After two decades, over $70K, and at least 20 medical professionals, finally a diagnosis: Lyme. I believe this is the last missing piece in my health puzzle. I would like to say I have simply been very unlucky and hit a series of dodgy doctors, but the truth is this situation is common. Many people with Lyme Disease often spend years written off as other conditions of … [Read more...] about Lyme: How a diagnosis can take decades
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How to make a: ‘Submission to MBA Consultation document on complementary and unconventional medicine and emerging treatments’
The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) have tried to rush through this proposal (we have to June 30 to lodge submissions.) If you know one thing, know this, if you have a chronic illness and you've been helped by a Doctor of Environmental Medicine, you need to put in a submission (one paragraph is all you need) so that you and other people with illnesses such as MCS, CFS/ME, … [Read more...] about How to make a: ‘Submission to MBA Consultation document on complementary and unconventional medicine and emerging treatments’
Australian National Register of Environmental Sensitivities (ANRES) results for February 2017
ANRES Data for 190 Registrants By Dr Sharyn Martin. PDF version: ANRES results n=190 Introduction The prevalence and burden of Environmental Sensitivities are largely unknown in Australia. While there have been a few studies on the prevalence of MCS and CFS/ME individually, there are none that we have found on the prevalence of co-morbid conditions with Environmental … [Read more...] about Australian National Register of Environmental Sensitivities (ANRES) results for February 2017
McMansions for People with MCS and CIRS
Why is this house taking so long? [Update: our house is finished. More coming soon] It's taking us a an extended amount of time, more than 12 months now, to build our Allergy-free House. A good friend who built their own safe house, and has now recovered, told us, "Take your time. It's better to get everything right, rather than make a mistake causing your house to be … [Read more...] about McMansions for People with MCS and CIRS
Where is the love?
For those of us who suffer symptoms from fragrance exposure from other peoples' (or our own) use of products that have apparently and allegedly been 'tested' by the fragrance industry, themselves, and then deemed safe for human use, you need to see this short clip, 'Where is the Love', from Vegan Revolution: it's changed the way I make personal-care product choices: At … [Read more...] about Where is the love?