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New therapeutical success on the CFIDS Protocol in Australia! Impressive follow up report received from Margaret Lambert, a prominent clinical psychologist - November 2006
From: Margaret Lambert marg@margaretlambert.com
Well hello stranger! Lovely to hear from you.
I am doing very well and am living a very full life again, thank you.
Last year I completed my Honours degree in Psychology and now I am working as a Psychologist. I work 3 days a week as set work times at
the Sexual Assault Referral Centre, counselling victims of rape, and the other 2 days a week I work at my own practice, Connect Counselling
Services, which is more flexible in the work times. Sometimes I do after hours on-call work as well, in both work settings. And I am able to have a social life! I still find I need to watch the amount of energy I expend, and I do not do a lot of exercise, although I am able to take a walk a few days a week. So all in all, I am fantastic!!!
It is so good to be enjoying life again. I am aware that I have written quite a bit towards a book on CFS and have not added to it in the last
couple of years (last year taken up with study and this year enjoying life!). I wanted one of the first chapters of the book to be the
medical version of CFS, and it's just occurred to me since receiving your email that you might be the perfect person to write it! I'm sure
you have written about it so often anyway. So there's a proposal for you - do you want to co-author the book?? How about it? If you're
interested we could talk some more about it. Just a thought - let me know. The book has been in the back of my mind for some time and I
really do mean to get back to it sometime.
My daughter Rebecca (your fan!) is at boarding school in Adelaide. She is 15 now and last year she won a scholarship to a school in Adelaide,
for her final 3 years of schooling. This is her first year there and she loves it and is doing well.
Well it was really great to hear from you Nash. I hope everything is going well with you and your family. One day I may get to SA, or you may
get to Darwin!
Kind regards
Marg
Panendoscopy Report
Apparent diagnosis of Crohn's disease in 2003 on Pill Cam. Said to be duodenal and small bowel. Past histoey of CFS treated with micro nutrients and anti-oxidents. Also history of Crohn's. Currently on no treatment and well.
Endoscopic Findings
normal oesophagus with no erosions at the OG junction. Fundus, body and antrum are normal. There is no duodenal narrowing to the maximum extent of vision. Biopsies were taken to look for amy microscopic inlammation
Your Calcium Score gives you an early indicator of coronary artery disease by checking the amount of calcification (hardening) within the coronary arteries (the arteries around the heart).
Coronary Calcium (calcification) is strongly linked with atheroma (coronary artery disease) and is an independent risk factor. For instance a person with low cholestrol and no family history of coronary artery disease could still have a relatively high Calcium Score and therefore be at risk from coronary artery disease.
Generally a Calcium Score under 100 is considered low risk, between 100 and 400 is moderate risk and over 400 is considered to be a high risk. The table below indicates the ranges of scores and the risks associated with that score.
Your Calcium Score however does need to be reviewed in conjunction with your age
Your Calcium Score needs to be assessed in relation to your age. As we age some build up of cacium is normal; it is the faster build up that may be of concern. Say example, while a score of 100 maybe acceptable in a 70 year old - here it will be a relatively low score - it would be abnormally high in someone aged 40. The 40 year old would be enouraged to take active measures to reduce further build up of calcium and thus an increased risk/coronary artery disease through lifestyle modification and possibly drug treatment.
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