Steps on our Road to Recovery

Daily Steps On Our Road to Recovery for 6 to 10 March 2000.

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6 March 2000

What are the spiritual implications of Fibromyalgia?

I got interested in "Fibromyalgia" from reading a very good article

in the "Anne Arundel Medical Center Vital Signs Spring 2000, Volume

13, Number 1". I was interested, because this was a disease, defined

by not being able to find any known connection to any physical diseases.

Then I noted that the patterns and pictures of the disease symptoms, had

spiritual implications. From the above article I found a link to similar

information: http://bewell.healthgate.com/hic/wcon/wcon-76.asp#anchor234678

First, Fibromyalgia happens to mainly women between 30 and 60.

This is the natural time that mid life crisis and menopause and spiritual rebirth

can happen. Then the symptoms continue to be interesting. One of the major

symptoms is points of pain on the body. The points form a pattern. They

are spiritual connection points to the body. The same points show up in many

healing systems, like acupuncture.

7 March 2000

What are the points where there is pain with Fibromyalgia?

They had an excellent picture with the article I referenced above. But they

did not have one with the article they referenced on line. So, I will describe them

here. First there is the left and right side of the neck in the front above the collar

bone and in the back of the neck below the hairline. The second set is on the left

and right side of the chest below the collar bone and on the upper back where the

neck and shoulders join. The third set is between the shoulder blades on the left

and right of the spine without any points identified for the front. The fourth set was

on the inside of either arm at the elbows. The fifth set was on the left and right side

of the lower back right below the waist. The sixth set was right under the hip bones

on the left and right buttocks. The seventh set was on the left and right kneecaps.

There may be some differences for men. I know that I had a pain like this as

a teen on my outer left elbow that has come and gone from time to time. Also I

know that there are points lower down on my chest.

8 March 2000

What are some of the characteristics of this condition?

One of the interesting characteristic to me is that the pain moves. That is a characteristic

of spirit. It moves. It rustles our leaves in our tree of life. Another characteristic is that

treatments tend to be unique to each person. Again a characteristic in common with

spirit.

It took until 1990 for "Fibromyalgia" to be declared as syndrome by the American

College of Rheumatology. They require that at least 11 of the 18 points I described above

be intensely painful when pressed. To me that is really funny. When someone had 10

points of intense pain and were told that they did not qualify for this diagnosis. I would

say that 1 point of intense pain would be enough to qualify for a level of 1 out of 18 levels

of this syndrome. Pain is pain, and there are levels of pain. Something that some doctors

need to work on understanding.

9 March 2000

What are some other symptoms of "Fibromyalgia"?

Fatigue and sleep disturbances, depression, migraine headaches, dizziness, tingling or

numbness in the hands and feet, gastrointestinal symptoms like irritable bowel syndrome

and bladder spasms, hypervigilance, and amplifications of sensations like light, sounds, touch.

All of these symptoms can be seen as spirit, healing. That is for those that are willing to

take responsibility and to be grateful. For those that see this as spirit hurting, they are in their

ignorance, blaspheming spirit. Extra sensitivity to sensations is a manifestation of spirit. Some

times spirit shows up as tingling, dizziness or numbness moving through us. Some times we

panic and freeze the movements of spirit and get stuck in what ever we were in. Fatigue and

sleep disturbances, depression, and migraine headaches could just be temporary symptoms

on our way to healing and recovery, when we are ready to shift our attitudes to a higher

altitude.

10 March 2000

What can be done to facilitate Recovery?

First, all of the techniques that facilitate spiritual recovery help in some way. Different

things work, for different people. Things like exercise, stretching, tai-chi, yoga and the like

can help to build stamina and body awareness.

Sleep is a major factor. That is because the symptoms can be produced by disrupting

sleep for a few nights in a row. Why is that? Because our spirit can not balance out things

with us in the way. Physically there are low levels of serotonin that produce symptoms like

anxiety, migraine headaches, depression and gastrointestinal upsets. Increasing serotonin

by diet, pills, and or therapy can help. Finding what works for you is important.

Continued next week.

Enough for Today,

Michael Foster, MA

Your Recovery by Discovery Coach

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