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...

Two weeks ago a ball joint failed catastrophically in my car, taking out everything within a one foot radius of it.  I suspect it overheard my wife talking about having a few spare dollars.  It cost `only’ eight hundred dollars to remove it from the shop. A week ago, my wife heard some squea...

:a108: I have been taking oxycodone and percasets for about 3 years now for chronic back pain. Started out with a script from a doctor. Then when I lost my job and had no insurance I found someone who would sell me a hefty amount each month real cheap. I liked them in the beginning so I just took th...

:a108: I have been taking oxycodone and percasets for about 3 years now for chronic back pain. Started out with a script from a doctor. Then when I lost my job and had no insurance I found someone who would sell me a hefty amount each month real cheap. I liked them in the beginning so I just took th...

Hi friends, First of all i'd like to say i am very blessed to have found this site. I look forward to signing on and participating in the meetings and chatting with fellow addicts. It really makes you feel like you are not alone and there are people out there sharing the same illness as you that are...

Okay, a little background first. 3 years ago I had major surgery, a pyloroplasty, which involves repairing the pyloric valve at the bottom of the stomach. It was almost completely scarred shut when the endoscopy was done, and they couldn't even get the scope past the valve. I have a 'zipper' from be...

Seriously, my time would have been better spent picking up dog crap in the back yard. I filled out all my paperwork ahead of time (they sent out a packet in advance), my appointment was at 10 this morning, I walked out of there at 1 this afternoon, and spent 10 minutes with the specialist. Does that...

I’m so mad!  I just did all of my Christmas shopping online this weekend, and tonight I received a message from the National Fibromyalgia Association that you can shop on amazon.com and they will donate 15% of your sales to Fibromyalgia. You can read more about it here or at: http://www.fmawa...

Hello and thank you for reading, this is my first post. I am 26 years old, live in Virginia, and have been in recovery in a Methadone Maintenance program in Washington DC for six years. I was on a very high dose for a long time, and have been slowly reducing. I am currently at 90mg, and hope to be c...

Hello and thank you for reading, this is my first post. I am 26 years old, live in Virginia, and have been in recovery in a Methadone Maintenance program in Washington DC for six years. I was on a very high dose for a long time, and have been slowly reducing. I am currently at 90mg, and hope to be c...