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Full text: http://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.jad.2019.03.011 The PDF took a while to load, so be patient....:whistle:

@Webdog Hooray for you and all your effort!

http://www.virology.ws/2019/03/11/trial-by-error-kaiser-permanente-changes-course/

I had one similar experience about 4 years into my illness, 1994 or so. I had just finished an acupuncture treatment and was 100% well for about two days. Just for fun I swam twice my usual distance that I had as a sick person with ME (1600 yards vs. 800 yards). Then it all changed back to...

As a member of KP in Washington state, I'm curious to know what is "happening behind the scenes" if you are able to share. If you can't say publicly, can you send me a PM? Thanks.

Full text: http://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.explore.2018.04.009

Full text is available now: http://sci-hub.tw/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149291818305149

A hard draw means it was hard getting blood from the patient, i.e. small veins, multiple sticks. There are two main reasons for rejection. 1. Coagulation (clotting): For Complete Blood Counts that measure the numbers of red and white blood cells and platelets, the blood flows into a...

When blood enters a tube (as opposed to a syringe) it does so by vacuum - tubes are called Vacutainers. The vacuum is sufficient to collapse small veins or as sometimes happens, the needle is not in the center of the vein. Sometimes the needle can be moved just ever so slightly to gain a full...

@DokaGirl, I don't know if there is a spot on your lab requests where your doctor could give special instructions. If there is a spot, have them write "Patient needs heat applied and 23-gauge butterfly needle." If it's a paper requisition, that's easy. They just need to write it anywhere...

@DokaGirl I've performed over 100,000, yes that's one hundred thousand blood draws, and a good number of difficult ones. My advice to you is to stick to your guns and INSIST that lab personnel use a small needle and heat. It's your body. When they balk just keep saying "Nope, that's not going...

In case anyone is interested - full text: http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/09638288.2018.1504994

Full text not very impressive. The "Talking Points" are :wtf: http://sci-hub.tw/10.1007/978-3-319-94694-8_35

Lungs. http://sci-hub.tw/10.1513/annalsats.201802-073cc

https://web.archive.org/web/20140511123340/http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/toolkit https://web.archive.org/web/20140611091220/http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/pdf/cfs-toolkit.pdf

Message regarding CME credit for watching Unrest sent to my PCP here in the US. Let's see if he bites.:nailbiting:

Found the following contact info on this page: https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/nicholas-irving

It seems that every quote of a patient/activist came from replies to Sharpe's most recent batch of tweets that asked questions such as "What kind of research do patients want?" Was he planning on harvesting the most critical tweets and then calling them intimidation? He asked for our thoughts...