In 2006, Jennifer—the co-founder of popular parenting/consumer advocacy site Z Recommends—took her two-and-a-half-year-old to the bathroom at the local Toys R Us store. What she didn't know was that this particular store featured the awesome striking power of the Action Toilet Stall with...

Dr. Laurance Johnston's review of How to Overcome Your Health Problems by Brent Atwater Dr Laurance Johnston : Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Northwestern University. Laurance Johnston became a FDA regulatory scientist, a NIH division director, and director of the Spinal Cord Resea...

During my last exam with my General Practicioner he was examining my stomach area near my ribs and pressed a little too hard. I involuntarily did a sharp intake of breath and said "Ow!". His reply... What is "webduck" up to today? A rant, or a rave? An article about fibromyalgia survival perhaps, or...

Living with unending pain is not an easy thing, it’s not something “you just get used too�, and it is in fact damned hard. Blogging has been sporadic, because of physical limitations from pain. For example, Sunday morning TheMasterOfTheUniverse asked me to make him a couple of bacon sandwiches...

Depression, chronic pain and fibomyalgia are often associated, It is hard to identify which come first. Some people are depressed because they are in chronic pain. Chronic pain is a co-morbidity of depression. One of the most important factors in improving the symptoms of Fibromyalgia(FM) is for the...

I have done all that can humanly be done. There is no help anywhere for my utility bills, and I cannot fucking believe I can't pay them. The bills I kept current for two years to buy this home, I cannot pay. I'm not super-fucking-woman. Now I have all this godamned daylight to contend with...yea! I ...

Today I was going to start tackling all of the sorting and organizing tasks in front of me, but I came home with a migraine that required prescription strength pain meds and I am all fuzzy brained and numb fingered so I am waiting until tomorrow.  Unfortunately, due to my Neurofibromatosis I tend ...

Wish that your friends, family and coworkers had a better idea of what you’re going through? This anonymous letter has circulated on forums and by e-mail for a few years, but is always worth repeating. Letter to people without chronic pain: Having chronic pain means many things change, and a l...

Launched last week, the New York Times' new migraine blog provides patient and expert perspectives on migraine and chronic daily headache. From the first two posts, it looks to be an excellent addition to the growing community of headache and migraine blogs. "Philosophical resignation" is how author...

Another casualty of the War on Drugs is anyone who has suffered a cold this winter. When we get a cough and the sniffles, we run down to Walgreen's and buy one of those multi-combination elixirs that promise to sooth all the symptoms. The problem is they are worthless, unless you want to buy an 80 p...