UPDATE: please read all the way down as I updated (duplicate in part) the comments as AMAZINGLY more folks poured in thanking CHARLIE and even posting from the fucking hospital. OH MY GOD. They must really think we are so fucking stupid.
This is AT LEAST the half-dozenth time I have caught the St Pete Times lying about, manufacturing and promoting faked-up symptoms and man made or just plain FABRICATED diseases. Not saying EVERYONE who believes or perhaps even has a highly unusual (and likely BULLSHIT) brain problem is deluded. I'm saying they are POISONING PEOPLE IN THEIR YARDS AND CARS and the motherfucking Tampa Tribune and the St Pete Times and probably other major propaganda machines are throwing out enough fake symptoms to toss a noose around some folks and catch a few more property owners for these NAZI MOTHERFUCKING LIARS.
You can always spot the lies.
And, here the st pete times (similar to the time tricky ricky baker had his staff leap on and pad the comments with folks who didn't mind AT ALL that his cops slashed homeless tents ILLEGALLY and WITHOUT (HAHA) his knowledge HAHAHA)
More amazingly, they published MY comment. But, check Jamie2 who amazingly was there at the VERY MOMENT I was and her awe that each commenter had the disease.
Turn that picture sideways and look at it again in the funhouse mirror.
THEY ARE LYING.
We get these same TEMPORARY symptoms from the toxins applied to our yard and car.
I replied to Jamie that more than amazement she should be seeing it for THE BULLSHIT that it is.
Pasco woman copes with rare brain defect
By Jodie Tillman, Times Staff Writer In print: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Lisa Abrahams’ symptoms of a neurological disorder were triggered nearly 2 1/2 years ago by the delivery of her daughter, Katelyn. It turned out to be Chiari malformation, in which part of the brain descends and crowds the spinal cord.
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PORT RICHEY — First came the blurred vision. Then the vertigo, the headaches, the racing heart.
"I started thinking," said Lisa Abrahams, "maybe something was wrong."
It took 1 1/2 years to find out just what that was.
Abrahams, now 31, was diagnosed last June with "Chiari malformation," a neurological disorder in which the bottom part of the brain descends out of the skull and crowds the spinal cord.
This defect puts pressure on the brain and the spine, resulting in symptoms that include dizziness, extreme fatigue and neck pain. Abrahams said her mind sometimes skipped through events; for instance, she would see someone start to smile but then miss the actual smile.
"It's like, 'What happened?' " she said. "I was normal before."
According to a national support group, it appears most people with the defect are born with it. About 300,000 people in the United States are thought to suffer from Chiari malformation, said the group, C&S Patient Education Foundation.
Symptoms, however, tend to develop later in life. Abrahams said doctors believe her symptoms were triggered nearly 2 1/2 years ago by the delivery of her daughter, Katelyn.
Dealing with the symptoms has been a struggle. She can't run around after Katelyn without feeling dizzy. She never knows when suddenly she'll feel off balance.
"I'd get up to walk," she said, "and feel like I was on a boat."
The vagueness of the symptoms has meant many of those who suffer from the defect see doctor after doctor and get test after test before finally receiving a diagnosis. Patients often go five years or more without a diagnosis, the support group says.
Abrahams, who used to work in real estate and is now a stay-at-home mom, said doctors didn't spot the defect in her first MRI.
"The worst thing for people is that doctors don't know enough about it," she said.
A treatment regimen is not clear-cut, either. In August, Abrahams underwent an operation in which doctors removed part of the skull and spine to make more room for her brain.
The operation eased some of the symptoms, though Abrahams still gets dizzy, still feels her face go numb. She said there isn't a lot of direction from doctors about how to live with the symptoms, either.
Abrahams is hoping to at least get people talking about it.
She got Gov. Charlie Crist to declare June "Arnold-Chiari Malformation Awareness Month." (The defect is named for Austrian pathologist Hans Chiari, who first described the malformation in the 1890s, and his colleague Julius Arnold, who added to the definition.)
And she is trying to find other Tampa Bay area residents who suffer from the condition to start a support group, which she believes would be the first in the area.
She knows firsthand that the loneliness of suffering from a little-understood disorder can be the hardest part.
"You feel so isolated," she said. "Nobody understands what you're going through, or even heard of it."
Jodie Tillman can be reached at jtillman@sptimes.com or (727) 869-6247.
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Want to get in touch with Lisa Abrahams about a Chiari malformation support group? E-mail her at chiarigroup@yahoo.com. [Last modified: May 21, 2008 12:29 PM]
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by voxy
May 21, 2008 12:29 PM
oh brother. i was okay til the whole face numbing thing. that one doesn't fit. another man made made up mistake
by Jamie #2
May 21, 2008 12:29 PM
It amazes me to look at these comments and see that every single person either has or is one degree away from someone who has this disorder. Good for Lisa bringing attention to such a common but unpopularized disorder.
by Tony
May 21, 2008 12:29 PM
Lisa, what a blow this must have been. I hope you are doing well. Your baby is so cute. Times, is this hereditary? Genetic?
by Colleen
May 21, 2008 9:14 AM
Lisa, thank you for sharing your story! My 16 year old son has Chiari. It is so important to educate the public on this devastating condition.
by Jamie
May 21, 2008 9:14 AM
I also know what it feels like to have Chiari. I was diagnosed with it 2 months ago. It is hard to know that it is there. But you got to go on. The grace of God will lead you through it.
by Ruth
May 20, 2008 9:33 PM
Thank you for this information. My sister also has this condition and has also been operated. It has been very hard for her also because every one around her are uninformed of this condition. She has had to stop working and give up her independance
by Lymarie
May 20, 2008 7:13 PM
Thanks Lisa, I hope this article helps spreading the word about Chiari,My son suffers from Chiari he is 13. Again thanks
by Amber
May 20, 2008 5:55 PM
Thanks Lisa, I have contacted bay news 9. I hope between your article and the news that we can get this out there. A mother of a 3 year old who was just diagnose with Chiari I in April 2008
by Bryan
May 20, 2008 4:16 PM
i have been living with problems from Chiari since age 13 (1970) I knew little to nothing about Chiari until May of 2006 even though I had surgery for Chiari in July of 1974.I am glad to see the National Awarenss for Chiai
by Joe
May 20, 2008 4:03 PM
Lisa, Thanks for all the hard work that it took, while dealing with Chiari and a special Thanks to Gov. Charlie Crist for recognizing what Chiari is all about. I only wish that there were more doctors that understood the symptoms of Chiari. Being a father with two kids that have Chiari I know what it’s like when you are trying to deal with doctors that just don’t know…From A Dad Who Cares.
NO DOUBT CHARLIE CRIST HAD HIS STAFF LEAP ON, AS WELL.
Just yesterday he signed up the autistic children.
HMMM miraculously coinciding with all the amazing shutting of regular schools to be replaced with autistic schools. AND, now those adoptive parents can siphon some government JACK off to their crooked friends.
Look at it in the funhouse mirror.
You are BEING FOOLED BY USELESS LYING CARNIES.
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It's PRETTY OBVIOUS that charlie's staff is on this: *(future blackjack dealers unite)
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by chris
May 21, 2008 2:52 PM
Thanks Lisa...at least someone is trying to spread the word. Thanks to your Gov. I've had 7 surgeries and more to go but that was because of a car accident which broke my shunt. I am sick every single day. So the more awareness the better.
by Mary
May 21, 2008 2:51 PM
Differnt vital organ, but same lack of available information - LAM (www.thelamfoundation.org). Good luck.
by Jo Anne
May 21, 2008 2:51 PM
Lisa, I live in Fort Lauderdale and would like a support group too. I started having symptoms after a motorcycle accident in 2000. I had a MRI and was found to have Chiari Malformation Type One. I'm now having lumbar problems. Good Luck to All!!!
by voxy
May 21, 2008 2:47 PM
jamie2, Don't you GET IT ?? The st pete times is INFAMOUS currently for publicizing these fake diseases. Isn't it a LITTLE amazing that so many people posted? ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE. No, just plain unbelievable. It's A LIE.
by Thelma
May 21, 2008 2:43 PM
My daughter, age 33, was diagnosed in November and just has surgery, May. He doctor has done this surgery 200 times. I hope for a great recovery. I am at the hospital now.
by voxy
May 21, 2008 12:29 PM
oh brother. i was okay til the whole face numbing thing. that one doesn't fit. another man made made up mistake
by Jamie #2
May 21, 2008 12:29 PM
It amazes me to look at these comments and see that every single person either has or is one degree away from someone who has this disorder. Good for Lisa bringing attention to such a common but unpopularized disorder.
by Tony
May 21, 2008 12:29 PM
Lisa, what a blow this must have been. I hope you are doing well. Your baby is so cute. Times, is this hereditary? Genetic?
by Colleen
May 21, 2008 9:14 AM
Lisa, thank you for sharing your story! My 16 year old son has Chiari. It is so important to educate the public on this devastating condition.
by Jamie
May 21, 2008 9:14 AM
I also know what it feels like to have Chiari. I was diagnosed with it 2 months ago. It is hard to know that it is there. But you got to go on. The grace of God will lead you through it.
by Ruth
May 20, 2008 9:33 PM
Thank you for this information. My sister also has this condition and has also been operated. It has been very hard for her also because every one around her are uninformed of this condition. She has had to stop working and give up her independance
by Lymarie
May 20, 2008 7:13 PM
Thanks Lisa, I hope this article helps spreading the word about Chiari,My son suffers from Chiari he is 13. Again thanks
by Amber
May 20, 2008 5:55 PM
Thanks Lisa, I have contacted bay news 9. I hope between your article and the news that we can get this out there. A mother of a 3 year old who was just diagnose with Chiari I in April 2008
by Bryan
May 20, 2008 4:16 PM
i have been living with problems from Chiari since age 13 (1970) I knew little to nothing about Chiari until May of 2006 even though I had surgery for Chiari in July of 1974.I am glad to see the National Awarenss for Chiai
by Joe
May 20, 2008 4:03 PM
Lisa, Thanks for all the hard work that it took, while dealing with Chiari and a special Thanks to Gov. Charlie Crist for recognizing what Chiari is all about. I only wish that there were more doctors that understood the symptoms of Chiari. Being a father with two kids that have Chiari I know what it’s like when you are trying to deal with doctors that just don’t know…From A Dad Who Cares.
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