EDS and asthma

I really need to register at PubMed so that I can read some of the articles and journal entries because there is a fair bit of interesting research being done on the various forms of EDS. This one had me particularly interested:
Asthma and airways collapse in two heritable disorders of connective tissue.
From the abstract, it [...]

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So, about that shoulder

Saw my GP today about my stupid shoulder. She thinks that I dislocated the scapula both times (I was right!) and is sending me for an X-ray to see whether there is anything going on there. We’ll see where we go from there – she wanted to investigate properly before referring me anywhere to get [...]

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Sleep now?

I picked up a copy of the season opener for Lewis and watched it last night. It’s really quite good, isn’t it? Why did no one tell me that it’s quite good?
Also, House was rather awesome
Note to self: substituting a fair bit of the cheddar for stilton in cauliflower cheese is a very [...]

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OK, I admit defeat (Robin Hood spoilers included)

Whatever has gone wrong with my shoulder obviously needs looking at by a doctor, I admit it. The dratted thing went out again yesterday morning at around 10.45am (I know because that’s when I left for church and it went from fine to ouch in the space of ten seconds) and it’s still very painful [...]

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Update on shoulder/back situation

I believe that I have identified the source of all that pain I had Thursday evening/Friday.
Sometime during Wednesday night I dislocated my left shoulder blade, trapping a nerve and straining the muscles and tendons in the area.
How did I know this? Well, on Friday afternoon I was trying to stretch and mobilise the shoulder so [...]

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OK, now I’m annoyed

So yesterday I felt achy and ick when I got up, my back was grumbling and I wasn’t happy.
The slight twinging in my upper back, just under the left shoulder blade, didn’t seem that important.
Things seemed to settle as the day went on and I got cocky enough to think that I’d make it to [...]

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Did anyone get the number of the truck that hit me?

My body has been so well behaved these last few months that I’d almost forgotten what it could do.
Damn.
My back isn’t actually excruciating yet, but I can feel pressure, inflammation and discomfort there. It’s not pleasant and it’s promising to get worse. Put together with pain in hips and knees, and the pain that’s just [...]

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Freedom!

I actually managed to leave the house and come into work today. Hooray!
Yesterday turned into a bit of a nightmare, but at least I eventually got myself free. My aunt called the Lion’s Club and they contacted one of their members who does local shovelling. He came out and got rid of the snow bank [...]

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Sea mist

This morning was incredibly cold. We’re talking so cold that I coughed every time I took a breath outside, that cold. I seem to be handling the cold better than the snow, though.
That’s not the point of the story.
It’s going to be a clear day and I’d forgotten just how beautiful the day can be [...]

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New rheumy

This morning I got to visit with my new rheumy, Dr O. She is actually lovely, happy to keep an eye on me but not wishing to disrupt things that don’t need disrupting. She’s a firm believer in exercise and physio, thinks that walking is excellent for my back (first medical professional who has actually [...]

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