Learn how to get well and heal from chronic illnesses like Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and autoimmune conditions.

On a recent social media post (Facebook), I saw some intriguing information about a detox method with Epsom Salt for Lyme. I'm not surprised because an Epsom salt bath is not especially new information, but you may find the following facts are very interesting to you-- if you suffer with Lyme or lots of muscle pain. (Many people are looking for a safe and non-painful detox method.)

Plus, there is another reason. A long time ago, when I was hurting and in pain everyday, I walked around with charlie-horse type muscle spasms in the calves of my legs. I learned the hard way that I had to take a lot of magnesium and calcium each day to keep them at bay. By doing so, many of those symptoms plus a great deal of my muscle pain were either gone or greatly reduced.

So take a look at the following info and leave your own comments on this detox method with Epsom salt. Surely there are others who have experience with this remedy and can comment.

Note: this info comes from a friend's page, "Cynthia Lymesymptomremedies, but says it is penned by Gary Barret.

**From "Beating Lyme Disease: Living the Good Life In Spite of Lyme" book by Dr. David A. Jernigan. "I know this is a lot of reading but I thought you might appreciate this information explaining the reason why this is such an effective detox method."

If you like this sharing and appreciate this information, let these folks know on Facebook! And if you're there, stop in and say "Hi," on my page, Cinda Crawford and GET WELL HEALTH.

PS- Get your copy of the book here.

Thanks, Cinda Crawford
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Because I've been blogging about the symptoms of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I thought it only fair to look at the similarities in the common symptoms of Lupus syndrome and Lyme Disease. Many symptoms are similar between all four illnesses. Only a doctor can diagnose you.

If you suspect you have one of these illness problems, contact a physician and make an appointment. He or she may have to conduct a complete physical, plus administer a battery of tests to be more certain. These are not necessarily easy illnesses to diagnose!

See the easy charts below for comparison.
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In my healing work, one of the phases that's quite exciting involves balancing Th1 and Th2. These are components of the immune system and when balanced properly, create an immune modulating effect.

Doctors have long tried this balancing of Th1 and Th2 without much success.

They don't know how to use a mind body spirit tool and few do, as a part of their medical practice. Occasionally, some of them may encourage a patient to check out the benefits of massage, acupuncture or chiropractic care, but they rarely recommend going further than that. (That's because there are few double-blinded, placebo-controlled studies on anything considered mind body spirit and they're afraid they might be sued. Mind body spirit healing tools are outside of their normal comfort zone.) No, as a rule, doctors rely solely on prescription drugs, surgery and shots to do their work or they can't help you.

Whether an immune modulating effect is accomplished through mind body spirit work or through a prescription drug, the value to your health can be amazing.

HERE'S HOW THIS WORKS: picture in your mind for a moment the Th1 and Th2 scenario. It's like a teeter-totter. Get one end of the contraption way up in the air and out of balance and you end up with more infections...almost constant infections. Your immune function is compromised. Picture the other side of the teeter-totter up in the air and you're suffering with more allergies and autoimmune symptoms. The value to your health of achieving more balance is easy to see. Achieving more immune modulation means your body is more in control and capable of keeping you healthier and less symptomatic-- no matter what your symptoms may have been when you began.

That's why today's notice of a new drug, Glatiramer, should be exciting in the western medical world. It is an immune modulating drug being used to treat MS, Multiple Sclerosis with great success!

According to WebMD, they are now using Glatiramer for Multiple Sclerosis, particularly the relapsing and remitting kind of MS. Glatiramer is considered an immune modulating drug. It helps to balance your immune function.

(Abstract) Long-term exposure to stressful situations has deleterious effects on adult neurogenesis, behavior, and the immune system. We have previously shown that stressed BALB/c mice show poor learning performance, which correlates with an increase in the T helper 1/T helper 2 (Th1/ Th2) cytokine balance. Glatiramer acetate (GA) can stimulate autoreactive T cells.

In this work we investigated the effects of GA treatment on BALB/c mice exposed to chronic mild stress (CMS). Stressed mice exhibited a significant decline in their performance in the open field and Y-maze tasks, which was accompanied by a reduction in dentate gyrus neurogenesis and an altered Th1/Th2 balance.

Interestingly, after 6 weeks of CMS exposure administration of GA reestablished normal levels of adult neurogenesis, restored the Th1/Th2 balance, and improved learning performance.

These results demonstrate that GA treatment can reverse the learning impairment induced by stress through a mechanism that likely involves the regulation of the cytokine balance and adult neurogenesis.

Getting anything to help you with the damage stress does to the body by balancing Th1 and Th2, with Glatimer or not, can potentially be a big value to your health. If you don't tolerate drugs well, leave a comment below and I'll answer you via email privately. It is possible to find another avenue of healing rather than prescriptions drugs and achieve an immune modulating effect on your whole system.

Now would that be a success?!

Thanks, Cinda Crawford

Recently the Wall Street Journal's Health & Wellness section, published information about a new research guide, which discusses who really shouldn't eat gluten, i.e. someone experiencing gluten intolerance. What are the illness symptoms? Are there differences among them? Could you be suffering from a food sensitivity? The article is based on information from PubMed.

If you suspect that you have allergy symptoms to wheat, know that you skin can be affected, plus your gastrointestinal and respiratory tract as well with 1) hives, 2) nasal and chest congestion, 3) nausea, 4) vomiting and finally 5) anaphylaxis. Your doctor can diagnose this through blood and skin prick tests that reveal IgE antibodies -or- you can do a food challenge test. (*Read through to the end for a special article on this topic.) At this level of dysfunction, you only need to avoid wheat.

However, if you have Celiac Disease...
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Today's topic, Auxigro= MSG Sprayed on Food = MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and more, is a huge and scary one. More and more of us have trouble with allergy-type symptoms, autoimmune problems, disease states that seem to come out of nowhere, but never seem to leave us. We assume our bodies are failing us, but what if that is not true?

It's appropriate and necessary to think beyond this one paradigm once you read the latest news: "Crops being sprayed with MSG, glutamic acid as chemical growth enhancers". (*When I think of MSG, I think of the words not natural, chemically-based and a brain neurotoxin. I avoid it, if possible.)

So what is a person to do who already has immune system problems, a foggy brain and all kinds of allergic reactions? Be wary of what you eat, plan everything you drink, read, study, pray and start now to get as healthy as you possibly can be. Unfortunately, if the FDA and government allow such atrocities to our food supply, YOU will be and are now the front line for your own health!

Plus, after you read this news article, none of us ever again have an excuse not to care about our nation's food supply or water reserves. Just the facts, ma'am...just the facts.
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If you suffer with migraine headaches, hypothyroidism or Fibromyalgia, there's a new book out by Alex Vasquez, D.C., N.D., D.O. It is not only interesting and a bit technical, but also possibly the exact material that you want to scan and promptly take to your doctor. Dr. Alex Vasquez has great experience in working with people with these conditions and helping them improve their health.

His work speaks for itself in accuracy, factual content and useability. Order it today. It may help you in many ways. ...
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LESS STRESS is not only a choice, but also a GOAL for many people.

The new Stress is A Choice movie offers concrete tools on how to simplify life and relieve stress.

(from the website) If stress is a choice we do make, then we can choose not to have stress, not to make the choice to invite stress into our lives. If you feel like your stress levels are off the charts, author David Zerfoss has a new perspective for you that can change your life. Stress is a Choice, provides ten rules that provide an inspired road map to simplify life and to choose less stress.

Enjoy!
Cinda Crawford

My comment on Facebook:
I believe in these concepts. Stress comes to us all, but individually, we choose to accept it and either be bothered by it -OR- choose to live with it POSITIVELY. Life's stressors do not have to be perceived as horrible, but instead used as mechanisms that we use to grow and heal our lives. EXAMPLE: Positive energy is inherent in positive reactions to stress itself and yields positive, long term health results. Negative energy can do the same thing, if we choose to create positive results from it INSTEAD...AND GROW!

Stress is a Choice movie and book,
Cinda Crawford

During most of the time I thought of myself to be chronically ill, I doubted the wisdom of having silver amalgam fillings in my mouth because I didn't think that a major ingredient of those fillings was safe. Why? Because more and more evidence suggested that toxic mercury fillings weren't good for me!

ATTENTION: CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, FIBROMYALGIA, AUTOIMMUNE SUFFERERS, ARTHRITIS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, PAIN SUFFERERS and MORE! *See video below plus other important reference pages.

That's when I backed up my beliefs with my money and had all of the mercury fillings taken out of my mouth. Even with dental insurance picking up a big part of the tab, it took about five years to accomplish. But each time a filling became unstable or more decay was evident in a tooth, I had my dentist remove the filling and replace it with a crown (e.g. Take the mercury out; put none back in.).

Today, there are are other options besides doing only crown work. (See the link below.) Eventually, my health improved and so did the health of my entire mouth.

Before taking out the amalgam fillings, I had quite a few cavities every year. Sometimes, seven or eight! After removing it all, I have not had one cavity in years.

I don't give my personal dental "project" full credit for getting me well of all my chronic illness problems, but I strongly believe it was an important step in improving my health. Without daily exposure to toxic mercury fillings, my immune system had a better chance to right itself and finally heal. See the following video and decide for yourself, whether or not you're taking a risk with silver amalgam fillings. Go to Google and research this topic. *See one quick, important link in the next paragraph.

PS- Yes, I agree that this is an older video, but because of some brave people over the years, your and my future promises a degree of improvement and change. Will it be enough? In the end, your health may depend upon the choices you make in removing your toxic mercury fillings. "CLICK HERE: Already, about half of U.S. dentists are mercury-free and 77 percent of consumers who are told that amalgam contains mercury choose mercury-free alternatives." (Warning: this information is graphic and probably will alarm and upset you. Imagine: mercury in your organs and glands and anti-biotic resistant bacteria.)

Are silver amalgam fillings safe?Cinda Crawford, founder of Get Well Health

*HOT TOPIC TODAY!*

The Learn How to Heal Yourself membership course is back up and running at the Silver Level. (Read this post all the way to the end if you're thinking of joining.)

As you probably know, this is an incredible course that helps you be able to help yourself. Imagine finding and learning techniques that help you heal. Help you feel really well! It is a mind body healing approach to chronic illnesses.

Now, I make no bones about the fact that I prefer everyone enter at the Platinum or Gold level because that's where I can give you the most assistance and personal help. But not everyone chooses to do that and that's why I developed the "free" Silver Level.

Lately the Silver Level has been down and unavailable because too many people had a tough time navigating through the material (here) online, plus a few of the hyperlinks were broken.

That's when I...decided to re-vamp and re-do the Silver Level and deliver it to the registrants as an e-course. It's ready today. It's easier & better than ever!

This time all of the course material will be delivered to you via your email in-box. No more going online to the website or putting in passwords. No more jumping through hoops of any kind. Lessons arrive every other Monday (14 days apart) between noon and 9 pm (your time) for 12 months. How easy...right?

The thing to note today is YOU MUST RE-REGISTER FOR THE COURSE! You must sign up. (Don't forget to re-confirm a special link in your email inbox. This is a necessary step.)

After that, I have some other goodies for you, but this step gets you going fast.

If you're still interested in bringing about your own healing and improving your health, no matter what your chronic illness health problem, this is something you need to do for yourself!

Thank you so much for your patronage & your patience,
Cinda Crawford

PS- If you've been a previous member and do not want to begin again at Month 1, but would rather resume your studies at a specific month, please send me an email FIRST with "PROBLEM" in the subject line. Then in the body of the email, explain what month you'd like to get back into. Do this first BEFORE RE-REGISTERING because I'll have to send you a special offer.

Send your email to: cinda(at)getwellhealth.com