Jennifer BreaHealth Update #4: Recovery is a %*#*&$@!In October 2017, at the Q&A following the London theatrical premiere of Unrest, a woman stood up and asked, “Why aren’t you talking about…16 min read·Feb 24, 2020--15--15
Jennifer BreaNew study on “craniocervical obstruction” and MELarge study of ME patients finds high rates of hypermobility, fibromyalgia, signs of intracranial hypertension and Chiari4 min read·Nov 29, 2019--13--13
Jennifer BreaHow infection can damage the cervical spineHow could post-infectious ME result from pathologies like CCI or cervical stenosis? There are precedents. Here are three examples from…9 min read·Nov 9, 2019--10--10
Jennifer BreaPathology: Part II (Could PEM be a symptom of neural strain?)How I think brainstem compression and tension on my spinal cord caused my symptoms of post-exertional malaise9 min read·Sep 4, 2019--9--9
Jennifer BreaPathology: Part I (A walk around my brainstem)How craniocervical instability and brainstem compression might have caused my ME symptoms20 min read·Sep 3, 2019--5--5
Jennifer BreaOnset: Part III (Connections)Why patients with ME might have collagen breakdown, from many causes.10 min read·Jul 10, 2019--10--10
Jennifer BreaWhitney’s playlistA few weeks ago, I had the chance to visit Whitney again. This time, he was going to the hospital to have his jejunostomy tube (“J-Tube”)…6 min read·Jul 8, 2019--23--23
Jennifer BreaOnset: Part II (Mold damage)A virus triggered the onset of ME but it was a mold exposure three years earlier that set the stage.8 min read·Jun 30, 2019--6--6
Jennifer BreaOnset: Part I (Viral onset)It started with a high fever. Of that much I am sure. Like 80% of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), I can remember an infection…8 min read·Jun 23, 2019--8--8
Jennifer BreaStanford researchers looking for ME/CFS patients with CCIThe Stanford Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Center would love the participation of patients with diagnoses of both Myalgic…1 min read·Jun 19, 2019--3--3