Hi Marcia, It's so good to have this forum to share our experiences and, hopefully, be of help to one another. I'm so glad to hear from others who are 'ahead'...
... Hi Ellen, I'm sure glad you figured out what was causing that and shared it with us. Hopefully knowing that that is a possibility and keeping my zinc ...
mgrahn@... wrote: I think anything that effects our health and especially helps us to better it (mental or physical) would be on topic here. What is...
Ellen, Your message is encouraging and I agree, doing this the "natural" way is so much better than the drug way. I've been eating a banana a day plus the...
Over the past few years I've attended a few CFS-FMS conferences. Invariably, there is at least one presenter that points out the research finding that...
Hello FIRST-Aid subscribers, The following is bits and pieces of a thread related to hyper- sensitivity to sound. I'll have to do some googling to verify some...
Thanks Jim for giving me greater detail on that. It helps to hear these concepts applied to different questions to see how this corrective process to the body...
In a message dated 6/4/2003 8:10:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Jim-in-Iowa, Yes, now and then I become aware that my breathing is very shallow. I have...
... Jim, I do notice that too, have for many years, feel like I need to take a really deep breath and can't do it. Get winded doing anything even slightly...
Hello Ellen, Thanks for bringing up the topic of shallow breathing. I think that most people with CFS-FMS will find that they tend to have very shallow...
Hi All, Well, just had to write my latest progress report on the FIR program. I'm nearly 3 wks into now, I'll sauna tonight and tomorrow should be about 3 wks...
Hello to all, My name is Mary. I was diagnosed with CFS three years ago last november. I had hypercoagulation, mycoplasma and gastric reflux. I had an eroded...
Dear Marcia, I have really increased my energy level. I went to the rose parade last weekend and stood for two hours. I would never have been able to do this...
... Hi Mary, Its almost like a dream, I can hardly believe it myself! I've been so flatline, no energy for so long! All those things I've tried all those ...
marylou55 wrote: I am now off the ... Hi Mary, sorry I didn't answer this one first, but this is really great news you can now go w/o those things, that must...
I get the yawns many times and I yawn and yawn - can't seem to quit. I think that is because of shallow breathing and my body is craving oxygen. My friend...
... Madi, My first 10 yrs of CFS or so when I would try and do aerobics type exercises, no matter how light, it would make me start yawning and yawning! Over...
Hi Marcia, A popular misunderstanding related to yawning is that the body is trying to get more oxygen. Research has shown that this is likely not the case....
Well in two more days I will be at the 8 week milestone. Marcia I am definitely sleeping much better. I am not sure exactly when that occured. The odd thing is...
A member of the group has brought to my attention this website information on zinc that was presented in another group. http://www.i2k.com/~suzanne/zinc.htm ...
Hi Jim, I recently joined this group. I have a question on the benefits of FIR for people with heat intolerance. When I go out in summer, I become even more...
Hi Gayathri, I can't say whether the FIR heat would help in the case of heat intolerance. I do know that I respond differently to the FIR heat than say the...
Hi Jim, I am thinking if I had worse symptoms when I went out in Sun, wont it be the same with FIR heater? Since Sun's rays also has FIR rays in them. I didn't...
Hi Gayathri and Jim, In ayurveda (ancient Indian herbal medicine), when they do saunas which is a basic detox therapy for ayurveda, they have you keep your ...
Jim, thanks for answering the questions on yawning and sleeping and breathing. Its amazing to me how things always come back around and tie in together in...
Thanks Jim. You are right-Ayurvedha deals a lot with such heat intolerance. I am from India, but living in US for the past 7 years. I apply some ayurvedhic...
Hi Gayathri, I was doing some pondering on this while doing my morning walk. Some things became more clear. The condition is starting to make even more sense....
... When starting the FIR sauna, I did experience some burning sensation on parts of my skin before they began to sweat. My sweat has apparently been blocked...
... JIm, this is a good idea if one feels they are getting overheated doing the sauna. So far I've not had that problem, but its good to have an idea to apply...