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HCV New Drug Research

Hepatitis C-Preclinical Results For BCX5191 - BioCryst Announces Promising Results from Preclinical Studies of BCX5191 for Hepatitis C - *BCX5191: Planning to file for first—in-human studies during ...
32 minutes ago
Life on the Domestic Front

Holy Crap - I Won An Award! - Many, many thanks to Sammyleia for my very first award! Wheee!!!!! I'm so touched. I've never won anything in my life! Sammyleia is one of my all time new...
42 minutes ago
Overflowing Brain

To My Husband on his 30th Birthday - As I write this, it’s is still Valentine’s Day, but tomorrow is a bigger day. Tomorrow is your birthday. Your 30th birthday. Damn you’re old. It’s funny fo...
9 hours ago
Life and Fibromyalgia

A definite Brain Fog Moment 2-13 and 2-14 - Talking about Brian Fog! I started this yesterday and totally forgot I started it!!!!! It is the day before Valentine's Day. I actually like Valentine's ...
11 hours ago
How To Cope With Pain Blog

A Week of Giving - How are you doing with your Giving Experiment? So here’s a week’s report of my daily giving as part of my Giving Experiment: Tuesday – I put some extra goo...
13 hours ago
Gonna Eat Worms

Valentines, war and musings - Yessterday Today is Valentines Day and I must confess that I am not too big on celebrating the merchant's holidays, it's all a bit of a scam I think... (I ...
14 hours ago
A New Kind of Normal

Stopain Review & Giveaway -
14 hours ago
Migrainista

Foggy - My migraine/fibro brain has created a complete block in my ability to think today. I am managing to do a couple simple things around the house this morning...
19 hours ago
It's Time To Get Over How Fragile You Are

Adele Is My Valentine! (Minus Jon, of course!) - I was so happy to see her win all the Grammy’s!!! Her voice is just as stunning after the surgery and her music lights a flame in my heart. I haven’t bee...
22 hours ago
Renee's Reflections

Partners In Love And Lyme - I thought I would share part of a story I posted on my other blog as we celebrate Valentine's Day. I am blessed to have spent 45 Valentine's Days with my...
22 hours ago
Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior

What’s the Big Deal about Rheumatoid Disease? - Just how big of a deal is this disease? I suppose the fact that I’ve written several hundred pages about it is a clue to my opinion. Yet, most of those art...
1 day ago
Chronic Migraine Warrior

Postdrome - *POSTDROME* (aka. migraine hangover) is the last stage of a Migraine attack that some Migraineurs experience, once the headache pain has subsided. The post...
1 day ago
The Mud and the Lotus

My Grandma Passed Away - My grandma died yesterday morning. She was 91. A couple weeks ago she had a stroke, which left her pretty much unable to move on her own. She, being a stu...
1 day ago
Hope Whispers

S is for Spring and Scope. - **Warning! Following this post is a graphic photo** Its almost spring, and you know what that means right? Flowers, bunnies and the inside of my esophag...
1 day ago
Counting My Spoons

Giving Up Grains - In the last 4 days I've gained 5lbs and the only thing I can really attribute it to is grains. Same thing happened during my visit to NC although I figured...
1 day ago
Tune into Radio Carly

Crash Boom Bang! How Roxette's shaped my love. Did I mention I'm meeting them?! - (source) Next week I have the honour of seeing Roxette in concert and meeting them too! I was lucky enough to win tickets on Mix FM - so glad I made the ...
1 day ago
A New Beginning: My Life with RSD

Giving Up Is Not an Option - There are times in everyone's life that feel hopeless. Life is not easy; I don't know that is is supposed to be. What I do know is that life is what YOU ...
1 day ago
Somebody Heal Me

February Headache & Migraine Blog Carnival: Finding a Headache / Migraine Specialist - Welcome to the *February 2012 Headache and Migraine Disease Blog Carnival* The Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been created to provide both...
1 day ago
Felicia Fibro

To be like Betty White… - When I’m 90 years old I hope to be like Betty White…on multiple levels. This was one of the thoughts I had last month while watching her 90th birthday spec...
2 days ago
Chronically Creative

Card Making Monday: A true friend touches your heart {Valentine's Day Card} - I made a card today! It has been a couple of weeks since I've made one as I have been concentrating on exercising and what not (I'll post on my exercise p...
2 days ago
Index of /

Believe That It Is Possible - Believe in your dreams. Believe in today. Believe that you are loved. Believe that you make a difference. Believe we can build a better world. Believe when...
2 days ago
Getting Closer to Myself

Does Grief Have An Owner? - Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
2 days ago
SEEKING EQUILIBRIUM

EQUILIBRIUM, SORT OF - Equilibrium. The fine art of balance. Between holding on and letting go. I've spent the last few weeks in hell. Moving, boxing, purging, throwing, ...
3 days ago
Sewicked

Month of Letters and other matters - Heh, found this and out of curiosity, filled it out. There is one that I shouldn't have on there, I only dipped into that state while traveling. There's a co...
5 days ago
HealingWell Blog

Book Giveaway: Healing Walks for Hard Times - I've had trouble writing a coherent blog post lately. Probably because I've been sick a lot this Winter. So to help me get the ball rolling again I'm gi...
6 days ago
Le Femme Chronique

Creating Change With Fire - This is a ritual I wrote for the Pagan Group I attend at the Unitarian Church I'm a member of. It was the first public ritual I had led in about four years...
6 days ago
The Thing With Feathers

Choosing Happiness! - Ok so I couldn't for the life of me sleep today, my body was protesting too much... So I started counting up in my mind all the beautiful things in life th...
1 week ago
Life as we know it

The best laid plans.... - I was finally going to make a dent in the pile of mishmash boxes thrown together by paid housecleaners whose cleaning technique was "I put everything in ...
1 week ago
jasmine's cove

How Our Food is Making Us Sick - Robyn O'Brien -
1 week ago
Patients For A Moment

The Next PFAM Is February 15!!! - PFAM will be hosted by Aviva at Sick Momma. You can read the appeal for submissions here.
1 week ago
Sherlock's Stuff

First week in Feb - Wow time flies. I'm trying to post at least once a week! Teaching sucks this term. All because of TWO students. Two out of 75 total. These two question e...
1 week ago
Mo is blogging...I think

IKEA – myalgia - My sister recently took me to Ikea. I had been to Ikea only once, was in and out with my Hubby, he knew what he wanted, got it and we were gone. SIS want...
1 week ago
Living With Lupus- But Dying of Everything Else

Unlearning - The other day I spoke with someone who shared her wisdom of growth versus unlearning... and it resonated very much. I have been sitting with it for a while...
1 week ago
FibroCathy's Blog

The Nerve of Pain - *Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. - Helen Keller* Pain ... it has a way of grabbing your attention and c...
1 week ago
Brass and Ivory: Life with MS & RA

Carnival of MS Bloggers #107 - *Welcome to the Carnival of MS Bloggers, a bi-weekly compendium of thoughts and experiences shared by those living with multiple sclerosis.* *New Days with...
1 week ago
A Chronic Dose: A Chronic Illness Blog

Weekly Grace 3 - Weekly Grace 3 (Also known as the better late than never edition): 1. So I mention deadlines a lot but *the* deadline is approaching in just a few days, a...
2 weeks ago
Being Cancer Network

Breast Reconstruction ? a definite yes! – guest post - Jen, who writes at The Dinoia Family, offers some strong personal arguments in favor of breast reconstruction. She argues effectively against those who mi...
2 weeks ago
FibroDAZE

Day 25 Joy Dare - One grace borrowed, one grace found, one grace inherited. One grace found – I nominate the physiotherapist I’ve been seeing since last fall. My husband, w...
2 weeks ago
Fibro Files

Muscle strength in fibromyalgia - *Recent research* has shown that women with fibromyalgia have reduced lower limb muscle strength and a high prevalence of falls. Their lower limb muscle str...
3 weeks ago
I Already Gave My Right Arm To Be Ambidextrous!

In The Mirror...About to Break...Worthy...Not This Disease...I Am Dance! - This satisfies the MOWer's blog topic: self-esteem! When I first began belly dance class, it was at night in the neighboring apartment complex. I had neve...
3 weeks ago
Deb's Fibromyalgia Blog

I'M BACK!!!! - Three months is a long time to be away from my blog. I thought about writing several times a day but could not *muster the* *strength* to put one more in m...
3 weeks ago
The Fibrochondriac

Should I stay or should I go now? - Yeah, I borrowed a line from The Clash to title this post. If SOPA passes is that enough to make the gub’ment ensure nobody sees this blog any more? My lit...
3 weeks ago
A Fragile Faith: Finding Purpose in Suffering

She's a SICK...House - You may have noticed there has been a conspicuous absence of blog posts lately. That's because I've been pre-occupied with my toxic home situation. And I...
4 weeks ago
Starting Over: My Journey With Cancer

Cancer Is A Thief - Cancer is a thief, taking body parts, dignity and lives. But for those of us fighting the disease, cancer steals so much more...things most people wouldn...
4 weeks ago
A Grateful Road

Shifting Your Focus To Serving Others - A simple lesson that my dear mother taught me years ago, proved itself quite well recently. The most beautiful part was that it was proven through the pers...
4 weeks ago
The Stupid Cancer Blog

FMLA & Beer Pong: Social Media Is The Cause Of – And Solution To – All Of Life’s Problems - 21st Century Suggestion: Do not post photos of yourself on Facebook (FB) vacationing with your family in Cabo when you...
5 weeks ago
50 is the new 40

Coming out of my "cave" - I can't believe it's been 6 months since my last blog post. I've stepped away from my blog writing, my crafts and stepped into Facebook games, endless hou...
1 month ago
♥ Too Many Heartbeats ♥

~ MERRY CHRISTMAS!! ~ - www.angelapascale.com© I pray you all are having a wonderfully blessed Christmas season! As most of you know, I haven't well enough to blog ...
1 month ago
Dysautonomia: My Journey, My Battle, My Victory, My Life

Not much to say, but... - Just thought I'd do a short update. It's been a couple months since I last posted. Not sure if I mentioned my youngest and her dental surgery, but we made ...
1 month ago
FibromyWHAT?

106 - Howdy, dear friends & family. I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and didn't eat too much!! This was the first Thanksgiving since my surgery and it ...
2 months ago
The Confirmed Ache

This site is moving... - Hi all, please update your blogrolls so you can follow me to my new site, which is with Wordpress, you can find it here: The Confirmed Ache. I like the lay...
2 months ago
Other Dumb Questions

Drifting on a Sea of Disconsolation - Seriously, I'm out of control. It's kind of my favorite explanation for my life right now. "Get out of the way, everybody! Don't act like you weren't warne...
2 months ago
Dysautonomia: My Body Held Hostage

Perhaps A Breakthrough? - Anybody who suffers any kind of syndrome no matter what the name is or the effects of the ailment, its the words "not curable" that resound mostly in our h...
2 months ago
Believing is Seeing

I've moved! - Now you can find me here!
3 months ago
Notably Nicole

Change of Venue - For those of you following me on this blog, please follow me on my new blog, NotablyNicoleNotes. I have experimented with using a wordpress blog and love m...
3 months ago
Instructions Not Included

In love, in fear, in hate, in tears - I don't know about you, but I have certain pieces of music that I'll come back to time and time again. Pieces that mean a lot more to me than others - the ...
4 months ago
Tyra Creates

Deserve - I've been struggling lately with some things that I thought I had accepted and put to rest. For the past several weeks I have been feeling conflicted and ups...
4 months ago
Everything Changes

Parenting With Cancer: How to Empower Your Kids? - By Sarah J. for everythingchangesbook.com I remember when I was twelve my grandpa was dying of lung cancer and I couldn’t even speak as I sat in his hospit...
5 months ago
Sarah's Life - Living With (And Beyond) Fibro

Blog Award Recieved! - As some of you may have noticed, there is now another image on the side of my blog. It is for being number 35 in their list of "100 Best Sites for Fibromya...
5 months ago
VERYMISSMARY

What a difference a year makes! - Last July 2010 I said "If I can't be in a garden" and look what happened! I spent the whole summer 2011 in the garden! YIPPEE! Pictures soon. This has bee...
5 months ago
How Can I Explain it to You? The Life of a Grad Student with Lupus

my blog has moved! - Hello, friends! Please note that I have moved my blog to Lifestyles of the Ill and (mostly) Blameless. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. PS: ...
5 months ago
From Inside the Fibro-Fog

Checking in - Hello followers! I haven't been here in what seems like forever! Have had ups and downs lately and unable to get my act together enough to blog - ugh! Wel...
5 months ago
Novel Patient

Scrapaganza - When I look back on the most rewarding experiences of my life, they are almost all to do with serving others. Right now I’m working on a community service...
8 months ago
Oh What the Fog?

Another Flare - I have been in another hellish flare up. It started with me walking on the treadmill, no faster than 3mph and not very long either. I got a couple of pairs o...
8 months ago
Fibro World

Fibromyalgia Product Review: IMAK Pain Relief Eye Mask - IMAK Eye Mask*IMAK Eye Pillow - Migraine Relief!* When Fibro Mom told me she wanted me to try the IMAK Pain Relief Eye Mask/Eye Pillow with massaging e...
9 months ago
Fibro and Me

Chronic Pain Clinic - So I started at the Chronic Pain Clinic. I can tell you it works- I’m in pain! Ouch, ouch, went the first week. Sleep, sleep goes the second. Right now it’...
9 months ago
The Sick Chick Crafts

Getting ready for the Hollydaze! - Well it is that time of year again where I attempt to make presents for my family for Christmas. This year I thought well ahead and took yarn from Peaches...
1 year ago
Fibrolita

Moving with Fibro - Well, moving is over. Thank goodness. Moving is stressful when you feel healthy. With Fibro, it was pretty much the worst thing ever. It was unexpected, ma...
1 year ago
Fibromyalgia Network

Overlaps with Fibromyalgia - By Fibromyalgia Network Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCS), myofascial pain syndrome...
1 year ago
The Many Faces of Hepatitis C

The Liver Clock by.... Nicole Cutler, L.Ac. - *Hepatitis C* July 6, 2010 While most of us check the time throughout the day to stay on schedule, few realize that the liver also has a timed agenda. By ...
1 year ago
Jen Reynolds Positive Thoughts

Positive thought of the day 12-08-2009 ~Jen Reynolds~ - You are individual and special and unique and have something to offer no one else does Hemal Radia
2 years ago
Keep asking...

G.B. back - So GB started back tonight. Not with the girls. Just leaders having a short-ish meeting. And as soon as it all starts, you remember the politics, the hassl...
2 years ago

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Selena MKI: Born in the 60s.
Los Angeles is home.
Wife, sister, friend, homeowner, neighbor, cat and dog lover.
UCLA Alumna x2 ... go Bruins!
Good sense of humor!
Likes:
80s music, books, writing, gardening, arts and crafts.
Dislikes:
Red tape, rude people, bad drivers and bad hair days.
My Motto:
"Life is not in having and getting, but in being and becoming." ~Matthew Arnold