One person diagnosed with CCI reported on the Phoenix Rising forumsthatmanual traction (having someone pull on ones head while lying down) can help, and prescription drugs have resulted in major improvements. I had something similar. There are 21 other people named Liz Delany on AllPeople. The winner for one recent onset but severely ill patient was desmopressin something that doesnt work that well for most. Neurosurgeons advocating surgery of this nature are preying on ill people with ME who are desperate for cure. View Jennifer Brea results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. It was all about money and about her and her film production career, Agreed. Amy, re raising your head or raising your feet for sleeping: I found raising my head (through one of those anti-reflux cushions) killed my neck! Ehlers Danlos has that plus a bunch of other issuesGI issues, stretchy skin, thin skin, easy bruising, abnormal scarring, prolapse, blue sclera, etc, plus all the comorbidities (POTS, MCAS, migraines, etc). I directed the Sundance documentary UNREST and co-founded #MEAction. I was recently diagnosed with Pyroluria. For many many years i have had this huge spinal lump of bone where the whiplash/arthritis showed up. It was a bit devastating at the time, but I just carried on thinking my memorisation capabilities would return. I couldnt find any information on that so maybe it doesnt. Im 41 now. Likes: Hope4, . Rheumatoid arthritis is a main cause of CCI. The teachers go through a rigorous 3 year training (post BA). amzn_assoc_height = 250; That was probably due to improving the flow of pooled blood in the legs to the hart. Im pretty sure my ME has a biomechanical cause. Certainly her CCI/AAI diagnosis is now the correct one but its interesting that neither her nor Jeff fit a typical CCI/AAI diagnosis either. Thats how genuine he is. Dejuergen, if in theory Jen and Jeffs CCI was caused by inflammation triggered by an virus why would treating the CCI heal all symptoms, surely some illness would still be remaining? For me, the recovery stories provide hope and are a sign not to give up, to stay curious, to keep reading and asking questions. Nickel is an every single food, pretty much. so I am desperate, said and angry to. Thanks. It was a bad diagnosis and all it does is distract from the work at hand to funnel money into the diagnostic test and other symptom minimisation research. The exray shows major arthritis from the first accident many yrs prior. To know a real recovery story from cfs and ALL illnesses without any medication and surgery, check out Julia On Health, Ive just finished watching Unrest which is how I came to this site. Raquel (form Brazil), http://dysautonomia.com.au/fibromyalgia-syndrome/. A huge waste of money. I am happy that Ms. Brea health is vastly improved and perhaps even cured of her malady, but she never did have our thing. Dr Perrin explains the back-flow issue in really simply terms making it easy for the layman to understand. But the short shot effect felt to be beyond just having more oxygen in the blood as the effect lasted a few seconds only each time. Ventralbrainstem compression is not always seen in traditionalsupine MR imaging but its usually very evident on dynamic upright imaging which has the patient flex and extend their neck. One liter of saline x5 week dripped slowly at night took away flu like symptoms. Would it be possible for you to follow De Meirleirs regime for some symptom relief while you wait for the world to catch up? People too often tout X as the recovery method when the recovery may well have been just a coincidence; you never know unless you do controlled trial. It did worsen my instability, which is how I got diagnosed and treated. And she had suffered from PEM which most of us CFS patients consider a hallmark symptom. extremely elevated cortisol awakening response High oxidative and nitrosative stress can also damage the brainstem. Trying to move, work, think, speak while your body is in hibernation causes plenty of damage, metabolic waste, inflammation. Sweet is a neurosurgeon in Cleveland, Ohio and is affiliated with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.She received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of . Mattie, a web developer in the Netherlands, had a gradual onset, of ME/CFS in 2010 and slowly declined over time. Having your senses reporting different information about speed and position makes it worse. It means we get to see people like Jennifer Brea as being new or hybrid types in the context of both CCI surgery and future treatment. What an unbelievable relief that must be. Pt I The Brainstem Series. https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2019/05/29/spinal-stenosis-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia/#comment-874284, https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/13193/hereditary-alpha-tryptasemia-syndrome, https://www.mechanicalbasis.org/interviews.html, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648738/, via the dysregulation of immune signals traveling from the vagus nerve to the brain, via activation of the many mast cells found in it, via problems with its regulation of the autonomic nervous system. I have been trying to find someone who does cranial sacral massage but since I live in Hilo, I cant find anyone who does it (at least correctly). And I do appreciate any new information about anyone recovering or improving a lot and how they got to this point. Then, in 2018, after surgery for thyroid cancer, I developed central apnea that caused me to stop breathing every time I turned my head or laid on my back, whether I was asleep or awake. Havent figured out the solution to that one yet, though Alexander Technique helps somewhat. It has helped a lot with my pain and function, though not a cure. Surprisingly, I find I sleep best with my legs higher than my head. My bedsheets were brown in a week with toxins..still are. CHIARI-1 MALFORMATION 8mm, rounded morphology (08/07/2008); 5mm, peg-like morphology (08/26/2014), Mild CROWDING OF THE FORAMEN MAGNUM (08/07/2008), DIMINISHED CSF PULSATION IN THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THE FORAMEN MAGNUM (08/07/2008), Mild degenerative changes are present throughout the cervical spine with posterior disk bulges from C2-C3 to the C6-C7. The first surgery was done by the doc in NY and they tried to repair it in UK afterwards, according to one of her relatives email to me. Instead my doctor sent me to PT and it helped.for awhile. I wouldnt be surprised if Jennifers operation helped drain toxins from the spine. Whatever kind of CCI/AAI she had, it was different from what hed seen before. She made sure to film her worst times her film is cringeworthy, My CFS started 21 years ago. I had to write about my feelings for an hour or so yesterday in order to help process it was definitely a case of mixed emotions. Already those who were caught up in the publicity of this high profile case are starting to twist their explanations of what happened. Moderate to severe ME equals to severe to devastatingly severe illness IMO. She also helped to found MEAction and has fought for recognition for CFS. Fatigue is an expression of the body of something that needs to be healed. Her office accepts new patients. Thank you so much for this article, and care you have taken. Ive been working on intentionally breaking that suspected cycle at multiple points within it all at once whatever parts I can most easily get my own two hands on and have had far more success with that approach than my previous, more scattered, attempts.). She saw a world renown surgeon and we are very happy with the surgery. She ditched her wheelchair seven weeks ago. Its now enabled 20 people to be diagnosed with CCI/AAI and three are undergoing surgeries. 1946 - Benjamn Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor . After spending over $200K on more traditional treatments, mold avoidance did it for Joey. I immediately recognized her CFS the first time I saw her by the way she sits. EDS does run in his family. My difficulty swallowing remains unchanged but I was told if the osteophytes increased in size and I couldnt swallow, I would have to have surgery. Jennifer Brea 2.8K Followers http://jenniferbrea.com More from Medium Mark Schaefer 20 Entertaining Uses of ChatGPT You Never Knew Were Possible Mehek Kapoor in Stories From Heart This woman. I will not give up. Jen never had ME/CFS. Thanks Cort, for reporting on this and other stories of recovery. When doctors could not figure out what was wrong with me, I faced intense medical skepticism and neglect. It also did a number on my lower back. We could not avoid the unsafe people during this process that took us at least 3 years and only one surgery accomplished. A chronic illness or disability can affect an adolescent in many ways: Complicating their development of independence Interfering with their connection to peers Introducing a new set of emotional conflicts during . Among the first thoughts I had upon learning of Jens recovery was that if this is what it takes a rare diagnosis and neurosurgery if thats what it really takes to recover, I dont know that thats ever going to happen. The surgery itself is very harsh to the body. Theres no doubt this is not the easy way out for ME/CFS. Not sure how available nutritional supplements are in NZ, but Huperzine A is well known in Chinese and Indian medicine. I learned about 2 months ago that Dr. Bolognese read my cervical MRI (standard supine is all he needs, unlike some others) as possible CCI, and have since begun the physical therapy routine that he uses as part of diagnosing whether the MRI findings are clinically significant. Olathe Health Integrity Spine Surgery Doctors Building 1 20375 W. 151st St., Suite 105 Olathe , KS 66061 913-355-8100 913-303-5510 Hours of Operation Monday - Friday: So I was forced to an FMT; my last resort. If he didnt write it up, how many others didnt either? Merck reported that symptom improvement during a procedure called Invasive Cervical Traction (ICT) where ones head is pulled upward by a pulley system can help diagnose CCI/AAI. Not knowing the problem at hand might be even more complex then anticipated doesnt magically makes the problem easier to solve. Lets go back to Naviauxs research and Ron Davis comments on it. This was a misdiagnosis plain and simple. It sounds to me like it turns out that Brea never had ME/CFS/Fibro in the first place. The same happens for example when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by inflammation blocking good brain liquid drainage. These symptoms may include allergic-like symptoms (skin itching, flushing, hives, or anaphylaxis); gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation (often diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome), heartburn, reflux, and difficulty swallowing; connective tissue symptoms such as hypermobile joints and scoliosis (often diagnosed as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobile type); heart symptoms such as a racing or pounding heartbeat or blood pressure swings sometimes with fainting (frequently diagnosed as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS); as well as behavioral problems. This is not an example of remission or a recovery from ME/CFS. Im about to have my first consultation with one of his associates this week. All these things (for some people at least) help the body eliminate toxins. Its easy to see how a borderline structural problem can become problematic when the muscles cant keep good posture. Dean, I couldnt agree with you more. I have been following Jennifer Brea since her appearance and outstanding presentation given at the TED. Hibernation itself is a damaging process if the patient isnt doing a winter sleep like a squirrel. low testosterone (possible sign of infection?) Birdie, I agree; I do not understand the whole process of doctors reporting things. So at the end of all this, despite having extremely high IgG and a very low NK count, I need to eliminate the possibility of CCI/AAI. The need to get the news out to make sure that everyone benefits is one reason we need strong advocacy networks everywhere now. That said, I dont blame patients objecting to this kind of recovery story. Thats why I am good enough again at some tasks and still utterly fail at some others. If you have a diagnosis of ME or CFS, meet the Canadian Consensus (CCC) or International Consensus (ICC) criteria, and have already been assessed for a mechanical/structural craniocervical or spinal problem by a neurosurgeon, was the result positive or negative? But it is just too hard to imagine that given what we already know of CFS and its known risk factors. I would love to know how your consultation went. Who is the agent for Jennifer Brea? It is a cholinesterase inhibitor like Mestinon, available over the counter. Jen I just really hope it works, and not only longterm, but for the rest of your life. So, its a matter of reducing the amount of nickel. Surgery is considered the last option a good thing, as Jeff lists only four neurosurgeons (3 in the U.S. and one in Europe) proficient in this kind of surgery. The difference is important. This is one of the problems with ME/CFS is that it is a truly a diagnosis of exclusion. The interview includes a particularly good discussion of the doctor and the decision to have the surgery. Terri Wilder, M.S.W. I know this is how ME started but its been decades and were no further on the atypical poliomyelitis front. low pancreatic elastase Its wonderful work you are doing, Cort! Will be interesting to hear what Ron Davis, Don Staines, Naviaux & others think of this Recovery from ME/CFS due to corrective surgery alone! After three years and a dozen doctors started taking cortisol tablets and experienced immediate relief. Fast forward to aprox. I benefit enormously from neck traction-like interventions like the neck hammock. Rather then potentially never having had ME, they may have addressed a key component of ME: dis-regulated blood flow in the brain due to blocked spinal cord movement and spinal fluid flow. kryptopyroluria glad for jen ofcourse. Don't miss another one. Directors Jennifer Brea Starring Jennifer Brea, Omar Wasow Genres * The brain part of the spinal fluid bag sees each breath a wave of contraction / expansion or more pressure / less pressure. You are right though Cort that it raises some difficult emotions. Showing up at doctor appointments with published information is the only way I have persuaded doctors to do testing or try treatments. 1) ME causes all cells in the body to work differently compared to before and that includes brain cells. I know many many things can relate to a CFS, just needed to share my journey in order to help keep building that puzzle. From someone on the Cusack protocol FB group: Hypermobility disorder is diagnosed when the symptoms are primarily joint related. Her POTS disappeared in March. via a stunting of the anti-inflammatory response. I take it at night Help me fall asleep and most of the time sleep through the night . Not one doctor of have seen has reported anything. Jeff just interviewed Mattie three months post surgery. Wait times to get the surgery done can obviously be long. Hope that it could happen to us. Van Elzakker pointed to four ways the brainstem may be involved in ME/CFS: See The Brainstem, Vagus Nerve, Neuroinflammation and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The VanElzakker Way. So my personality, hopes and ability to enjoy life has decreased dramatically. I had 4 episodes of viral thyroiditis before I had it removed. It is wonderful to see these kinds of stories, and for so many reasons. Alexander Technique is big in the UK and the US, and probably Canada. Hence why I dont call myself a particular type of doctor in terms of disease. I just consider myself a facilitator of healing. Maybe the comments I made on https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2019/05/29/spinal-stenosis-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia/#comment-874284 can answer your question. She describes how her online community helped her find the right diagnosis. Thank you for all of your work, and for your tireless advocacy efforts. However, I am grateful to at least been able to pursue these different medical tests in a quest for answers. I suspect I hope Dr Perrin is on the right track. I do ice my head and neck almost everyday. He made a conscious effort to use his journalism background and reputation to arrange appointments with key Government decision makers. Simran Hans @heavier_things . Good luck and keep the hope up . The symptoms matched. That road is what took me to being trained as an Ayurvedic Naturopath, medical doctor, and researcher. amzn_assoc_width = 265; What this paper,(and the Jennifer Brea case as well) shows once again is the importance of a proper workup by a good physician to rule out all potential causes of their symptoms. II, Spinal Stenosis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia: The Spinal Series #2, An interview with Mattie three months post CCI/AAI surgery, Health update #2: My POTS is in remission. Huperzine A caused tummy issues with me, as did mestinon. E.g. Thank you, thank you, thank you. One quick clarification: I didnt have overt neck symptoms until after my thyroid surgery. Although things arent easy for me, I consider myself quite lucky (so to speak) in CFS terms, knowing how many sufferers are sadly much worse than me. For those of us still with ME/CFS, look to others who are not flashes in the pan. The larger bugbear for me, however, is the issue of money. I believe Ive had CCI for over 25 years which doctors have refused to image properly. It shows how variable this all is some people get helped with the opposite practice. Decades after falling ill it was corrected. Jennifer Brea er en amerikansk dokumentarfilm filmskaber og aktivist. Good luck on your ongoing search. All possibilities to heal should be pursued. Found 20 colleagues at Drexel University. June 1st will mark one year since my full recovery. The hypothalamus is unable to function properly which results in toxins back-flowing into the brain and spinal chord (both of which dont have a proper lymphatic drainage system) instead of being eliminated efficiently and quickly by the liver. The other big distinguishment between the two paradigms is in Western medicine people identify with their disease. They are their disease. I like bringing these two worlds together because as a medical doctor I have the tools to hunt down every possible thing that could be contributing to fatigue. I'm now in full remission. So if this mechanical pumping action were important enough for brain blood flow and waste removal then having ME rigid neck and back muscles (and other stuff like connective tissue problems) should pose a challenge to the health of our brains. My daughters illness started with swollen lymph nodes, mouth and nose ulcers, extreme fatigue, low grade fevers, muscle and joint pain, exercise intolerance, POTS. It was major for me discovering I need to fight inflammatory issues, as I have always been thin and didnt understand it is not related with weight. Jeffs publication of his story may have saved Jens life. The encouraging news from Jeff and Jen (and now, hints of such from @mattie and @StarChild56) make the prospect of this being the solution all the more real. Thanks. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "patientrising-20"; BTW, there were several miraculous recoveries from brain stenting as well. We will trial SCIG soon. Do we know of any MEEPS beyond Dr. Rowes three who have recovered or had major improvements in their ME after spinal stenosis surgery with or without fusion? However, these policies are limited to in-network providers and facilities. This is another interesting bit of research that fits in with the above: Reduced brainstem grey matter volume suggests that the neurons in the brainstem may have been damaged. (Recently Ive come to view my own condition as more of a cascading, self-perpetuating cycle, rather than a linear cascade. and am even sobedridden I could not go to see a specialist or getting at a hospital. I havent read the comments above, it occurs to me that Jen would have failed the nano-needle (Ron Davis)/intracellular phenylalanine (Karl Morten)/mitochondrial fragmentation (Bupresh Prusty) tests. Kaiser Permanente Inglewood Medical Offices is a medical group practice located in Inglewood, CA that specializes in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine. I absolutely feel she should not feel any guilt. Best regards If you cant access Mestinon, you might consider trying the nutritional supplement Huperzine A. Yes. It isnt the best technique to do so as its fairly aggressive to the back but I often felt a clear surge, fresh flow of rich oxygenated blood to the head. We may have weird neurological symptoms that do not squarely fit onto any list, and a growing number of us (not without some controversy!) But if people are having improvements from cervical spinal stenosis surgery, why would we not count them all together? The orthostatic intolerance disappeared overnight, but surgery came too late and I am at early stage of heart failure. Jennifer Brea 2.8K Followers Maker of @unrestfilm. After other possible conditions are excluded, a diagnosis of generalised hypermobility spectrum disorder may be made here. Sadly, no matter the current confusion out there, MECFS remains a diagnosis of exclusion. Theyre probably a lot easier to get a hold of than a neurosurgeon. The only thing that stands out in my mind are a series of incidents where I was looking down at my phone, texting with someone, when I almost lost consciousness. Congratulations and thank you for your work !!!! And right around the time that I got the sickest, I experienced a neck injury from a hair salon wash basin (they had me in it for 20 minutes and my neck was killing me afterwards and almost immediately my health took a turn). It started when I learned that bigger of these movements could help turn down a very rapid hart beat in the late night to a normal one. My symptoms start after I do too much work/exercise that includes my shoulders and neck. [-] jenniferbrea 2 points 11 months ago* Mestinon helped me a lot. Jennifer Brea, Counselor, Lyndhurst, NJ, 07071, Seeking counseling therapy takes courage, willingness to invite change, exploring difficulties, and learning new strategies. Please note: You may need to reduce your dosage or cycle off it periodically if it becomes less effective. (herpes 4 seems to be the current candidate). First of all, Im super happy about Jennifer Breas recovery and for new directions for research to go in that this brings about. In that same view, if both my keen senses and my PT and my views on how things connect to each other are correct and play an important role in the brain blood flow and waste removal, having such spinal problem solved would touch to (part of) the core of ME disease. Thanks! In it, bone marrow concentrate (BMC) containing a stem cell fraction (same-day stem cell procedure) is injected directly into the lax ligaments. At one end is simple hypermobility which causes no symptoms, is not a disease and is a trait, like height. Thanks. A good physiatrist is amazing, but Ive found, a little hard to find in the US. Mattie, a web developer in the Netherlands, had a gradual onset of ME/CFS in 2010 and slowly declined over time. If anything I think this highlights the need to validate a biomedical diagnostic test: nano-needle/intracellular phenylalanine/mitochondrial fragmentation test. When I initially became ill, I had a lot of testing done. amzn_assoc_link_id = "YV25CNBNF26YD2J5"; So maybe at the core of ME is pro-active hibernation with the body waiting out a problem it cant resolve all by itself but very actively trying to provide, restore, improve and replace vital affected functions just to allow us to survive long term and hopefully even do so with very few permanent damage. Theres a potential dark side as well which Jen Brea alludes to the survivors guilt for her of getting better while others continue to suffer and possibly a feeling of getting left behind by those who havent recovered. I think I am going to pursue this neck thing, return to PT for my neck and maybe try a cervical collar. Worauf Sie als Kunde bei der Auswahl der Nici qid achten sollten. I would put anyone whos in a wheelchair as having a severe illness however. We have had to deal with mountains of misinformation over the past 30 years, with a long line of false hopes, quack treatments and cures. Lets have respect for those who have suffered and not discredit them or what they experienced when they recover. Is a powerful reminder not to give up and to push for help. Her symptoms caused by the brain stem compression & tethered spinal cord were just very similar to the symptoms of ME/CFS, she has surgery to correct the spinal & vertebrae/brain stem deformity & all the symptoms have gone!! Chiaribridgesreported that the ideal tests to diagnose CCI and AAI are an uprightMRIwith flexion and extension (bending ones head forward and backward as far as one can) and a 3D CT with rotational views, respectively. At an attempt to throw it all at the wall and see what sticks. She is good on telling how things are connected to each others and hinting to what I should feel when doing something. The fact that the damage correlated with autonomic nervous system problems suggested brainstem problems could be affecting exercise, sleep, the gut and cognition. How does that line up with improving fatigue? Since valacyclovir those symptoms are not near as severe. For more info call me at 650-868-0603, Hi! Omar Wasow, Jennifer Brea and Anna Deavere Smith attend the HBO "Notes from the Field" Sundance Dinner at The St. Regis Deer Valley on January 20,. That sounds like a lot and it is neither craniocervical instability (CCI) and tethered cord syndrome are easy to diagnose and are even more difficult to get treated but her rapid recovery after 8 years of moderate to severe illness is amazing. movement problems in ME/CFS. Would you share the Hyperzine product thats working for you? Its possible that an enteroviral infection could be causing the ligament laxity issues in CCI. Just wanted to say that the Perrin technique, mentioned above, plus other osteopathic techniques, did nothing to me. I can sympathize from bed with your suffering, but can only be amazed at your courage to undergo such surgeries. I will put that in the blog . These people fought and triumphed. Again, none of this has been a cure but with pacing, infection and stress avoidance, and staying within preset limits (total daily steps and anaerobic heart rate), Im less sick and have an improved, albeit still limited, quality of life. Being able to write an article that reflects both the happiness for Jen and being pleased for any of us who find a way back whilst recognising there are other complex emotional responses going on is an honest thing to do. The other thing that happens is that the tension in the brain part of the bag rises a bit. She's even a certified medical acupuncturist! For the first seven years of illness, I had no symptoms I associated with my neck. 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