MY FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE CLASSES WILL BE FINISHED!!!

 I FOUND OUT THAT ACCREDI-PRO WA functional medicine license (s), my lessons, and everything are still there on the new website! I can finish my course and get my 

I got an email from "Trustpilot" asking me to rate them. After I did, I was contacted, and all of my classwork I did and everything to finish to get my functional medicine diploma is still there!!!

25 YEARS LATER - 9/11

It seems nearly impossible that it's been 25 years! So many things have happened since then, and the road continues ever widening... a new direction, some good, bad, and/or indifferent...As I had written on my Facebook page, like MOST of us, we recall that moment we found out the first plane had hit the first tower… from there we continued to be saturated by what was happening… and we didn't have a clue what would happen over the next moments, hours, and days ahead...The silence is deafening, and the courage remains...My recollection of the events of 9/11/2011

Licensed to Treat, Unprepared for Pain

                Licensed to Treat, Unprepared for Pain

            Licensed to Treat - Pain Foundation"

"... Even though pain is the #1 reason Americans seek medical care—with chronic pain affecting one in four U.S. adults—most health care providers receive fewer than 10 hours of formal education on how to treat it. Imagine entering your career tasked with healing—yet never being taught to address your patients’ most common and debilitating complaint...."

Voluhneeriing Opportunities for Local Hospita land/or your local facility

 Volunteering for your Local Hosptial
I'm volunteering for our local hospital, but many other hospitals could use your skills... and time

   

                         Volunteering Ennis

My hospital has had a long-standing presence of "pink ladies" volunteers who have been around since I was a teenager. They have gotten older, and some are on rolling walkers. They need help. Severak gave already retired, and Several is going to. They are unable to do the things. If you feel compelled, please contact your local hospital. nursing home or other facility that could use a hand..,

National Pain Month - Pain Foundation

NATIONAL PAIN FOUNDATION - SEPTEMBER IS PAIN AWARENESS MONTH

 https://uspainfoundation.org/news/licensed-to-treat-

unprepared-for-pain/

Right Shoulder Nerve Block and Other Issues....

 Keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

I’ve been having a difficult time for several weeks... Much to do with Memorial Day... some know Jim, and I met on Memorial Day 2003.

I have times when it really hits me hard. It did 3 years ago much the same.

I’m supposed to have a “nerve block” out in my right shoulder on Monday. My pain specialist is going to inject the nerve at the hospital. IF I am lucky enough to get 50% PAIN RELIEF OR MORE, they can put a trial of a “PNS.” Percutaneous Nerve Stim”..IF it works, I would have MORE RANGE OF MOTION AND PAIN RELIEF! They do a trial with a wire about 8 inches long, which is attached outside of the body, and use a wireless device that I control to help with the pain. I was concerned about my oacemkaer since they can run on the same frequency!

My Cardiologist said my Medtronic Azure pacemaker is fine. It is the most current one. The only other upper one is now leadless. So, you have no wires running from the device to your heart.

I’ve been attending. a new church the past two Sundays! I love the music and enjoy the people. and LOVE the music!

PLUS!!! I applied to be a “Pink Lady” at our local hospital! I enjoyed being a “Candystriper” when I was a teenager!

I am not online much now. Between lawn work and all these days entail, I am overly busy!

MY ONLY issue is that my pain specialist uses a hospital that is near Waco, in Hillsboro. But they also specialize in pain manage

ment procedures. He uses it only, so I know he has a good reason. I need someone to take me because they will put me out. We are working on that to make sure I have someone to drive me.

I was going to go to the church tonight for a weekly meeting. But, I have run all day long, mowed, done other lawn work, run errands, and honestly, I am exhausted!

Can RA(Rheumatoid Arthritis) be stopped or prevented in early stages

Can RA be stopped before it gets bad or can it be stopped?

 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/1/29/can-rheumatoid-arthritis-be-prevented

"In particular, trials have been performed in people who tested positive for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide, or who have other risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis. These risk factors include joint pain and subclinical joint inflammation, which is when an imaging study, like magnetic resonance imaging, sees joint inflammation that can’t be seen by a clinician examining the joints.

To date, almost all of these trials have used immune drugs that are commonly used to treat full-blown rheumatoid arthritis, such as methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine and rituximab. Researchers have been testing whether a short course of any of these drugs could lead to a lasting reset of the immune system and prevent rheumatoid arthritis from developing"...

The Most Dangerous Drug in Canada ( and probably in the USA)

By the Pain News Network

The MOST dangerous drug in Canada! and probably the USA

 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/2/5/the-most-dangerous-drug-in-canada-is-not-prescription-opioids#google_vignette

Injectable Gel May Be Long Term Solution to Chronic Low Back Pain by Pain News Network

 

Injectable Gel May Be Long-Term Solution to Chronic Low Back Pain 

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/1/25/injectable-gel-may-be-long-term-solution-to-chronic-lower-back-pain

"An experimental hydrogel continues to show promise as a long-term treatment for chronic low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease.

Findings from a feasibility study, recently published in the the journal Pain Physician, show that 60 patients with low back pain had significant improvements in physical function, low back pain, and low leg pain a year after Hydrafil gel was injected into their damaged discs....

Prohibition Medicine and the Collapse of Patient Safety "Pain News Network"

Patients Are Much More Ill, and They Continue to suffer from a lack of Proper Medication

..."For more than a decade, the United States has been running a vast, uncontrolled policy experiment in medical care. Under the banner of “opioid reduction” and “overdose prevention,” regulators have steadily restricted, stigmatized, and in many cases effectively eliminated access to stable, physician-supervised treatment for pain, anxiety, and other chronic disabling conditions."

 painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/1/20/prohibition-medicine