The following Fibromyalgia video is not mine, but it’s well worth viewing if you follow Dr. Donnica Moore or you’re interested in figuring out how to gain the upper hand over Fibromyalgia. She offers some very valid points about how to find relief from Fibromyalgia, a subject near and dear to many of our hearts.
So that leads me to make a request of you and I’d like to have your response:
If you were able to ask someone like Dr. Donnica Moore one or two specific questions about Fibromyalgia, what would they be?
Please leave your response in a comment below. I have several teleseminars planned in honor of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day and these questions will be a big help! (Also, sign up to receive a notice about the teleseminar schedule in the appropriate box in the right-hand column. It would be an honor to have you in the audience. 
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(See the video below about Relief from Fibromyalgia.)
Here’s the link to the ABC news program.
Thanks, Cinda Crawford
Host of the Health Matters Show
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Svetlana Vilig 04.16.10 at 7:16 am
When will the regular doctors be trained to find the roots of Fibromyalgia and treat it instead of just prescribing pain medications?When will we hear that Fibromyalgia is treatable but not curable?Right now we just hear that Fibromyalgia has no cure!!!!
When will insurance companies have a code for this disorder?
Why Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Centers do not accept insurance and keep charging thousands of dollars for their treatments?
Cinda Crawford 04.16.10 at 2:29 pm
Well, I’m not sure I can answer your questions in full, but I will make a stab at them. Question 1) Most regular allopathic doctors are not only “not trained” about Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but they don’t have the time to devote to your care when only 7 minutes is allocated for your office visit by the insurance companies. I believe even “extended” visits (which you can request when you book your appointment) are only about 15 minutes, but at least that’s additional time to talk. Since there are no lab tests for Fibro or CFS, doctors are left in a qaundry of accepting your word for what is bothering you or they can try the tender point exam (if they know it) for Fibromyalgia. There is no test at all for CFS that your doctor can perform. Most of the time they are left with ruling out what you “don’t” have. Question 2) “Cure” is a totally medical word; people outside of AMA qualified doctors do not use the word cure. “Treatable” is probably where the illness is now with most doctors, because I think a sick person is darned lucky to get rid of most symptoms. Doctors truly don’t know that the medicines they give you will do more than “treat” some of your symptoms. No cure is implied. The word I like to use in the process with my clients is “heal.” If you heal from an illness, your body, mind and spirit have gone through the process of dealing with it. You come out on the other side of it as a healthier and more symptom-free person. Because of the healing process, you may feel 100% well or just 50%, but because of the whole experience, your body gets a chance to renew it’s knowledge of how to heal and then goes about the process of making it happen. Question 3) A code for Fibro and/or CFS? Well, there are some numbers assigned to different aspects of the illnesses for insurance coding purposes, but I am not aware of any specific numbers yet for Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Maybe that is because they are still classed as syndromes. Until medicine gets a better handle on these illnesses, including making up their minds about what symptoms constitute them and what cause them, we may have to live with this inadequate approach. (You may want to check out a new “coding” situation that could be important to us all.) Question 4) All of the Fibromyalgia and CFS centers and specialized doctor offices that I know about are private pay. I’m sure this is due in part to how thoroughly they approach a patient’s problem. They do many tests that may or may not be considered “reasonable and customary” in approach or cost that an insurance company is willing to reimburse. These types of office visits can be 1 1/2 hours to 4 hours easily. Because all of this is so out of the norm compared to a standard office visit, if I understand right, it’s simpler for the Fibro & CFS doctors to bill you up front for your charges and then you can send in your bill to your insurance company for anything they will reimburse. I hope this comment helps and gives you more info. Anyone who has anything else to add, please feel free!