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    Herpes/Fibro, IMC-1 update

    I actually had chickenpox and shingles before I was 2 years old. I was admitted to hospital and apparently a lot of doctors came to see me because they had never seen shingles in someone so young. I've often wondered if these virus's have had any effect on my health in older years, I suffered...
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    No more sex, please!

    I'm actually a little astounded at reading this. You are not obliged to have sex, with anyone, at any time. The fact that your husband has had all of these people tell him the reasons why sex everyday isn't reasonable (your word alone should have been enough) and he is still demanding it I find...
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    Meditation for Pain?

    Meditation works for some people and not others. It can be very effective if you spend enough time mastering it but I think it all depends on the individual. I've used it for anxiety and found it quite helpful.
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    How to deal with joint pain at a standing job?

    I work in a hospital and my shifts are 12.5 hours long, it's really hard going! A few years ago I had a cartilage tear in my knee which would swell and become painful everytime I went to work. I used a knee brace and Naproxen pain killers to try and help it but it didn't really work, luckily I...
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    Herpes/Fibro, IMC-1 update

    I'm currently off work with horrible lower back pain and when I called the out of hours docs about it they said it was probably because I'd recently had a Herpes outbreak. I wasn't aware of it until now but it makes sense, the herpes virus can get into the nervous system and do all sorts of...
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    Sciatica

    I'm currently off work because I woke up a few days ago with the worst back pain I've ever had. It's always in the same place, on my lower back slightly to the left and down my leg, but this time it hurt a lot more. I haven't bothered going to the docs because the advice is always the same, I've...
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