There are upright MRIs with flexion, extension, and rotational views, or supine CT scans with flexion, extension, and rotational views or 3Tesla supine MRIs. I wanted some sort of cervical traction because my head felt too heavy. Lots of bracing and proper alignment with body posture very necessary. The main thing I know is that NO ONE ever had the slightest intention of solving Jen Brea makes two people with severe, apparently classic cases of ME/CFS who have recovered or are recovering after being treated for craniocervical instability (and in Jens case, tethered cord syndrome). Many young men were killed. Just like a kid has to take plenty of time to learn basic movements, so had I. I speed up the process by systematically decompose the complex movements in its very basic components and I separately trained these slowly. Shes lifting light weights for 30-90 minutes and getting stronger, not weaker. 2012 i again get hit from behind while at a red light from a full speed (50km/hr.). Regenex is another procedure mentioned. If all it took to cure it was a spinal surgery, wed all be jumping up and down with joy. A communication breakdown from the brainstem nuclei to other nuclei in the brain suggested brainstem problems could even be contributing to the motor cortex, i.e. That expels some of the fluid from the tail into the brain part of the bag. When I initially became ill, I had a lot of testing done. Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker and activist. Didnt she had thyroid cancer and removed her thyroid? 1981 - Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer; 1981 - Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player . It was all about money and about her and her film production career. I hope thats so! Finding an unusual treatment that works is fairly typical in people who recover. Ive seen many spinal fusions in my work (though not of this type) and I know recovery from these operations is no walk in the park. With ME we can safely say that the range, strength and control of our skeletal muscles is below par. My name is Jennifer Brea. Also EDS tissue can have a tendency to stretch and droop out of position. I have witnessed first hand that even so-called experts miss other diagnoses and then diagnose someone with ME/CFS. Ill leave Jennifer and others to judge upon how it affects them. Jennifer Michelle Bra and Omar Tomas Wasow are to be married Sunday outside the Aquinnah Lighthouse in Aquinnah, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. A big difference, in pertinent to this article, is our training in CCI. Both Jennifer and Jeff sure do provide a clear story and path to recovery for their case. Re Jen and Jeffs CCI surgery, if in theory their CCI was caused by inflammation triggered by an enterovirus that caused Classic ME in others, why would treating the CCI heal all symptoms, surely some illness would still be remaining? I know many many things can relate to a CFS, just needed to share my journey in order to help keep building that puzzle. Jeff just interviewed someone who recently had the surgery. The difference is important. Maybe, the warrior said. As to but her rapid recovery after 8 years of moderate to severe illness is amazing I wonder: did you not mean moderate to severe ME? I didnt get anywhere. For some people it follows a virus, for others it comes on after a car crash or stressful life circumstances; for others its due to mercury poisoning etc. Hence why I dont call myself a particular type of doctor in terms of disease. I just consider myself a facilitator of healing. I do ice my head and neck almost everyday. 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. #MEAction has always looked to the HIV/AIDS movement for inspiration, and we have learned so much. I dont know about elsewhere in the world. To his surprise he met the criteria. Besides, if I could pick one person to get well one person who, if healthy, could advance our cause the most it would undoubtedly be Jen Brea. Gentle hugs. Brea co-skabte ogs en virtual reality-film, der havde premiere p Tribeca Film Festival. https://www.reddit.com/r/ehlersdanlos/comments/7oro4c/rip_nina_parsons/. Best regards Medicine, as Jen Brea noted in her recent blog, is ever-evolving. Dr. Jennifer Brey, MD. That said, my older family members all have significant forward neck posture. https://www.facebook.com/MegsEDS.MedicalJourney/posts/it-is-with-great-sadness-to-share-this-this-hits-way-too-close-to-home-this-is-n/2302315926661395/. View Jennifer Brea results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. I think theres more to it in Jeff and Jens case. I myself had pectus, which was brushed off as a cosmetic issue. The surgery with a well respected neurosurgeon who does many of these surgeries helped with pain and some symptoms but did not help with CFS-ME. I think its a shame that folks with ME/CFS have been convinced that there is no cure or theres no hope. I had to relearn doing thins as simple as how to stand up from a chair, opening a door and walk through it without bumping into it and how to do corners like walking around the corner of a table. She even changed the color of Royal Blue to Red , Red is HIV She can bend her hand flat on her arm. The teachers go through a rigorous 3 year training (post BA). amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "patientrising-20"; I cant even find the words to let you know how thrilled I am for you! I know. The money issue raises its head no surprise there really. I could hold my head up again. Jen Brea. What Im really hoping, though, is that Jeff and Jens stories are pointing to a problem area that can be helped with other means. We will trial SCIG soon. She made sure to film her worst times her film is cringeworthy, My CFS started 21 years ago. Maybe this piece of information fits into Jennifers recovery story: There is someone on HR forum who has a skeleton structural problem and believes the pelvis takes a key role into this disease. I dont know if you saw my post above about having an incurable condition called interstitial cystitis. Some people with CCI also benefit from home neck traction devices. I also, at the age of 18ish, was involved in not one but two car accidentsone from behind and one from the side. 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. 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. . That is great to hear! wrong country. Yes we more than ever need a good diagnostic test think, though, about how much controversy THAT will raise when some people with clear ME/cFS symptoms, onset and other tests, dont test positive which Im sure will happen! Besides all her ME symptoms, she was having trouble breathing, had flaccid limbs, numb, painful and weak legs, and was experiencing difficulty speaking and thinking. I am increasingly finding it just as frustratingeven maddeningwhen people inside our community refuse to accept that people DO recover from ME/CFS. He didnt consider himself a candidate for the surgery but was living near a center in Germany which could do the tests. Jen has said she believes that mold exposure in Beijing may have triggered her MCAS which may have caused collagen degradation which may have led to the CCI the CCI can also trigger mast cells and immune dysregulation as well as POTS, hEDS, etc. Go figure. Im just reading his book and had a eureka moment. Whether or not she had true ME/CFS is up for debate, but the fact is, her and Jeffs cases could be the catalyst we need for a new direction for research into the complexities of all of these debilitating yet seemingly intricately connected conditions. I agree- its very important! But, because of his broken leg, the warriors son was left behind, and so was spared.. 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,. If he didnt write it up, how many others didnt either? You deserve it so much more than me. Jennifers story provides a clearer picture (and a good example) of how one small thing, like an environmental exposure can, in susceptible people, cause a cascade effect that quickly causes dysfunction, and disability, in the body on so many levels at once. I know few of the above. As a result, I learned that even small regular movements of the pelvis, like every single time I do a cycle of diaphragm breathing, is sufficient to give a single tiny boost of rich oxygenated blood lasting one to two seconds to the brains. Im sure that one day we will all have access to great medical care and the work of yourself and people like Jen sure does go a very long way to this end. I broke my C5 vertebrae and impacted my C4 and C6, so much so that there was no light between C4, C5, C6 on the X-Ray. Doctors told Jen Brea that her symptoms were psychosomatic, so she filmed herself and turned to the Internet for guidance. But the other hand is less delightful. Thanks for sharing this Cort. 1946 - Benjamn Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor . Surprisingly, I find I sleep best with my legs higher than my head. The real hero DownUnder was David Tuller. That was probably due to improving the flow of pooled blood in the legs to the hart. But better not cured. Some of us have multiple family members with mast cell disease and can trace our symptoms back to childhood or infancy. 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. 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? Jennifer Brea I do not believe was ever diagnosed with EDS. With all the other factors Jen and Jeff had the POTS, MCAS, the fact that Jen was taking several drugs that often help with ME/CFS my guess is that she would test positive on Rons test that their brand of CCI/AAI basically caused ME/CFS while other brands of CCI/AAI do not. Lacking those things, a doctor can simply pull the patients head up off the spine in the doctors office, and see if that helps! Maybe they thought cfs was related to these outbreaks: https://www.betterhealthguy.com/episode98, I have found the article below very important and relevant to the topic. Even if treating cranial instability would treat a large percentage of ME patients, itll take plenty of time to train enough professionals to get such numbers of patients treated well. My insurance will not cover this operation, which is estimated to cost approximately $150,000. I love that she went VERY QUIET when she realised it was not in fact ME/CFS but the CCI thing. The gut and its immune system cannot hibernate its defenses. (My words this is technically called asymptomatic localised or generalised hypermoblity) At the other end of our spectrum is hEDS, and in between falls a range of hypermobility-related conditions called hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) (my words these are symptomatic HSD), HSD are likely to be common. Almost every body part is affected. I can work now. Reduced brainstem grey matter volume suggests that the neurons in the brainstem may have been damaged. 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. Her spine is still healing, but it seems its just a matter of time before Jen Breas ME/CFS is totally gone. A 2003 study suggested that reduced motor cortex output was reducing muscle recruitment in ME/CFS and causing fatigue. 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. * There is a small but enduring cycle of spinal fluid being moved from the bag to the tail and vice versa. Decades after falling ill it was corrected. Jennifer was pursuing her PhD in Government at Harvard - studying political economy and statistics, and working on a dissertation on lynching in . I am also copper zinc imbalanced. Jennifer Brea is impacting the world for people living with the invisible disabilities, M.E. We know Jen Brea and her husbands story on an intimate level through Unrest. Im going to try to walk away from this topic now. Maybe not probable but at least possible. Exactly Issue. The same happens for example when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by inflammation blocking good brain liquid drainage. So, if you have some of the more exaggerated symptoms that Jennifer had (more on the uncommon side of ME/CFS), be sure to go to a doctor who has access to this specialized imaging! multi- and mold-susceptible genes Thanks. This has happened maybe 8-10 times in 7 years. Directors Jennifer Brea Starring Jennifer Brea, Omar Wasow Genres The ceremony is to be led by Henry Louis Gates Jr . Dr. Nigel Speight, is one . nice article; good perspective in the article and comments on cures, remedies, recoveries message of hope keep trying, everyone! youve forgotten them or they are lost to you. off of the brainstem. Joint hypermobility with its possible complications is now classified using the idea of a spectrum. He found that 30% required a tethered cord release surgery either before or after their craniocervical fusions. Retrieved June 3, 2019. Also from SCIG and IVIG when autoimmunity involved. The symptoms are VERY similar to many of our ME CFS symptoms. Likes: Hope4, . During craniocervical fusion the skull is pulled upward and placed into the correct position, and the occipital bone of the skull is fused to the upper cervical vertebrae to hold the head in the correct position; i.e. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had something similar. I was bedridden and wanted to find a solution. Im so happy to hear Jen is improving so quickly and doing so well!! Our doctor has a high success rate with this for people with our profile which includes MCAD, POTS_OI and EDS type 3 with autoimmune profile Id be happy feeling better at this point. According to one neurosurgeon, my 2012 MRI (the self-same that my neurologist used to diagnose me with conversion disorder/hysteria) shows very clear signs of intracranial hypertension, most notably a pituitary gland that has been flattened into a pancake. 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. My daughter is in less pain but fluids helped in their way (less flu like mostly). Find Jennifer Brea's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Many people have viral infections but never develop our disease. Tip! But people should have support and pace through these studies and surgeries. At the beginning of May, a 26-minute trailer for the movie . I was always curious over her moderate/severe ME/CFS ?? Thats how genuine he is. 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. That road is what took me to being trained as an Ayurvedic Naturopath, medical doctor, and researcher. The body/being truly does want to heal, and its only a matter of knowing how to support that I can speak from very personal experience, having been erroneously diagnosed with another chronic incurable condition interstitial cystitis. After reading Jeffs account Mattie thought he didnt have CCI/AAI but got it checked out anyway and found, to his surprise, that he did. There are so many people in the forums who are not that much better from these surgeries. 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. All of this was noted in August of 2008 two months after my initial event on June 8, 2008. 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. Most of us with MCAS dont have HAT, so your daughters case is unique. is there one in belgium you know? Ten Ways to Prove ME/CFS is a Serious Illness, Fibromyalgia Central: Basic Introductions to FM, 10 Ways to Prove FM is a Real and Serious Disease, Small Fiber Neuropathy (SFN) Resource Center, The Long COVID Clinical Trials: Big Drugs, Big Studiesand More, The Coronavirus Vaccine Side Effects Poll, Read her story here:Health update #3: My ME is in remission. Someone with HSD can be just as symptomatic, more so even, than someone with hEDS. I had constant vertigo, extreme light and sound sensitivity, sensory processing disorder problems that were so uncomfortable I would beg god to let me die. Cort, A lot of us are going to have these presentations or one of them or none of them because the SYNDROME presentation of Hereditary Alpha Tryptasemia (a mast cell disorder) and the SYNDROME of MCAS is: Hereditary alpha tryptasemia syndrome is a condition characterized by high blood tryptase levels, and by several symptoms associated with multiple organ systems. Brain cells in hibernation dont process information at the same speed and strength. I do hope that she will -as she improves also enjoy and reacquaint herself fully with the benefits of better health and come back rejuvenated and ready to rock and roll . They give me antidepressive pills I wont take. I also wonder if the long term bed rest could contribute to ligament laxity which does make one wonder if CCI/AAI is a more a risk for people with ME/CFS.. It might be best to look for a reputable pain clinic in the area, call them up and ask them about it. 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? Director: Unrest. I use the same process for mental skills. Havent we been through this before? I think the reason that I have problems emotionally with recovery stories is the same as the reason I cant watch inspirational stories on the news. However, I am grateful to at least been able to pursue these different medical tests in a quest for answers. That wouldnt offer a single golden ticket to recovery for us all by having a single medical discovery. Each episode of CFS would start out with cold sores, sore throat, severe fatigue, sleep disruption, achy joints and muscles, etc. Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker who suffered with CFS for a long time, and made an award winning documentary about CFS called Unrest. My bedsheets were brown in a week with toxins..still are. Even though its a spinal condition you dont need to have either I dont believe. Over several years that improved my abilities and life quality from near none to a lot better but still limited. Its not a difficult diagnosis when youre training encompasses actually looking for this. I thought about this during the movie. Thank you for all of your work, and for your tireless advocacy efforts. A huge waste of money. also people like her with plenty of money can access all treatment s. The top docs are only available to the rich, Im amazed people here cannot see that, the majority suffer and the rich can see any doctor. Three months post-surgery hes nowhere near healthy but he is no longer mostly bedridden, his POTS, dysautonomia, headaches and neck pain have disappeared and he has more energy. At one end is simple hypermobility which causes no symptoms, is not a disease and is a trait, like height. Im very happy for Jen and anyone who manages recovery or remission, Im a tiny bit scared of losing her as one of our primary advocates. We have a very different lens in looking at chronic conditions vs internal medicine. 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. 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. Its interesting to me to look at the mast cell angle. Havent figured out the solution to that one yet, though Alexander Technique helps somewhat. And she had suffered from PEM which most of us CFS patients consider a hallmark symptom. I think CCI is just one way mechanical issues may manifest, but it gives us a clue to the importance of head, neck and spine mechanical issues in ME in general. I think that is important and I want folks to understand that I perceived my symptoms as systemic (which obviously they weremy brainstem was compromised!) I think the really compelling thing about mechanical explanations relating to the neck and spinenot just CCI, but mechanical Intracranial pressure, cervical spinal stenosis, etc etc. is that it can potentially speak to two of the biggest puzzle pieces in ME: That helps removing waste out of the brain. 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? Dr. Bolognese told one potential patient on Phoenix Rising to Try cervical traction with your local physical therapist. * I should note I am not sure Ramsey himself described ME as an atypical poliomyelitis (believe Dowsett did and Hyde definitely did), perhaps someone if reading this can confirm, but he did call it was an illness triggered by a virus. I will put that in the blog . His partner, Dr. Chedda, now regularly checks for CCI/AAI. You need an individual practitioner (teacher in Alexander Technique lingo) though there are a few things you can do at home on your own. The addition of EDS in Jens case restricted to the ligaments involved and MCAS adds more layers that folds her into a huge assemblage of ME/CFS/FM/POTS/EDS/MCAS patients. We will work together . Other people can take of that. 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: My body aches and couldnt turn my head without severe symptoms. I was incapable of seeing, walking straight, or talking right some days but yea not serious enough. This is why Im curious if Jens MCAS or mast cell activation came on as a result of environmental trigger (mold) or has a genetic origin. Around 2000, a group of Fibro and CFS patients, including myself, were diagnose with Arnold Chiari Malformation. They have a specific focus on the neck. I cried for you when I watched Unwell, and now Im thrilled to cry tears of joy for your recovery. Yet it did. You mentioned getting the proper imaging for diagnosis. 1) ME causes all cells in the body to work differently compared to before and that includes brain cells. I immediately also got a mixed feeling when reading about her recovery. All of us know that any level of ME/CFS robs us all of so much of what we would want for our lives, this is the one place we dont have to explain that. I had a very long onset, starting with loss of very high functioning memory (both muscle memory and factual memory) approx 18 years ago, with PEM and more severe cognitive issues showing up 4 years ago. Alexander Technique is big in the UK and the US, and probably Canada. However, these policies are limited to in-network providers and facilities. Now that I am walking down this pathway myself, Im experiencing some very contrary feelings, as you discuss. Could Jen and Jeff and the 20 people on Phoenix Rising who have tested positive for CCI/AAI be the ME/CFS wing of CCI/AAI? In fact, the tryptase from the mast cells will likely continue to degrade the collagen, to my understanding, so such a surgery would only be a temporary band-aid for *some* symptoms, not all. 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