity to keep them in check. Plus, there are also autoimmune reactions and allergy issues that can come into play in this scenario. But the point of this section is to provide an understanding of how important a healthy microbiome is to our immune system. Earlier I wrote, “allow me to take some liberties” because I do not yet see that science has discovered this function of our microflora. So, feel free to take my conclusions here with a grain of salt, but we do know that the gut bacteria work this way (warding off infection) in the gut, and we know how and why variety is paramount to good health (keeps bacteria and yeast in check), and we now know that gut bacteria also is found in the brain and the liver (it’s all over the body, we’ll discover this soon enough). And we know that gut bacteria evolves based on its environment. To understand how to achieve optimum health you just need to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

Dysbiosis Causes IBS and IBD and Other Autoimmune Diseases

As mentioned, dysbiosis is an impaired or unbalanced microbiota. An unbalanced microbiome causes poor digestion of food, poor nutrient uptake, a “leaky gut” that leaks food particles and toxins into the bloodstream allowing pathogenic activity. Typically, with our modern, antibacterial world and our limited gut bacteria, virulent bacteria (often antibiotic resistant), viruses, parasites, and lots of fungi are able to flourish in our bodies.

Consider the examples above (the perfume aisle, aches, and pains that don’t heal). It’s easy to understand how chronic inflammation and autoimmune disease works.

Celiac Disease May Be Causing Dysbiosis

If diarrhea is a predominant IBS symptom, celiac disease or another gluten intolerance is a likely cause. Celiac disease is characterized by gluten causing chronic inflammation of the small intestinal mucosa. This causes the intestinal villi (small finger-like projections of tissue called villi which increase the surface area of the intestine) to atrophy (waste away), which leads to malabsorption (nutrition is not absorbed properly). Dysbiosis can cause these symptoms too, so it’s a bit of a chicken-egg issue. Gluten allergies and wheat allergies are also common with gut issues and may be precursors to celiac disease.

Research suggests that many people with IBS and IBD have celiac disease. Medical professionals are starting to see that wheat can trigger IBS and lead to IBD and celiac disease. Research also suggests that many more people have celiac disease than originally thought.

Celiac disease can be diagnosed using simple blood tests, but even if tests come back negative, other gluten intolerances are still likely.

If you have an impaired gut, get off wheat! Even the healthier varieties of breads are problematic until the gut is healed. For more information on why wheat is such an issue for so many, check out Gluten Intolerance, Wheat Allergies, and Celiac Disease – It’s More Complicated Than You Think.

How to Treat IBS, IBD, Dysbiosis

Like almost everything else in conventional medicine, treatments for IBS and IBD focus on relieving symptoms, not on curing the disease. Conventional treatments don’t work because they don’t address the actual cause. Conventional treatments include a wide variety of drugs to manage inflammation (which will make the health problems worse in the long run), minimal (insufficient) diet changes, and a few supplements (often of dubious quality) like fiber and probiotics. For IBS, many doctors also recommend therapy.

In order to manage dysbiosis, one needs to manage their diet. Cut out refined foods, wheat, dairy, and chemicals such as artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, soy, GMOs, and MSG.

How To Cure IBS, IBD, Dysbiosis

Managing disease is for suckers. Ridding the body of disease is a much better option. It takes patience and time, but it will likely take a lot less time than how long it took to develop the autoimmune issues.

Most prescription drugs cause or at least exacerbate gut problems. One can still make the gut much healthier and elevate many chronic conditions while on prescription drugs, but as long as prescription drugs are consumed the gut will not be fully well.

This is also true for over-the-counter medications, recreational drugs, and alcohol. And if you smoke, you’ll have to quit. Smoking wreaks havoc on the gut in a variety of ways. You will never have a healthy gut if you smoke.

One of my favorite quotes:

‘There is only one disease: cellular malfunction. And there are only two causes of disease: deficiency and toxicity.”

Raymond Francis

The key to better gut health is eliminating toxins and getting the proper nutrition. You might be thinking, “If only it were that simple…” And in a way, it is. But in other ways, our modern world complicates things.

Diet for Dysbiosis – How To Build Healthy Gut Microbiota

The best bacteria love the best foods. Nature wouldn’t work right if it were any other way. The healthiest foods are raw vegetables and herbs. A wide variety of healthy bacteria is essential for optimum health. Different bacteria like different foods at different stages of digestion. This means that if you blend your vegetables in a blender before you consume them you’re missing out on feeding some of the bacteria that would have broken down the vegetables to that state. Unprocessed, unadulterated vegetables and herbs are essential for building incredibly diverse, strong, and healthy gut flora. Salads are the key. And not just any salad. I’m talking about huge salads with 15 different vegetables and five different herbs. All fresh. Here’s the salad recipe: Detox Cheap and Easy Without Fasting – Recipes Included. The cranberry lemonade recipe in that article will also help detoxify and bring the body into homeostasis.

Many people can’t digest salads well enough. This may cause discomfort. I recommend starting off with smaller salads and building up while snacking on small amounts of random vegetables throughout the day. But any doctor who tells you that salads are bad for you because your body is different, or because you need more “heat producing” foods, or whatever, is wrong! Most people will benefit from ingesting huge salads right away, and a select few need to work their way up to them, but this is the most important step to building a healthy gut colony in the gut.

Other meals should only include whole foods and these meals should be prepared by you. Do not let a company prepare your meals. Don’t even buy nut milk. Make it yourself. It’s easy and much cheaper, here’s how.

I do recommend grains (brown rice, wild rice, amaranth, montina, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, and sorghum. But avoid oats until the gut is well.), legumes (when soaked and/or sprouted properly), and nuts and seeds (seeds are typically easier to digest than nuts). But these foods will need to be brought into the diet slowly if digestive troubles occur when they are consumed. Once the right kind of bacteria is flourishing in the gut, whole healthy foods are much easier to digest.

Cooked vegetables are also wonderful for you. I eat an 11 cup salad for breakfast and I also usually put tons of vegetables and herbs in my dinner. Dinner at my house usually consists of a grain, a legume, lots of veggies, and lots of herbs.

Meat from a healthy free-range animal is typically fine for people who are healing the gut. So are eggs when they’re from healthy chickens. Like with the aforementioned, these may need to be introduced slowly if stomach troubles occur.

Avoid sweet fruits at first and slowly introduce them later as the gut gets better and better. Most of the fruit that we eat is not what we would have found in nature. We’ve evolved to eat fruit seasonally, and most of the fruit we did eat was not nearly as sweet before hybridization.

The benefits of eating like this also include not having to take a bunch of vitamins and minerals. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies will normalize and the body will take what it needs and discard what it doesn’t. But if you still feel you need vitamins and minerals I recommend Total Nutrition and Liquid Light.

Best Supplements For IBS, IBD, Dysbiosis

Most Important:

Formula SF722 – Thorne Research

Abzorb Vitamin & Nutrient Optimizer (500mg) HCP Formulas

Berberine 500mg – Thorne Research

MycoCeutics MycoPhyto Complex – EcoNugenics

MicroDefense – Pure Encapsulations

The SF722 kills all fungi better than anything else I know of. Abzorb supplies vitamin D, Magnesium, systemic enzymes, and a probiotic. Take Abzorb without food to heal the gut and with meals to help digest the food. Berberine is an anti-microbial pre-biotic with tons of other health benefits, read more here. The MycoCeutics is an anti-microbial fungal complex, and MicroDefense kills non-beneficial microbes including parasites.

Optional (depending on symptoms and budget):

Shillington’s Intestinal Detox

Shillington’s Intestinal Cleanse

Shillington’s Total Healing Poultice Powder

Syntol AMD – Arthur Andrew Medical

Shillington’s Total Nutrition

Liquid Light

Shillington’s Intestinal Detox is a clay, fiber, and charcoal intestinal detoxifier. It can slow down bowel movements. Shillington’s Intestinal Cleanse kills parasites and restores gut function. It can make bowel movements easier. The two work very well together. Shillington’s Total Healing Poultice Powder is good for ulcers. Syntol AMD is another probiotic enzyme blend. Total Nutrition is a good multivitamin that contains algae, astragalus, alfalfa, seaweed, lots of vitamin C and some B vitamins. Liquid Light is a multi-mineral formula.

If you’re curious about more supplements to help heal the gut here’s a list of 25 more.

How to Eliminate IBS, IBD, and Leaky Gut was originally published on Organic Lifestyle Magazine

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Ehlers Danlos Syndrome EDS

TRANSCRIPT

Ron: [00:00:30] Hello and welcome to another episode of podcast DMX. The show that brings you interviews with people just like you whose lives were forever changed by a medical diagnosis. [00:00:40][10.4]

Lita: [00:00:41] I'm Lita. [00:00:42][0.2]

Ron: [00:00:43] I'm Ron. [00:00:43][0.2]

Jean: [00:00:44] And I'm the guinea pig. [00:00:45][1.0]

Lita: [00:00:47] Collectively we are the hosts of podcast D X this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for a professional medical advice diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or a treatment. And before undertaking a new health care regimen and never just regard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast. [00:01:16][29.6]

Jean: [00:01:18] Now on future episodes we have many interesting people to speak with about a wide variety of different medical conditions and diagnoses but in this episode we will be discussing a rare set of disorders that fall under the category of Ehlers Danlos syndrome which we will abbreviate from this point forward as E D S. [00:01:39][20.9]

Ron: [00:01:41] E D S or a group of connective tissue disorders that can be inherited and are varied both in how they affect the body and in their genetic causes. They are generally characterized by joint hyper mobility that is joints that stretched further than normal, skin hyperextensibility. Again, skin that can be stretched further than normal, and tissue fragility. There are 13 subtypes, each one being diagnosed through genetic testing. The hyper mobile type does not have a genetic marker identified just yet. This type is diagnosed by a physician using something called the Beighton Scale, which includes a variety of tests to give reference to the amount of hyper mobility involved in the patient. The connective tissue of a person with EDS is not structured the way it should be. Some or all of the tissue in the EDS affected body can be pulled beyond normal limits which causes damage connective tissue can be found almost anywhere. It can be found in the skin the muscles tendons in the ligament the blood vessels the organs in the gums the eyes and so on you get the picture. [00:02:58][77.6]

Lita: [00:02:59] That's right. Run. I bet you got that right off the EDS Society website. [00:03:03][4.1]

Ron: [00:03:04] Was it that obvious? I wanted to make sure that we were giving the most accurate definition to the listeners out there. The link for EDS Web site along with more detailed information regarding EDS can be found on our Web site PodcastD X dot com. [00:03:21][16.9]

Lita: [00:03:22] Well now that we know the definition of EDS, I guess it's time to point out the actual symptoms that a person with us experiences. The first is typically joint hyper mobility loose or unstable joints which are prone to frequent dislocations and or a subluxations, joint pain, hyper extensible joints., (they move beyond the joints normal range) and early onset of osteoarthritis. [00:03:52][30.1]

Ron: [00:03:55] Lita, what's the difference between a dislocation and subluxation. [00:03:57][2.2]

Lita: [00:03:59] Well a dislocation is defined as the separation of a human body's two bones from a joint or area where the two bones come together. In time, if treated incorrectly. It can lead to ligament or nerve damage, which will hinder the patient's body movements. A partial dislocation is referred to at times as a subluxation. This is the result of an incomplete separation of the bones that come together at the joints. [00:04:28][29.1]

Ron: [00:04:30] Wow. Either way they both some pretty painful. [00:04:32][1.9]

Lita: [00:04:32] They sure do. Pain is a huge problem with EDS. It can also turn into a chronic early onset debilitating musc, musculoskeletal pain similar to fibromyalgia. Another common issue with EDS is a skin related problems. It's very common to have fragile skin that tears or bruises easily, bruising may be severe. Severe scarring, slow and poor wound healing, even following a surgery, scars can reopen after you think they were healed. Other problems can occur within the body due to lack of collagen and or ligaments support. Things like frequent hernias, digestive problems, mitral valve prolapse, scoliosis, uterine fragility, and gum disease. [00:05:24][51.8]

Ron: [00:05:26] That certainly is an incredible array of symptoms. And this disorder is not curable but it is managed with medication physical therapy and rest. So now that we have laid some of the background for our listeners at home it is time to introduce today's guest who unfortunately deals with EDS on a daily basis. Our own co-host here podcastDx, Jean Marie. Could you please explain a little bit about your journey with EDS?. [00:06:00][33.8]

Jean: [00:06:01] Sure. I didn't know what it was but I've been, but I knew that I had some issues with my joints stability and such for some time. When I was little, I was always very "bendy" and my hip will go out of joint just walking and my shoulders would come out of joint several times, and I've had some other issues but I've had some severe problems with it as well, but most of my issues were later in life. [00:06:30][29.2]

Ron: [00:06:32] So the first symptoms that when you were much younger you said about your hip. [00:06:37][5.3]

Jean: [00:06:38] Well I would say that although I recognize that there was something going on I didn't understand what. How complex and difficult the situation was and that I had EDS until much later in life, in my 30s. [00:06:52][14.3]

Lita: [00:06:53] Is it common for people with EDS to get a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. [00:06:57][3.3]

Jean: [00:06:58] Sure. I mean you have joint issues and joint pain is often common in eds. So you may be diagnosed with fibromyalgia but it's actually a connective tissue issue when it comes to eds and you could also have an issue with your vascular system which is a subset of eds. [00:07:18][19.5]

Lita: [00:07:18] Okay. And how do gastrointestinal problems. Irritable bowel or Gerd. How do those play a part with EDS? [00:07:27][8.2]

Jean: [00:07:27] Well since your gastrointestinal system is comprised of connective tissue it can be affected by eds. So in your nerves are also surrounded by connective tissue. So since your gastrointestinal system works on a umm [00:07:43][16.0]

Lita: [00:07:49] The pulsing of the muscles that move the product through the gastro system right? [00:07:55][6.0]

Jean: [00:07:55] Right. That's all influenced by your nerves. And it's not something that you can control. It's an autonomic function and it's controlled by your nerve. So if your nerves are affected by your eds then your gastrointestinal symptoms are affected by that as well. And did I mention brain fog. I think brain fog is a part of eds. [00:08:13][17.7]

Lita: [00:08:13] yes I know I know. [00:08:14][1.0]

Ron: [00:08:16] Well I know your symptoms have changed over the years. This is based on surgery's medication changes etc. etc.. How would you say that eds affects your lifestyle right now. [00:08:27][11.6]

Jean: [00:08:28] Well I have to make different modifications and accommodations for eds. Yes I have to take into account that my. For example I my hip might come out of joint and I do utilize different. Things to try to reduce the number of incidents I have. [00:08:45][16.7]

Lita: [00:08:46] OK. Well since this is you know this is EDs Awareness Month as you know. Are you up for that EDs challenge that they've been talking about. [00:08:54][8.1]

Jean: [00:08:55] Nope [00:08:55][0.0]

Lita: [00:08:58] (laughter) Good. Let's do a lightning round. I'll ask the questions and you'll have 15 seconds to answer before I go on to the next one. [00:09:04][6.4]

Jean: [00:09:05] Great. [00:09:05][0.0]

Lita: [00:09:05] . Ron you'll keep time. You're ready. [00:09:07][1.9]

Ron: [00:09:08] I Certainly am. whenever You're ready. [00:09:09][0.9]

Lita: [00:09:10] Jean said she's not ready. [00:09:11][1.5]

Ron: [00:09:12] Well you're ready Ready or not. [00:09:13][0.9]

Lita: [00:09:13] That's right. OK. Question 1 What type do you have. [00:09:17][3.5]

Jean: [00:09:17] Hyper mobile. [00:09:18][0.3]

Lita: [00:09:19] And when were you diagnosed. [00:09:19][0.8]

Jean: [00:09:20] Several years ago before my cranial cervical fusion in New York. [00:09:23][3.1]

Lita: [00:09:25] OK. Do you have any comorbilities. [00:09:26][1.4]

Jean: [00:09:28] Yes I have pots which we discussed on a prior episode. I get migraines. I have several hernias. I have an issue with my gastro parasen, paracentesis there say that three times fast. I have thyroid disorders tinitis in my ears cranial cervical settling and cranial cervical instability which has been repaired with a number of different titanium accessories, syncope is lipo edema, latex sensitivity I get PVCs with my heart. Now I have celiac disease and I have difficulty swallowing just to name a couple of related issues. [00:10:05][37.7]

Lita: [00:10:06] Hey Ron I think we have a client here that we can use for a lot of future podcasts [00:10:10][4.1]

Jean: [00:10:11] Oh no no no no. There are many other people that want to get on the show. [00:10:14][3.3]

Lita: [00:10:14] OK. All right. Question number four do you have any mobility aids that you use. [00:10:20][6.0]

Jean: [00:10:21] I do. There are some are unusual but it's difficult. For example for me to squeeze a bottle. So when it comes to toiletry products and things of that nature I use a pump. [00:10:31][9.7]

Lita: [00:10:31] OK. [00:10:31][0.0]

Jean: [00:10:32] Because that makes it my life much easier and I join up to worry about my fingers going out of joint. I also make sure that I you know I have trecking polls to assist when I'm walking and if need be I also use a wheelchair when I know when that comes. [00:10:46][14.6]

Lita: [00:10:48] To much walk. [00:10:48][0.5]

Jean: [00:10:49] And yet when walking becomes too much I wear very comfortable shoes that offer a great deal of support. And I just try to take it easy and rest. [00:10:58][9.5]

Lita: [00:10:59] OK. What do you use for pain management. [00:11:01][2.1]

Jean: [00:11:02] Anything I can. I've taken everything from fentanyl to oxycodone and I have recently submitted my application for medical marijuana for the state of Illinois. So I'm looking forward, looking forward to trying that as well. And then I also use things like distraction music. I'll read books listen you know watch movies spend time with my family spend time in the garden and I try to you know alleviate my pain through other techniques as well. [00:11:33][30.7]

Lita: [00:11:34] And pet therapy. [00:11:34][0.8]

Jean: [00:11:35] And pet therapy yes. [00:11:36][0.6]

Lita: [00:11:36] Can't forget Buddy and Gi.Gi.. [00:11:37][1.0]

Jean: [00:11:38] Nope. [00:11:38][0.0]

Lita: [00:11:39] Have you had any surgeries do to eds. [00:11:41][1.8]

Jean: [00:11:41] Yes yes. My , when walking my ankle. the tendons and ligaments tore off my ankle. So they had to be repaired. And I have not yet had my other ankle repaired but there is a similar situation there. And I also had a cranial cervical stabilization procedure to try to keep my neck stretched to its full full height. And it added a nice little inch to my height. [00:12:08][27.0]

Lita: [00:12:09] OK. Have you had any hospital stays. [00:12:11][1.9]

Jean: [00:12:11] Yep. One or two variety of reasons. [00:12:14][2.5]

Lita: [00:12:14] What types of specialists do you have. [00:12:16][1.5]

Jean: [00:12:17] I have a specialist for everything from my vision. So I have a neuro ophthalmologist straight down to my toes and I have an orthopedist that works specifically on ankle repairs. [00:12:31][14.1]

Lita: [00:12:32] OK. What is your funniest EDS story. [00:12:34][2.8]

Jean: [00:12:35] Before I knew I had eds I would entertain people by moving my hair around and it looks like it's a wig because I can move it so much because of the flexibility. So it's a little bit unusual. [00:12:46][10.4]

Lita: [00:12:47] Mm hmm. Excuse me. What was your worst doctors experience. [00:12:51][4.1]

Jean: [00:12:52] I had an orthopaedic surgeon told me that my shoulder blade was fine because I hadn't fractured my clavicle which I didn't realize in order to hurt your shoulder blade. You have to fracture clavicle but I don't think that's the case. And indeed I needed extensive repair to my shoulder blade and had to have two major procedures for that. [00:13:11][19.0]

Lita: [00:13:11] Okay. And what was your best doctors experience. [00:13:14][2.6]

Jean: [00:13:14] I have amazing GP's that juggle all of the specialists that I have and they're able to consolidate everything and handle all of my new and unusual conditions. [00:13:29][14.0]

Lita: [00:13:30] OK so you say the gps would be the best. [00:13:32][1.9]

Lita: [00:13:33] Yes. OK. Do you consider your she's doing pretty good on time. [00:13:36][2.8]

Ron: [00:13:36] She is. [00:13:36][0.3]

Lita: [00:13:37] Do you consider yourself. [00:13:37][0.6]

Jean: [00:13:38] Since I forgot where I put my my notes. This must be an off the cuff. Yeah. Yeah. [00:13:43][5.0]

Lita: [00:13:43] Do you see. Do you consider yourself disabled. [00:13:45][1.6]

Jean: [00:13:46] No. No. I may be differently abled. [00:13:48][2.3]

Lita: [00:13:49] Have you experienced ableism. [00:13:50][1.5]

Jean: [00:13:52] is that like Cain and Abel ism or. I don't know what it was. [00:13:55][3.2]

Lita: [00:13:55] This was one of the questions on the I'm assuming a challenge. [00:13:58][2.6]

Jean: [00:14:00] I don't know. [00:14:01][1.1]

Jean: [00:14:01] I do know that when I'm sitting in using my wheelchair sometimes people don't look at me or talk to me they'll talk to whoever is assisting me at the time and I find that disconcerting and that I've had issues in certain situations where I can't speak to someone and it does because it's the desk is so high and when I'm going on a tour of a museum it's difficult because you know you're trying to see everything. It's just there's challenges in that regard but nothing too horrific. [00:14:31][29.4]

Lita: [00:14:33] What is something that you wish everyone understood about eds. [00:14:36][3.6]

Jean: [00:14:37] oh... About Eds. [00:14:38][0.6]

Lita: [00:14:38] Yes. [00:14:38][0.0]

Jean: [00:14:38] Yeah. You say because you really do have to narrow it down that you can't necessarily see what's wrong. So if I am parking in utilizing a handicapped parking place it might be because my hip has popped off the day. And you might not be able to see that because you know you can't see that and you can't see other issues. But I do need assistance from now, you know every now and again and. Yeah. So just you can't always see what's going on with somebody. [00:15:04][26.1]

Lita: [00:15:05] So it's an invisible illness. [00:15:06][1.0]

Jean: [00:15:06] It can be. It can also be a very visible illness because I do have quite a few scars. And it takes me a very long time to heal. So in that regard you can see it. But yeah most of the time you cant tell what's going on. [00:15:18][11.3]

Ron: [00:15:18] From the naked eye if people don't get you in a wheelchair they think you're fine. [00:15:21][2.9]

Jean: [00:15:21] Yes. Yes and I could very well be passing out or having a syncapal episode at any moment and that's very frightening. [00:15:29][8.0]

Lita: [00:15:31] True true it scares the heck out of me I know. [00:15:33][2.5]

Lita: [00:15:34] Sorry Mom. Yeah. Yeah. If you could rid yourself of one EDs symptom which would it be. [00:15:40][5.9]

Jean: [00:15:42] I guess the gastrointestinal complications I've been told that I should really have my colon removed and that's not something I'm jumping for joy about so certainly I'd want that corrected. And I guess any of the. [00:15:55][13.3]

Lita: [00:15:56] No one one, you see how, she's that, now she's losing the trick. [00:15:59][3.5]

Jean: [00:16:00] Well yeah. All right all right. Any. But yeah. OK. [00:16:02][2.6]

Lita: [00:16:03] Just one. Well that wraps up today's session. If you have any questions or comments related to today's show you can contact us at podcast D X at yahoo dot com through our Web site podcast D X dot com at our Facebook page at Instagram or Twitter. [00:16:22][18.8]

Ron: [00:16:23] And if you have a moment to spare please give us a five star review on I tunes podcast app. [00:16:29][5.6]

Jean: [00:16:30] And thank you to all of our followers on Instagram. We really appreciate the feedback. And on Facebook I love all the feedback there as well. And the Twitter followers too, have to give you guys a shout out into all of our other podcasters out there who have given us praise and assistance and encouragement. We appreciate you guys. [00:16:49][19.5]

Lita: [00:16:49] Yes we are. We're. moving... (forward) [00:16:49][0.0]

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[nancygduarteus]

Grieving the Future I Imagined for My Daughter

Just after midnight, I felt the first unmistakable contraction. I still had two days until my due date, but I knew it was time to get to the hospital. A bulldozer inside my uterus revved its engine, shifted into high gear, and rammed a baby out into the world less than two hours later. Her name would be Isobel, Izzy for short.

She weighed five pounds, three ounces, below the threshold for “normal.” This was surprising—I’d had an uneventful pregnancy, and in one of my last prenatal checkups, my obstetrician predicted that she’d weigh about seven pounds.

Did the doctor miscalculate my due date? I wondered. Should I have taken more prenatal vitamins? Eaten better, worked less?

There would be no explanation, at least not then. We moved upstairs into a recovery room with a view of the summer sun rising behind the Oakland, California, hills. In those early-morning hours, I cradled Izzy’s warm, powdery body and nestled into a feeling that everything was fine.

Five weeks later my father, a retired pediatrician, put a stethoscope to Izzy’s chest and heard a hissing noise. An echocardiogram two days after that revealed a small hole in the membrane dividing the lower chambers of her heart, causing oxygenated blood to leak back into her lungs. The cardiologist explained that her heart was working harder than it needed to, burning extra calories and keeping her small.

Odds were that over the next few months, new tissue would grow and the hole would “spontaneously” close. Considering how much of human development happens on its own, for a heart to correct itself in this way seemed perfectly plausible. I told myself that’s what would happen. At Christmas and New Year’s Eve gatherings with family and friends, that’s what I told them, too.

But my hope was no match for the eventual and unanimous recommendation from a panel of two dozen cardiologists: open-heart surgery, and soon. A force I could not see was starting to take over.

As Izzy’s surgery date neared, I could feel the panic slowly and steadily growing inside me. I retreated into what could be known: A cardiopulmonary-bypass machine would bring her body to a sub-hypothermic temperature, allowing the heart to stop beating. The surgeon would saw through the sternum, shave a tiny piece of tissue off the heart’s outer membrane, and use it to patch the hole. A resident would sew her back up.

Two conversations helped convince me that after the surgery, Izzy would grow up healthy and things for our family would return to normal. The first was with a couple whose son had the same procedure with the same surgeon. They apologized for having to mute the phone for short stretches to temper their 5-year-old’s rambunctiousness, something I found reassuring.

The second was an email exchange with a woman who underwent a valve replacement in the 1970s, when open-heart surgery on babies was still relatively uncommon. “I was a three-season athlete in high school,” she wrote, “and did all the partying that everyone else did. The only impact on me was a scar that healed well and frankly, made me feel like a bit of a badass.”

Less than 24 hours after doctors had wheeled Izzy into the operating room for surgery, she was guzzling down bottles of high-calorie formula. In 72 hours, her rosiness returned; eight days later, we left the hospital and arrived home to find the first buds on our magnolia tree. Within a few weeks, Izzy had gained enough weight to make her growth-chart debut at the 0.2 percentile. Witnessing her scar heal was like watching a time-lapse movie, only in real time.

I started the process of reeling our ship back to shore—we’d be there soon, I thought. My parents booked their flight back to the East Coast, and my husband started a new job earlier than planned. Disillusioned by my last tech job, I was determined to make a fresh start somewhere else. I could envision the end of Izzy’s recovery period, the loving nanny I’d finally hire, a more deliberate career.

But, no. Just as we’d caught sight of land, we were again suddenly unmoored, pushed by unforgiving hands back out into the dark, open sea.

The cardiologist called on an unseasonably warm afternoon, a Tuesday last April.

Sure, I have a few minutes.

I glanced at Izzy, eight months old, wearing only a diaper. The edges of the five-inch incision line down the middle of her chest were still red and puckered from the suture removal a few days earlier. Her scar served as a visual cue that, surely, the worst was behind us.

The call itself was not a shock. One week before surgery, a neurologist had examined Izzy and noticed abnormalities in her facial features so subtle that I, her mother, could barely see them myself—slightly wide-set eyes, straight eyebrows, a thin upper lip, a tiny hole on the upper ridge of her ear that I’d mistaken for a mole. Genetic testing would be the sensible next step, the neurologist had said. He’d ordered seven vials of Izzy’s blood to be drawn in the OR.

The cardiologist began with a “Well …” followed by a sigh. Then his voice assumed the objectivity of a radio traffic reporter describing a seven-car wreck, and he rattled off the details he knew.

I absorbed only the keywords—“abnormal result … syndrome … genetic material missing …”—and scribbled “1p36” on the back of a stray Home Depot receipt. Anxious for more information, I ended the call and grabbed my laptop.

I steadied my fingers and clicked through to an online forum where parents had celebrated their child’s first step at 3, 4, or 8 years old. They compared devices to help nonverbal children communicate and shared work-arounds to Keppra, an anti-seizure medication that can cause kids to bite themselves or hallucinate.

As I skimmed their posts, my heart pounded and I started to hyperventilate. Air was stuck in my throat; I screamed to let it out, gripping the edge of the kitchen counter so I could scream louder. I felt as if I was suffocating in a room filled with invisible pillows, and the only thing that could cut through it was noise in the form of very loud, guttural, incomprehensible screaming. I slammed a door leading into the bedroom and pounded the walls. I remember thinking, I don’t give a shit if the neighbors hear.

The internet confirmed a truth that up until that moment lay beyond the boundaries of what I’d ever imagined possible for my child’s life or my own. As a mental warm-up before her birth, I’d imagined Izzy in painful situations that were both better (a broken arm, pneumonia, being bullied) and far worse (my death, or hers). I hadn’t imagined a scenario in which she might not walk or talk, or where she’d live with debilitating seizures. I hadn’t imagined that I might be uncertain whether she recognizes me. I hadn’t imagined caring for her for the rest of my life. I now had two children, but was only just beginning to understand what it means to be a parent.

The next day, my husband left early for his third day of work at his new job. In an orientation session about employee volunteering, while the presenter rolled a video about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he sat in the back row and wept. Meanwhile, after a long, sleepless night, my son watched cartoons as I crawled through Izzy’s morning routine, taking breaks to ice my swollen eyelids. I finally got everyone dressed and dropped him off at preschool a few hours late without the words to explain why.

The day after that, Izzy and I had a geneticist appointment at the medical campus five blocks away. I’d been here before. Almost one year earlier, in my second trimester, I’d sat through the routine prenatal screening for birth defects and Down syndrome. The results had been normal.

The geneticist came in to greet me and Izzy. As I took in her easy, welcoming smile, a wave of relief washed over me. The test was wrong, and this is all a terrible mistake!

This was a delusion. She led us into an examination room, where we were joined by a younger, more clinical assistant. I called my husband and put him on speakerphone—we’d agreed before the appointment that he didn’t need to be there in person, a sign that at some level we had not yet fully grasped the magnitude of Izzy’s diagnosis.

The geneticist told us that my daughter has “the most common of rare syndromes diagnosed after birth.” Her tone remained gentle, but unequivocal.

“The size of her genetic deletion is clinically significant.”

Go on.

“It’s hard to say what that means in terms of how the syndrome will present.”

I recounted some of what the internet had told me. Will she walk? Talk? Hear? Seize? See?

“We just have to wait and see.”

We reviewed three single-spaced pages of test results that looked as though they had come out of a dot-matrix printer. The geneticist was quick to clarify that “terminal deletion” referred to the physical location of Izzy’s 133 missing genes (that is, the terminus of the “p” arm of chromosome 1) and did not suggest that the syndrome itself leads to death, although its complications sometimes can. A second, more user-friendly handout summarized the syndrome’s most common “features” in a tidy, bullet-pointed list: seizures, deafness, blindness, low muscle tone, feeding issues, digestive disorders, heart disease, heart defects, kidney disease, intellectual disability, and behavior problems.

I fixated on the likelihood that Izzy would be nonverbal, feeling gutted by the possibility that she might not talk or even develop the coordination to sign. How would she express herself? How would I know her?

My husband left the appointment by hanging up. The geneticist briefly examined Izzy’s “curly” toes, noting it as a common and typically benign congenital anomaly—connected to her syndrome, perhaps, but no one could know for sure.

I packed up our things and made our way home. The only certainty I left with was that I had a lot more to worry about than a couple of curly toes.

Books, the internet, and friends said I would go through a grieving period. But I am still not entirely sure what I am grieving.

I didn’t lose a child; now a year post-op, Izzy is here and very much alive. She shakes her head vigorously when she’s happy, and grunts indignantly when she’s not. She has gobs of voluminous hair that looks as if it’s been blown out at a salon—a common trait for “1pers,” who bear a strong physical resemblance to one another; many don’t look like their parents. But unlike most “typical” 21-month-old toddlers, she cannot yet sit up by herself (let alone toddle), grab a spoon, or use any words to communicate. A few weeks ago, she started to regularly say “aaaah,” one of the vowel sounds that are the first forms of speech—a milestone that most babies hit at four to five months old.

I spent the months following Izzy’s diagnosis deeply confused about how I should feel. Her heart defect had been an isolated biological issue, and the surgery was a relatively common procedure. The hole is gone. A genetic syndrome is different—uncontained and unfixable. Every cell in Izzy’s body lacks some data, and there’s no way those data can be recovered.

During sleepless nights, I anchored my grief in the heft of Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon’s profound, 1,000-page book about the challenges parents face in accepting differences in their children. “We depend on the guarantee in our children’s faces that we will not die,” Solomon writes. “Children whose defining quality annihilates that fantasy of immortality are a particular insult; we must love them for themselves, and not for the best of ourselves in them, and that is a great deal harder to do.” The book offered me a crucial mooring. Powerless to change my circumstances, I could at least change my psychology.

I am learning that grief can be complicated and ambiguous—that we hold ideas and expectations of ourselves and loved ones so tightly that we have difficulty seeing them from any distance, and that it’s even harder to let them go.

I can describe what’s gone. I’ve lost the buoyancy I gained from the conversation with the parents of the rambunctious 5-year-old boy. I no longer feel the relief, even joy, of envisioning Izzy as an athletic, partying, badass teenager.

I lost any lightheartedness I had left as the 40-year-old mother of two young children. I lost my faith in statistics. A 99.98 percent chance of something not happening is also a .02 percent chance that it will.

I lost the ability to enjoy the scene of my two kids together without feeling guilty that I’d sold my son short. Instead, it’s a reminder of the responsibility I feel to gently acculturate him to the strange, politicized world of disability rights and rare diseases, and to breed empathy and a respect of difference in him above all else.

I lost the identity, earnings, and lifestyle that came with having an upward career trajectory and being an equal breadwinner to my husband. We now have the sort of traditional arrangement I never thought I’d be in: He makes all the money, and I do most of the emotional, logistical, and physical labor of child-rearing. For Izzy, this includes frequent doctor appointments, three therapy sessions a week, and a lot of open-ended research and worrying.

This laundry list of dreams lost has positive value, Solomon maintains. “While optimism can propel day-to-day life forward, realism allows parents to regain a feeling of control over what is happening and to come to see their trauma as smaller than it first seemed.”

Without crumbly, unreliable hope, what else is there? There’s my child, no less alive or human than any other, and with abilities and inabilities much different than I imagined. And realism, which I’ll use to reassemble a positive, long-term picture of what her life could be. Izzy’s diagnosis wiped my canvas clean. But while the expanse of whiteness is unsettling, it is also temporary. Soon there will be lines, contours, shading—a new and beautiful composition. I will not accept less.

from Health News And Updates https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/04/1p36-genetic-disorder-reshaping-my-family/586717/?utm_source=feed

[ionecoffman]

Grieving the Future I Imagined for My Daughter

Just after midnight, I felt the first unmistakable contraction. I still had two days until my due date, but I knew it was time to get to the hospital. A bulldozer inside my uterus revved its engine, shifted into high gear, and rammed a baby out into the world less than two hours later. Her name would be Isobel, Izzy for short.

She weighed five pounds, three ounces, below the threshold for “normal.” This was surprising—I’d had an uneventful pregnancy, and in one of my last prenatal checkups, my obstetrician predicted that she’d weigh about seven pounds.

Did the doctor miscalculate my due date? I wondered. Should I have taken more prenatal vitamins? Eaten better, worked less?

There would be no explanation, at least not then. We moved upstairs into a recovery room with a view of the summer sun rising behind the Oakland, California, hills. In those early-morning hours, I cradled Izzy’s warm, powdery body and nestled into a feeling that everything was fine.

Five weeks later my father, a retired pediatrician, put a stethoscope to Izzy’s chest and heard a hissing noise. An echocardiogram two days after that revealed a small hole in the membrane dividing the lower chambers of her heart, causing oxygenated blood to leak back into her lungs. The cardiologist explained that her heart was working harder than it needed to, burning extra calories and keeping her small.

Odds were that over the next few months, new tissue would grow and the hole would “spontaneously” close. Considering how much of human development happens on its own, for a heart to correct itself in this way seemed perfectly plausible. I told myself that’s what would happen. At Christmas and New Year’s Eve gatherings with family and friends, that’s what I told them, too.

But my hope was no match for the eventual and unanimous recommendation from a panel of two dozen cardiologists: open-heart surgery, and soon. A force I could not see was starting to take over.

As Izzy’s surgery date neared, I could feel the panic slowly and steadily growing inside me. I retreated into what could be known: A cardiopulmonary-bypass machine would bring her body to a sub-hypothermic temperature, allowing the heart to stop beating. The surgeon would saw through the sternum, shave a tiny piece of tissue off the heart’s outer membrane, and use it to patch the hole. A resident would sew her back up.

Two conversations helped convince me that after the surgery, Izzy would grow up healthy and things for our family would return to normal. The first was with a couple whose son had the same procedure with the same surgeon. They apologized for having to mute the phone for short stretches to temper their 5-year-old’s rambunctiousness, something I found reassuring.

The second was an email exchange with a woman who underwent a valve replacement in the 1970s, when open-heart surgery on babies was still relatively uncommon. “I was a three-season athlete in high school,” she wrote, “and did all the partying that everyone else did. The only impact on me was a scar that healed well and frankly, made me feel like a bit of a badass.”

Less than 24 hours after doctors had wheeled Izzy into the operating room for surgery, she was guzzling down bottles of high-calorie formula. In 72 hours, her rosiness returned; eight days later, we left the hospital and arrived home to find the first buds on our magnolia tree. Within a few weeks, Izzy had gained enough weight to make her growth-chart debut at the 0.2 percentile. Witnessing her scar heal was like watching a time-lapse movie, only in real time.

I started the process of reeling our ship back to shore—we’d be there soon, I thought. My parents booked their flight back to the East Coast, and my husband started a new job earlier than planned. Disillusioned by my last tech job, I was determined to make a fresh start somewhere else. I could envision the end of Izzy’s recovery period, the loving nanny I’d finally hire, a more deliberate career.

But, no. Just as we’d caught sight of land, we were again suddenly unmoored, pushed by unforgiving hands back out into the dark, open sea.

The cardiologist called on an unseasonably warm afternoon, a Tuesday last April.

Sure, I have a few minutes.

I glanced at Izzy, eight months old, wearing only a diaper. The edges of the five-inch incision line down the middle of her chest were still red and puckered from the suture removal a few days earlier. Her scar served as a visual cue that, surely, the worst was behind us.

The call itself was not a shock. One week before surgery, a neurologist had examined Izzy and noticed abnormalities in her facial features so subtle that I, her mother, could barely see them myself—slightly wide-set eyes, straight eyebrows, a thin upper lip, a tiny hole on the upper ridge of her ear that I’d mistaken for a mole. Genetic testing would be the sensible next step, the neurologist had said. He’d ordered seven vials of Izzy’s blood to be drawn in the OR.

The cardiologist began with a “Well …” followed by a sigh. Then his voice assumed the objectivity of a radio traffic reporter describing a seven-car wreck, and he rattled off the details he knew.

I absorbed only the keywords—“abnormal result … syndrome … genetic material missing …”—and scribbled “1p36” on the back of a stray Home Depot receipt. Anxious for more information, I ended the call and grabbed my laptop.

I steadied my fingers and clicked through to an online forum where parents had celebrated their child’s first step at 3, 4, or 8 years old. They compared devices to help nonverbal children communicate and shared work-arounds to Keppra, an anti-seizure medication that can cause kids to bite themselves or hallucinate.

As I skimmed their posts, my heart pounded and I started to hyperventilate. Air was stuck in my throat; I screamed to let it out, gripping the edge of the kitchen counter so I could scream louder. I felt as if I was suffocating in a room filled with invisible pillows, and the only thing that could cut through it was noise in the form of very loud, guttural, incomprehensible screaming. I slammed a door leading into the bedroom and pounded the walls. I remember thinking, I don’t give a shit if the neighbors hear.

The internet confirmed a truth that up until that moment lay beyond the boundaries of what I’d ever imagined possible for my child’s life or my own. As a mental warm-up before her birth, I’d imagined Izzy in painful situations that were both better (a broken arm, pneumonia, being bullied) and far worse (my death, or hers). I hadn’t imagined a scenario in which she might not walk or talk, or where she’d live with debilitating seizures. I hadn’t imagined that I might be uncertain whether she recognizes me. I hadn’t imagined caring for her for the rest of my life. I now had two children, but was only just beginning to understand what it means to be a parent.

The next day, my husband left early for his third day of work at his new job. In an orientation session about employee volunteering, while the presenter rolled a video about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he sat in the back row and wept. Meanwhile, after a long, sleepless night, my son watched cartoons as I crawled through Izzy’s morning routine, taking breaks to ice my swollen eyelids. I finally got everyone dressed and dropped him off at preschool a few hours late without the words to explain why.

The day after that, Izzy and I had a geneticist appointment at the medical campus five blocks away. I’d been here before. Almost one year earlier, in my second trimester, I’d sat through the routine prenatal screening for birth defects and Down syndrome. The results had been normal.

The geneticist came in to greet me and Izzy. As I took in her easy, welcoming smile, a wave of relief washed over me. The test was wrong, and this is all a terrible mistake!

This was a delusion. She led us into an examination room, where we were joined by a younger, more clinical assistant. I called my husband and put him on speakerphone—we’d agreed before the appointment that he didn’t need to be there in person, a sign that at some level we had not yet fully grasped the magnitude of Izzy’s diagnosis.

The geneticist told us that my daughter has “the most common of rare syndromes diagnosed after birth.” Her tone remained gentle, but unequivocal.

“The size of her genetic deletion is clinically significant.”

Go on.

“It’s hard to say what that means in terms of how the syndrome will present.”

I recounted some of what the internet had told me. Will she walk? Talk? Hear? Seize? See?

“We just have to wait and see.”

We reviewed three single-spaced pages of test results that looked as though they had come out of a dot-matrix printer. The geneticist was quick to clarify that “terminal deletion” referred to the physical location of Izzy’s 133 missing genes (that is, the terminus of the “p” arm of chromosome 1) and did not suggest that the syndrome itself leads to death, although its complications sometimes can. A second, more user-friendly handout summarized the syndrome’s most common “features” in a tidy, bullet-pointed list: seizures, deafness, blindness, low muscle tone, feeding issues, digestive disorders, heart disease, heart defects, kidney disease, intellectual disability, and behavior problems.

I fixated on the likelihood that Izzy would be nonverbal, feeling gutted by the possibility that she might not talk or even develop the coordination to sign. How would she express herself? How would I know her?

My husband left the appointment by hanging up. The geneticist briefly examined Izzy’s “curly” toes, noting it as a common and typically benign congenital anomaly—connected to her syndrome, perhaps, but no one could know for sure.

I packed up our things and made our way home. The only certainty I left with was that I had a lot more to worry about than a couple of curly toes.

Books, the internet, and friends said I would go through a grieving period. But I am still not entirely sure what I am grieving.

I didn’t lose a child; now a year post-op, Izzy is here and very much alive. She shakes her head vigorously when she’s happy, and grunts indignantly when she’s not. She has gobs of voluminous hair that looks as if it’s been blown out at a salon—a common trait for “1pers,” who bear a strong physical resemblance to one another; many don’t look like their parents. But unlike most “typical” 21-month-old toddlers, she cannot yet sit up by herself (let alone toddle), grab a spoon, or use any words to communicate. A few weeks ago, she started to regularly say “aaaah,” one of the vowel sounds that are the first forms of speech—a milestone that most babies hit at four to five months old.

I spent the months following Izzy’s diagnosis deeply confused about how I should feel. Her heart defect had been an isolated biological issue, and the surgery was a relatively common procedure. The hole is gone. A genetic syndrome is different—uncontained and unfixable. Every cell in Izzy’s body lacks some data, and there’s no way those data can be recovered.

During sleepless nights, I anchored my grief in the heft of Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon’s profound, 1,000-page book about the challenges parents face in accepting differences in their children. “We depend on the guarantee in our children’s faces that we will not die,” Solomon writes. “Children whose defining quality annihilates that fantasy of immortality are a particular insult; we must love them for themselves, and not for the best of ourselves in them, and that is a great deal harder to do.” The book offered me a crucial mooring. Powerless to change my circumstances, I could at least change my psychology.

I am learning that grief can be complicated and ambiguous—that we hold ideas and expectations of ourselves and loved ones so tightly that we have difficulty seeing them from any distance, and that it’s even harder to let them go.

I can describe what’s gone. I’ve lost the buoyancy I gained from the conversation with the parents of the rambunctious 5-year-old boy. I no longer feel the relief, even joy, of envisioning Izzy as an athletic, partying, badass teenager.

I lost any lightheartedness I had left as the 40-year-old mother of two young children. I lost my faith in statistics. A 99.98 percent chance of something not happening is also a .02 percent chance that it will.

I lost the ability to enjoy the scene of my two kids together without feeling guilty that I’d sold my son short. Instead, it’s a reminder of the responsibility I feel to gently acculturate him to the strange, politicized world of disability rights and rare diseases, and to breed empathy and a respect of difference in him above all else.

I lost the identity, earnings, and lifestyle that came with having an upward career trajectory and being an equal breadwinner to my husband. We now have the sort of traditional arrangement I never thought I’d be in: He makes all the money, and I do most of the emotional, logistical, and physical labor of child-rearing. For Izzy, this includes frequent doctor appointments, three therapy sessions a week, and a lot of open-ended research and worrying.

This laundry list of dreams lost has positive value, Solomon maintains. “While optimism can propel day-to-day life forward, realism allows parents to regain a feeling of control over what is happening and to come to see their trauma as smaller than it first seemed.”

Without crumbly, unreliable hope, what else is there? There’s my child, no less alive or human than any other, and with abilities and inabilities much different than I imagined. And realism, which I’ll use to reassemble a positive, long-term picture of what her life could be. Izzy’s diagnosis wiped my canvas clean. But while the expanse of whiteness is unsettling, it is also temporary. Soon there will be lines, contours, shading—a new and beautiful composition. I will not accept less.

Article source here:The Atlantic

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