DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPT 30! All "bugs" on forum are now fixed! Yeah! So, if you are a creative spoonie, please join us in our "Best Spoonie Art Contest"! You can enter on the forum at Prettyill.com. In this video, Dr. Diana discusses how this will work. Any and all art, music, writing, etc is acceptable, as long as a spoonie (chronically ill patient) has made it! Deadline is … [Read more...] about Best Spoonie Art Contest!
Mast Cell Disease
Should dysautonomia patients get the flu vaccine?
Download NowIt's a tough call for many of us -- should dysautonomia patients get the flu vaccine? We often times will flare with symptoms after the vaccine, but is the flare worse than the flare we'd experience with the flu? It's a decision each one of us grapples with every year! Here's an abstract concerning this tendency to flare. … [Read more...] about Should dysautonomia patients get the flu vaccine?
Diet Sodas Heighten Risk for Vascular Disorders
Download NowImportant information for those of us with vascular disorders. Watch those diet sodas! … [Read more...] about Diet Sodas Heighten Risk for Vascular Disorders
Inspiring! A 15 year old creates detection device for deadly cancers!
Jack Andraka, age 15, wins Intel ISEF award for his device to detect some cancers earlier, more quickly and at a drastically reduced cost than traditional testing. He is my inspiration. Do you doubt that a (geeky) therapeutic optometrist could uncover the layers of many 'invisible illnesses'? Please keep your minds open! Innovative thinking can occur in unexpected places. A … [Read more...] about Inspiring! A 15 year old creates detection device for deadly cancers!
NOW COMPLETED: Symptoms Checklist for EDS
Download NowA checklist for your symptoms. If you have ever had a symptom, please check "yes". You can return this form to me by emailing it back to Clinical_Trials@Prettyill.com. Thank you so much for helping us all! … [Read more...] about NOW COMPLETED: Symptoms Checklist for EDS