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Hi. Here's a couple of things about the Bose noise cancelling (now they have Alexa or something built in: Bose comfort is the brand, but I have an older version, I don't know if plain noise-cancelling Bose is still on the market). First off, with ear plugs and noise cancelling Bose, you are...

@Jonathan Edwards: is chalet cooking Brit-speak for smorgasborg (as we say in the USA or however it is spelled here) or all-you-can-eat restaurants where people serve themselves again, over again, rather unsanitarily. As a pessimistic, misanthropic, introvert with a quasi medical background and...

We have two test-positive cases in my town. I'm in a vulnerable age group (over 65). So, in order to decrease my stress level, I don't plan to be around people or the surfaces they may contaminate. Some things are positive: I will set up online a grocery delivery service, finally. And, for...

I think I might just have the influenza virus. I had the flu vaccine but its effectiveness at preventing is about 50%. Have no runny nose. Muscle aches from hell..

I agree.

I'm in California and just had two days of extreme muscle aches, slight fever, diarrhea, headache, HH6 activation big time, congestion, sneezing, slight shortness of breath, feeling very crap and in bed and cognitively impaired. Sick for four days so far. I hope it's my exposure to the covid...

'New' concept of nocioplastic pain. Uh, that's central sensitization and it ain't new in scientific 'new' terms. "...not only novel applications of old drugs {oooh, exciting!}, but also, and in particular {insert some editing for redundancy}...complementary therapies, such as..." Mind-f**k...

Preparations to consider: Asesemble these items: Hand sanitizer, several bottles. If leaving home, take one with you and use frequently, as well as wash hands upon return, if not sooner. Thermometer (100.4F plus lower respiratory symptoms: cough, shortness of breath==call doctor) Mask--save...

Been glued to the virus news on the CDC website, WHO, to my detriment for being able to get to sleep. The big picture is that if containment of cases doesn't begin to curtail the spread in any specific country, then in order to continue having an effective healthcare system to save patients'...

I have the right pen (a G-2 gel pen 0.7mm nub), but my problem is my focus. I start writing a word and the second letter or a later letter is wrong, a brain fart. Also, because of studying two languages roughly at the same time and not mastering either, I "code switch" and as a result, I...

My personal experience with fibromyalgia and the advice to stretch throughout the day: Muscles feel extremely tight (semblance in the nerves to spasms) and cannot be stretched because of impedance (again in the tissue and/or in the nervous system). It is only after pain medication (low dose...

Guessed right on French pox.

The biggest problem for me (here in California and with a relative recently--3 weeks back from SE China) is fear. I pigged out on high fat, high sugar desserts yesterday. Same self-soothing attempts during the local firestorms the last 3 years. Hope I don't blow a clot of plaque while waiting...

My opioid and muscle relaxant work for me (50-90% pain reduction). As for socializing (or mental health support), more problems than it's worth, except for the most empathetic and kind friends. This is rehash. There haven't been enough studies on the opioid front to conclude that they "don't...

I'm having a moment of CBT-induced diarrhea...back in a moment or so.

https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/publishahead/Magnetic_resonance_imaging_of_neuroinflammation_in.98491.aspx

I think I will, from now on, if I want acknowledgment or compassion, say I have an autoimmune disorder (one of my diagnoses). If I say fibro, forgetaboutit. And ME or CFS, it's not even heard. We need more science-based PR, somehow.

I read recently that in the US here generic manufacturers are fewer and fewer.

I am stating general principles about research. If something works for you, and it continues to help, fine, I think that's great. I have improved my diet as much as is possible and it has no effect on my energy level. Just because someone is a doctor or a microbiologist, that does not give me...

What are the systems 1 and 2 referred to? I have just finished reading a psych research book suggested on the forum about System 1 thinking (our automatic emotion-linked brain and System 2, the rational deliberate and slow, lazy mechanism. Couldn't possibly be the same, no?