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February 25 Study of the CHAKRAS and Yoga***************************************
part one..
Chakras Leonardo "WHEEL" hmmm... Circle of LIFE.... Chakra means Wheel in Sanskrit
Tantra-Kundalini.com
According to the philosophy of Tantra, the entire universe is a manifestation of pure consciousness. In manifesting the universe, this pure consciousness seems to become divided into two poles or aspects, neither of which can exist without the other. In human beings, Shakti, the feminine aspect is called Kundalini. This potential energy is said to rest at the base of the spinal cord. The object of the Tantric practice of Kundalini-yoga is to awaken this cosmic energy and make it ascend through the psychic centres, the chakras, that lie along the axis of the spine as consciousness potentials. She will then unite above the crown of the head with Shiva the pure consciousness. This union is the aim of Kundalini-yoga : a resolution of duality into unity again, a fusion with the Absolute. By this union the adept attains liberation while living which is considered in Indian life to be the highest experience : an union of the individual with the universe. Kundalini Yoga, Tantra, Chakras, Sri Yantra - ResourcesFrom Muladhara chakra, Ida and Pingala alternate at each chakra until they reach Ajna chakra where they meet again with Sushumna. Once the Kundalini Shakti has ascended through Sushumna to Sahasrara, the highest psychic center at the crown of the head, it is made to reverse its course and return to rest in the base center again. A yantra is thus a tool making the process of evolution conscious to the adept of Tantrism. It enables the adept to retrace his steps from the outward-directed world of multiplicity to the inward focus of unity. All primal shapes of a yantra are psychological symbols corresponding to inner states of human consciousness. Yantras are sacred symbols of the process of involution and evolution. The goal of contemplating the Sri Yantra is that the adept can rediscover his primordial sources. The circuits symbolically indicate the sucessive phases in the process of becoming.
Simple explanation of the First through 7th Chakra This is an Awesome web page, for visualization THE BRAIN and SPINE
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February 24 My CHAKRAS?? IntroductionMy Chakras??
What is that? What does it have to do with ME? "I'M NOT RELIGIOUS" Why would this Help ME? ************************* Very good Questions, and Here are some details and Links to find out Why it can Help you and the ones you Love... ChakrasTantra Chakras are psychic centres that lie along the axis of the spine as consciousness potentials. The chakras are not materially real and are to be understood as situated, not in the gross body, but in the subtle or etheric body. Repositories of psychic energies, they govern the whole condition of being. They are usually represented as lotuses. Each of the chakras, according to the Tantras, corresponds to one of the elements of which the known world is compounded. Muladhara represents solidity; Svadhisthana, liquidity; Manipura, the gaseous; Anahata, the aerial; Vishuddha, the etheric, or space. One can see the whole process as a progressive transformation of the elements, with an increase of volatility. "If you feel that you are not enlightened, you can always try to be", quote of Harish Johari [.net , .org , soc.org , OPPOSITION New Age ( Great Directory).. Interesting.... GREAT LINKS...
Soo.. What it is? Why should YOU look? If You look at today 2006... Have you ever had a massage? Have you ever been to a Chiropractor? Have Your ever had a Spinal Injury? Have you tried Yoga?
Why does it matter? What do these things have in common... "BODY" Specifically Spinal Nervous System Oriented. and OMGoshhh SELF !!!... ONE...
ALIGNMENT... Come back for More Indepth "Simple Talk of MANKIND" So many Cultures So many 1,000's of years It all comes back to self... and the Energy that comes from "YOU"
February 21 pre veiw to PREVIOUS ENTRY...This is a Large ( long ) email I recieved from my uncle.. and He Never sends FWDS..
It's a Story worth coming back until you have read it...
There is MUCH more to this story today 2006, than the TECHNICHAL Veiwpoints that Young ones won't remember...
EVEN MY FRIENDS ON HERE...
but technology, disablities... It's the Human Voice....
and sadly TOUCH has been forgotten too.
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Remeber...Please
YOU ARE LOVED!!!
YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
always,
Callie
 Go BACK one Entry ;-) ? The Phone ? or Who's Life have you touched ?THE OLD PHONE When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it. Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person. Her name was "Information Please" and there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anyone's number and the correct time. My personal experience with the genie-in-a-bottle came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the basement, I whacked my finger with a hammer, the pain was terrible, but there seemed no point in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my throbbing finger, finally arriving at the stairway. The telephone! Quickly, I ran for the footstool in the parlor and dragged it to the landing. Climbing up, I unhooked the receiver in the parlor and held it to my ear. "Information, please" I said into the mouthpiece just above my head. A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. "Information." "I hurt my finger..." I wailed into the phone, the tears came readily enough now that I had an audience. "Isn't your mother home?" came the question. "Nobody's home but me," I blubbered. "Are you bleeding?" the voice asked. "No," I replied. "I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts." "Can you open the icebox?" she asked. I said I could. "Then chip off a little bit of ice and hold it to your finger," said the voice. After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. I asked her for help with my geography, and she told me where Philadelphia was. She helped me with my math. She told me my pet chipmunk that I had caught in the park just the day before, would eat fruit and nuts. Then, there was the time Petey, our pet canary, died. I called, Information Please," and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said things grown-ups say to soothe a child. But I was not consoled. I asked her, "Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a cage?" She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, "Wayne always remember that there are other worlds to sing in." Somehow I felt better. Another day I was on the telephone, "Information Please." "Information," said in the now familiar voice. "How do I spell fix?" I asked. All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. When I was nine years old, we moved across the country to Boston. I missed my friend very much. "Information Please" belonged in that old wooden box back home and I somehow never thought of trying the shiny new phone that sat on the table in the hall. As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me. Often, in moments of doubt and perplexity I would recall the serene sense of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy. A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle< /SPAN>. I had about a half-hour or so between planes. I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, "Information Please." Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well. "Information." I hadn't planned this, but I heard myself saying, "Could you please tell me how to spell fix?" There was a long pause. Then came the soft spoken answer, "I guess your finger must have healed by now." I laughed, "So it's really you," I said. "I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time?" I wonder," she said, "if you know how much your call meant to me. I never had any children and I used to look forward to your calls." I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again when I came back to visit my sister. "Please do", she said. "Just ask for Sally." Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered, "Information." I asked for Sally. "Are you a friend?" she said. "Yes, a very old friend," I answered. "I'm sorry to have to tell you this," she said. "Sally had been working part-time the last few years because she was sick. She died five weeks ago." Before I could hang up she said, "Wait a minute, did you say your name was Wayne?" "Yes." I answered. "Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down in case you called. Let me read it to you." The note said, "Tell him there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean." I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant. Never underestimate the impression you may make on others. Whose life have you touched today? Why not pass this on? I just did.... Lifting you on eagle's wings. May you find the joy and peace you long for. Life is a journey ... NOT a guided tour. February 19 Another Child's story...Juvenile Cancer Another Child's story...
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 February 08 Finding Your CHAKRAS -The SixthTruth In Vision The Sixth Chakra Within each of us lies the capacity to be a finely tuned receptor for psychic signals and clairvoyant sight. The sixth chakra is the source of internal visions, telepathy, and intuition. Located at the level of the forehead, this chakra, known also as the third eye, or Anja, is the energy center from which we draw our dreams, memories, and visions. From the sixth chakra, we gain the ability to discern the truth and see the past, present, and future in detail. The blessings that come into our lives are often the result of the images we are able to perceive via the sixth chakra. In Sanskrit, Anja means both "to perceive" and "to command," because when this chakra is strong, visualization is the first step in manifesting your desires.
Thank you John
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It REQUIRES a SCHEDULE and fairly regular sleep pattern....
For those just wanting to feel better and Lose weight without doing anything at all.... STOP DRINKING SODA!!! between the caffeine, sugar, and assorted other GUT EATING ingredients, and YES this means EVEN DIET... Start drinking water, if you can't stand water, Squeeze some Lemon into it, it's also a Natural Detoxifier... You will drop pounds... If you drink A LOT of caffeine Soda, you will go through Caffeine withdrawals... There are Many many Verities of Herbal Teas with Decaf... Anyone who suffers From Migraines, I WILL be Posting the MIGRAINE headache Diet too... Herbal teas have MANY good things about them and I will list some as the remedies for alternative meds... They can help with Bowel, Nerves, Sleep... You hear the saying... YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Well, it includes what you do and don't drink also... how much you move around... How WELL you rest.... especially as we age, Quality over Quantity is KEY.... Lets Hear from the SODA drinking Stoppers, Brag about how many pounds drop off in a month, JUST from that alone... If you exercise, it will INCREASE the pounds lost, if you do Weight training, DO NOT FORGET MUSCLE weighs MORE THAN FAT... YOU Can DO IT I HAVE FAITH IN YOU.... and No SODA for Mom or Dad means NO SODA for KIDS.... Watch how much better THEY GET TOO... Don't forget, Juicy Juice is the BEST for kids... {{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Huggles }}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Callie
February 06 Is the Help with CFS? YES- REST! Chronic Fatigue Syndrome HelpIf there was a secret to my recovery, it was my use of planned rests. As I mentioned in the last chapter, when I was first ill, I often experienced the cycle of push and crash, swinging back and forth from too much activity to periods of rest. I would be more active than my body could tolerate, experience intense symptoms and then use rest to recover. Spending a few hours or a whole day in bed was an effective strategy for recovering from periods of doing too much, but my life felt out of control. About nine months after becoming ill, I learned that I could use rest for another reason besides recuperation. I found that rest could actually prevent symptoms. This idea was one of the strategies recommended by CFS researchers in England who counseled patients to live their lives according to a plan, one which included similar amounts of activity each day and also scheduled rest periods taken no matter how you felt. The goal was to shift away from living in response to symptoms (the cycle of push and crash) toward a consistent, planned life. I was attracted to the idea of gaining control over the swings in my symptoms and I could accept the idea that a similar amount of activity each day could help me achieve greater predictability. But I resisted the idea of resting each day regardless of how I felt. I couldn’t understand why I would lie down voluntarily if I wasn’t experiencing any symptoms. Also, I thought of resting as giving in to the illness, so that rest meant a victory for the illness. Because other parts of the program from England made sense, I decided to try resting every afternoon, but I wasn’t sure what “rest” meant. Was I resting if I was reading or watching television? Or did rest mean lying down? I did some experiments and found that the most restorative rest resulted from lying down in a quiet place with my eyes closed. I was surprised at the results from a 15 minute rest. Even that short rest seemed to help, reducing my symptoms, increasing my stamina and making my life more stable. After a while I added a morning rest as well. Over time, I came to believe that my scheduled rest was the most important thing I did to aid my recovery. Resting everyday according to a fixed schedule, not just when I felt sick or tired, was part of a shift from living in response to symptoms to living a planned life. The experience showed me that rest could be used for more than recovering from doing too much; it could be employed as a preventive measure as well. In the terms suggested by one of the students in our self-help program, I learned the difference between recuperative rest and pre-emptive rest. Taking pre-emptive rests enabled me to reduce the time I spent in recuperative rest. The result was that my total rest time was reduced. Resting on a planned schedule greatly stabilized my life, enabling me to get off the roller coaster and giving me a much greater sense of control. I found that my rests were even more effective after I started doing a relaxation practice at the same time. Without the mental relaxation, my mind often raced from worry to worry, so I experimented with various meditation procedures during my rest time. I learned that techniques using imagery, such as imagining myself lying on the beach or sitting beside a stream, were not effective for me, however helpful they may be to some people. But focusing my attention on my breathing worked. By lying down and keeping my awareness on my breath, I could relax both physically and mentally. I applied the idea of planned rests in other parts of my recovery. As mentioned earlier, I used it to expand my envelope for travel. I found that if I stopped during driving trips for a ten to 15 minute rest every two hours, I arrived fresher at my destination and had a lower symptom level throughout my trip. Also, as I will explain in more detail in the chapter on exercise [see http://www.recoveryfromcfs.org/], I used rests to expand the length of my walks. If I alternated walking with an equal amount of time sitting, I could walk farther and not affect my symptoms. The principle I learned from all these experiments was that rest could have a dramatic effect on the energy available to me and on my symptom level. Taking a short rest break to re-charge batteries expanded the number of productive hours in my day. Also, I found that I could avoid a long period of bed rest by taking a brief rest as soon I felt my symptoms beginning to get worse. As I improved, I experimented with the number of rests, eventually replacing planned rests with brief rests in response to symptoms. But this was only after I had recovered back to about 90% of normal. For most of the time I was recovering, pre-emptive rests were crucial. For four years, my planned rests both reduced my total rest time and helped bring stability back into my life, a big payoff for two brief breaks in my day. (c) Bruce Campbell, Ph.D. All rights reserved. For more information, please visit http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/. February 04 Pam Mackie -exerSCIzing Blog: SCI and Exercise BlogThe RRTC on Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through Exercise is pleased to announce a new blog about Spinal Cord Injury and Exercise. Pam Mackie, the blog author, will share her personal experiences and insights about SCI secondary conditions, exercise, and general health through personal stories, sharing of facts and practices, interviews, and other means. Please go to the blog and share your struggles and successes in maintaining fitness while living with a SCI. The blog can be reach through the following websites: http://www.sci-health.org/ http://www.ilru.org/html/projects/SCI/index.htm OR Directly by http://rrtc-sci.livejournal.com/ Further information about the RRTC on SCI: Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through Exercise as well as additional information about spinal cord injuries (scientific and consumer related information) can also be found at the above mentioned websites. January 23 Let's Begin with PositivesNumero UNO
Start By making a List of AT LEAST 5 Positive things about YOU...
PARENTING, Job Ability, Good Son or Daughter, DO NOT COUNT for this Project. Things about you Personally, WHO YOU ARE. No need to list them anywhere but for you... However you are welcome to share. This is actually hard for many people... So be KIND TO SELF
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Callie
YOU ARE WORTH IT January 01 Name the New Club, Positive Resolution Idea... Journey to S_E_L_FHi All, Happy New Year... I KNOW the Past Year CANNOT be repeated the same so many of us took such loses al around the world.... Loss in so MANY MANY different ways... But the Purpose of this blog is to Discuss our Many Hats... For Many months now, about 4 on MSN... I have been talking to people I know about a thing called S_E_L_F
Like this page says: We are BOMBED with Labels from birth.. Started from either MALE or Female.. so This Page is for Everyone anyway... HOWEVER, There is also something that takes over in our lives.. everyday labels... Child, adolescent, adult, student, employee, son, daughter, mother, father, boss,.. the list is endless... that is just the regular labels without being part of a family of Illness or injury. start adding, care taker, Patient, Child of a disabled person, add poverty, not being Heard by anyone, and Ohh the labels and MIS-Labels they will put on you for being ILL or Hurt.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I still encourage everyone to leave Comments suggestions, Home Remedies, suggestions from their our dealings with labels of any sort, to PLEASE COMMENT.. I am trying to put all of the Help and Information sites on ONE page into the "LISTS" next to the Blogs" you can also find them in the CATEGORY Section... that will help others, if you have lived like I have, learning through helping family members Ect.. Trust me, You can help others learn how to COPE with their Illness's too.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOW about this New Section.. Help Me Name it... the Who am I really club? welcome to SELF is ME club LOL, not so good at giving names to things, but I sure do know that once you find out you are NOT alone in wanting this for SELF and Knowing Other people are wanting the same thing.. then you find out you can bounce Ideas off of each other in a safe place, share Fears, encouragement, What is WORKING for YOU type Ideas... This will BE GREAT...
I AM SO PROUD of ALL of My FRIENDS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE THIS THE truest OF first days OF the Rest OF their lives... do not forget, This will Hurt You are ONLY HUMAN, there is No such thing as PERFECTION, only PROGRESS.. sometimes that can be One Breath at a time.. One baby step at a time, finally you can get One day at a time, THAT is Literally all we will EVER have.,.. You can Plan for tomorrow but you have to CHOOSE to LIVE IN TODAY... Yesterday is GONE... it's TIME to Stop Carrying the BAGGAGE of the Past.. Stop Living with the Stinking Thinking.. and BELIEVE... YOU ARE WORTH IT..
I want to hear Commitments My friends.. for all of you who have made the choice to work on YOU instead of make a resolution that it's typically short lived.. Just Promise YOU.. Not me.. that You will do it the best you can.. that most of all You will be Honest with Yourself... I will even give you assignments... THESE are for You Personally... they are not something you have to Post, share with anyone but you... but Yes, it IS something you need to do... It's part of the journey to SELF.. YOU ARE WORTH IT , YOU CAN DO IT.. Remember YOU ARE LOVED...
Please Give us your Feedback.. I think this is going to be something that will Really help alot of people.. find the Most important thing in Life.. SELF AND IF IT DOESN'T HURT AT TIMES... YOU'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT!
Blessings and {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Huggles }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Happy New Year
love, callie
December 26 Quiz 1Here are the Symptoms...
These are real... No cheating.. read these.. and I will give you the Diagnosis at the end... Symptoms :this is only a PORTION of the diagnostic listing, and Trust me, a Finger stick , IS NOT what the ER will do ..UNLESS you are DIABETIC. Insomnia pale skin sweating Headache fast pulse low blood pressure hot flashes craving for sweets noise or light sensitivity cool wet skin ringing in ears ( tintitis) mental disturbances temper tantrums shortness of breath dry or burning mouth loss of appetite or constant hunger worry, anxiety blurred vision dizziness depression restlessness crying spells lack of concentration numbness, especially in mouth Hyperactivity cold hands and feet irritability drowsiness loss of sex drive swollen feet impotence eye- ache weakness in legs distorted judgment muscle pain or cramps tightness in chest fluttering feeling in chest fatigue OKAY.. so that's a BUNCH of stuff,
and I know people reading that, where saying that's Me on PMS, that's My four year old, who doesn't have a tantrum and sweat.. I have that, the doctors say i am Bi-polar... Well.. THESE SYMPTOMS here are forrrrrrr HypOglycemia... that means LOW blood sugar.. HypOglycimia or Low blood sugar, often develops from the same type of dietary extreme as DIABETES... and I have been told by my Own doctors, that it's Often a Precursor to it.. Given my family History, although it's ONLY been males n My family.. IS NOT a good thing.. Strange my docs know I have low blood sugar, but that is NOT COVERED by Testing supplies and Neither is my Low Blood pressure, as I have to do this fancy bed dance to bring me INTO consciousness, called the Trundellenburg ( sorry even spell check couldn't fix that word ) [ they lower the head of the bed, and raise your feet INTO THE AIR fun fun, in hope of getting my blood pressure over 70 systolic.. Yippee.. In time, if Insulin overproduction continues, the pancreas becomes overworked and losses the ability to produce sufficient and /or effective insulin, which Leads you to Become Diabetic.. My friends.. Did you know, do you understand, that at least 50% of HypOglycemic people are DOING this to THEMSELVES??? It's not bad enough to Become a Diabetic because your eating habits are terrible, and all of the Soda, and Chocolalotmocofancy drinks you have , and RED BULLS and energy pick you ups.. You eat Poorly, you "Forget to eat" you Binge on Bad foods, then Plunk.. You land your Sugar High self into the hospital, making no sense at all, they ask your family when the last time you ate or slept, have you been depressed, gone on spending sprees, on and on.. BOOM.. YOU HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH HAT... Look at the SYMPTOMS, and Read the Ones for Bi-Polar... Hmm sorta makes you think what are you doing to yourself I HOPE.. Is there a FIX? a CURE? a way to make it better? THE CAUSE is YOUR EATING HABITS... BAD eating Habits.. Your LOVE for Sugar rich foods... bad bad foods.. there is HELP for your whole family Yes, I will devote pages on Healing with WHOLE foods... I am going to devote more time to this page... and "Know Your Rights" /AVoice this coming year.. not to keep you dangling, but i am having health issues that I only WISH food would cure.. This involves Eastern Medicine.. Your Gi and Ying and Yang.. so it requires me to prepare you for some Nutrition classes... for many of the HATS I already have listed here..
Blessings and Joy.. and you know how to write me in case you need help asap... I get those much faster than finding all of the page comments.. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Huggles }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Callie
If you are TRULY diagnosed by your doctor as having Hypoglycemia, I have some helpful Healing foods recipies, along with the eating the at LEAST six small snack( meals ) I day.. I know.. ackk.. but I have a good fix for even that.. Unless you LOVE FOOD..____? I am clueless.. try the recipies.. December 21 I LOVE THIS POST
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Bless Your Heart.... I Love and appreciate that SOO MUCH... I wish the same for one and all
thank you for sharing...
no fancy art work needs to be had with words like that...
Love and Hugs,
callie
Underwriters’ Medical terminology For the LaymanAnd have we ever Felt this is True???
 Artery…. The study of Fine Paintings Barium….. What you do when cpR Fails Cesarean Section….. the District in Rome Colic…..A sheep dog Coma….. A Punctuation mark Congenital ……Friendly Dilate….. To Live Longer Fester…. Quicker G.I. Series….. Baseball games between teams og sodiers Grippe…… A suitcase Hangnail….. a Coathook Medical Staff….. A doctor cane Minor Operation …. Coal digging Morbid… Higher Offer Nitrate…. Lower than Day rate Node… Was aware of. Organic… Church Musician Out patient…. A person who has fainted Post-Operative… A letter carrier Protein…. In Favor of young people Secretion…. Hiding anything Serology….. A study of English Knighthood Tablet…. A small Table Tumor… An Extra Pair Urine….. Opposite of You’re Out Vericose Veins…. Veins which are Very close together Benign…. What you are after you be eight sometimes you just have to wonder....
December 18 CANADIAN RESEARCH TEAM DISCOVERS KEY MECHANISM BEHIND NEUROPATHIC PAINMicroglia cells release a protein that activates pain neurons
Montreal - December 2005 A Canadian multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research team has discovered a key mechanism behind neuropathic pain, a finding that could soon lead to better diagnostics and new kinds of therapeutics. This breakthrough was made possible with the support of a $1.5-million NeuroScience Canada Brain Repair Program team grant that enabled five scientists from across Canada to join their labs and fast-track their research. Two of the members of the grant led the work at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and the Robert-Giffard Research Centre in Québec City. This research will be reported in the December 15, 2005 issue of the journal Nature. Damage to peripheral nerves, after nerve injury or from diseases that affect peripheral nerve function, can result in neuropathic pain, one of the most debilitating types of chronic pain. Neuropathic pain can afflict people with diabetes, cancer, HIV and spinal cord injury. Previous work has shown that a first step in neuropathic pain depends on the activation of microglia cells, but scientists have long sought to understand how microglia communicate with pain neurons that relay information from the spinal cord. In the December 15th issue of Nature, Dr. Yves De Koninck and Dr. Michael Salter, and their team, report that upon stimulation, microglia cells release a protein (called brain-derived neurotrophic factor) that alters the properties of pain neurons in the spinal cord in such a way that they become activated - rather than inhibited (as would normally be the case) - by the signaling molecule GABA. Since current pain relieving drugs, such as morphine, act on the actual nerve cells, they are ineffective in the treatment of neuropathic pain. The findings reported by Dr. Salter and De Konick indicate that drugs that are capable of stopping the microglia from injuring nerve cells will be key to treating this type of pain. "This is an important discovery for the millions of Canadians who suffer from debilitating chronic pain that cannot currently be treated. The cost to society is equally devastating and is estimated in the billions of dollars annually," says the Honourable Michael H. Wilson, Chair of NeuroScience Canada, a national umbrella organization for neuroscience research, whose Brain Repair Program helped support this research. "With the work of Drs. Salter and De Koninck, we can now focus the research on developing drugs that will target the class of cells responsible for chronic pain. This represents an important shift that could soon provide patients with effective treatments and allow them to be active again in our society." * The date and time embargo on information to be released adheres to the agreement signed by the publisher of the magazine Nature which publishes in extinso the results of this project Ten million Canadians of all ages will be affected by a disease, disorder or injury of the brain, spinal cord or nervous system at some point in their lives. These conditions number more than 1,000 and include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, depression, schizophrenia, sense organ diseases, traumatic brain injury and chronic pain. Based on Health Canada data, the economic burden of these disorders is conservatively estimated at 14 per cent of the total burden of disease, or $22.7 billion annually; when disability is included, the economic burden reaches 38 per cent or more, according to the World Health Organization. However, despite the magnitude of the problem, neuroscience research, with just $100 million total in operating grants in C anada annually, is still greatly under funded in this country. Founded in 1988, NeuroScience Canada is Canada's umbrella organization and voice for the neurosciences. Through partnering with the public, private and voluntary sectors, NeuroScience Canada connects the knowledge and resources available in this area to accelerate neuroscience research and funding, and maximize the output of Canada's world-class scientists and researchers. The mission of NeuroScience Canada's Brain Repair Program is to fast-track neuroscience research in order to develop treatments and therapies more quickly. Through the Brain Repair Program, NeuroScience Canada and its donors and partners have already invested $4.5 million to research teams conducting breakthrough work in the area of brain repair. NeuroScience Canada's funding partners on the grant led by Dr. Salter include the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. The goal of the Brain Repair Program is to initially fund five teams, for a total investment of $8 million. thank you Lynn Blessings One and all....
I suggest peaople take Printed Studies and Published Materials from AMA ect to their own doctors if they are not getting help they need. Doctors accept doctors... they do NOT accept Patients being their own Doctors.. but DO like you or a family member to be Involved in your own Health care..
Callie  December 13 Christmas In HeavenMy First Christmas In Heaven
Author Unknown I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below with tiny lights, like Heaven's stars, reflecting on the snow. The sight is so spectacular! Please wipe away that tear, for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear, but the sound of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here. I have no words to tell you the joy their voices bring, for it is beyond description to hear the angels sing. I know how much you miss me I see the pain inside your heart, even though I am so far away, we really aren't apart. So, be happy for me, loved ones. You know I hold you dear. Be glad I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I send you each a special gift from my heavenly home above. I send you each a memory of my undying love. After all, "Love" is the gift more precious than gold. It was always most important in the stories Jesus told. Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do, for I can't count the blessings or the love He has for you. So, have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear! Remember, I'm spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
part two November 24 UPCOMING EVENTS Hi Y'all =)
ah ah ah adapt ahdapt ahdapt ability ah adapt ahdapability....
Because I was ? Blessed by a progressive serious of multiple illness', aliments, conditions and other such body Injuries ect.... I have spent a life time... Literally... Doing things and figuring out ways for me and people like me to manage as much as we can on our own. These things include: Cooking; for one, more than one on a budget, healthy cooking that doesn't taste like chalk... I have written a few recipe books and gave them out as gifts... I still have the original copy of all... How to freshen up on your own when you are bedridden. How to find ten minutes ( it gets less once you earn the routine) to give yourself a real spa shower in under 15 min) How to Organize for different Life, medical situations, Like short term memory, or other probems brought on by brain injury or Time constraints.. These LIFE tips, and time savers DO NOT ONLY work for people with disabilities... They work Awesome for those with Not enough hours in the day too... Those with Just way to much STUFF and No where to put it... but you ADAPT them to YOUR NEEDS... If anyone has a situation they may need another part of a brain team on, that's how alot of us work TOGETHER, we get stuck on a situation, and talk and say this works for me, and this has failed blah blah, and this is how we come up with some pretty darn good ideas.. I am going to start selling these Little books, as part of the Bigger project... It's all going to the HUMAN's for HUMANS
LET YOU POSITIVE VOICES BE HEARD CO-OP... we are really doing this people and I hope at least ONE Voice spreads it around each state...
The License and applications have already been sent out, the copyrights, and DBA have been submitted, so Hence Forth, all Material Posted is art of ~!~ Let Your Positive Voices Be Heard ~!~ and is NOT for reproduction or reproductions for sales... All Ideas and personal Quotes upon my pages are part of My Company thank you.. and I am sharing them here for Personal USE ONLY... In Other words... For people and families of those who need to USE THEM, not PROFIT OFF OF THEM.. thank You... Please Look Forward also to Patti's Book, Tentatively subtitled, 'the world through my eyes".... Photos submitted BY PATIENTS, with a short story about them and something they are Positive about... Please leave NEEDS, as a Separate request... She is a professional Photographer and this Book of Art is going to be used to sale for Certain specific causes FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, to HELP HUMANS... it's going to help cover costs of Patient needs that are NOT covered for disabled adults and children but are truly needed. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Blessings and Hugs }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Callie
October 28 Knowing about Diabetes Can Save the Ones you Love
DIABETES The American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities. Find out what is happening in your area. The mission of the Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes
(JDRF) Junior Diabetes Reach Foundation International Kids Online.. Welcome to JDRF Kids Online, the Web site for kids with diabetes and their friends and family. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is here to find a cure for diabetes—and to help you deal with diabetes day-to-day. Browse through the five "zones" for stories about kids with diabetes and lots of fun stuff:
The Healing Handbook for Persons with Diabetes
This program offers diabetes self-management skill training for people with diabetes. The program has received certification by the American Diabetes Association for diabetes self-management education. Our team approach offers a dietician and a registered nurse who are both certified diabetes educators to help you manage this disease.
Diabetes Care
Chinese healing in the Western World
My Father did this in Conjunction WITH his Medial Team and had Real Eastern Medicine Practitioners.. BE CAUTIOUS and STAY WITH YOUR PCP.. but ALTERNATIVES can help too
Sites to Understand Female Diagnosis'
International Link for Female Diseases If you have a diagnosis of anything click here first. Most of the STATES are behind times in Treatment and theory Email me your Zip code and diagnosis and I CAN find help ad more information in your area. often taking (Peer) doctors Current study information too your PCP can be the best help you can get these are just starters, but they cover SO MUCH.. Please ask if you need more specific help..
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Callie October 27 Quizzes don't have to be for kids all of the time.
|  You're super sensitive and easily able to understand situations.You tend to solve complex problems in a flash, without needing a lot of facts. Decision making is easy for you. You have killer intuition. The right path is always clear, and you're a bit of a visionary.
THIS ONE SHOULD BE INTERESTING <Giggles>
Hmmm My world View.. reasonably is fairly true.. Fighting to make my truly Content with the INJUSTICES.. I get my security from SELF. I had to LEARN that, and it took YEARS. but I am SOOO adventurous, so I don't know where that came from.?
Unless it's talking about my RIGHT NOW...
That would be SPOOKY
DOO DOO DOO DOO <Twilight Zone sounds >.
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You see many things through the eyes of a child.
You have the power to persuade and influence others.
You are honest and direct. You tell it like it is.
Your mind is a creative hotbed of artistic talent.|
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