Surgery Potentially Best Option For Severe Migraines

ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2009) — The disability from migraine headaches is an enormous health burden affecting over 30 million Americans.

In newly released research, 79 migraine sufferers were followed for at least five years after having undergone detection of migraine “trigger sites” and surgery. The new data finds promising outcomes for treating trigger sites surgically for migraine headaches resulting in elimination of pain for those afflicted with the condition.

Since the surgery, 10 of the 79 patients required additional surgeries for newly detected trigger sites and were eliminated from the final analysis. Sixty-one of the remaining 69 patients (88 percent) have maintained the initial positive response to the surgery. Twenty patients (29 percent) reported elimination of migraines entirely, 41 patients (59 percent) noticed a significant decrease, and only eight patients (11 percent) experienced less than 50 percent improvement or no change.

This new data provides strong evidence that surgical manipulation of one or more migraine trigger sites can successfully eliminate (cure) or reduce the frequency, duration, and/or intensity of migraine headaches with lasting results.

Bahman Guyuron, MD, Chairman of Plastic Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and an internationally recognized leader in the field of plastic surgery, will present new five-year research data that could potentially reveal a cure for migraine headaches on October 24, 2009, at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting in Seattle.

“Migraine headaches are extremely disabling and this surgical option offers hope for migraine sufferers,” says Dr. Guyuron. “Combined with the previous studies, this new five-year data has provided strong evidence that severe migraine headaches and their painful symptoms can be successfully treated with surgery with lasting results.”

The impetus behind Dr. Guyuron’s eight migraine headache research projects was his observation close to a decade ago that many patients who had undergone forehead rejuvenation noticed a disappearance in migraine symptoms following surgery.

For patients who suffer frontal migraine headaches, Dr. Guyuron removes the corrugator supercilii (frowning) muscle group in the forehead that is suspected to be a trigger point for headaches, compressing nerves and causing nerve inflammation. Temple migraine headaches are treated by removing a small branch of the trigeminal nerve. For those patients who suffer from occipital (back of the head) migraine headaches, a small piece of muscle encasing the nerve is removed and replace with a soft tissue flap. When the headaches are located behind eyes and are triggered by weather change, he works on the nose septum and surrounding structures. Dr. Guyruon has performed more than 1,000 of these procedures on more than 450 patients, since each patient has 2.5 trigger sites in average. Analysis of more recent results demonstrates a significantly higher elimination rate.

SOURCE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091025091142.htm

Christmas is Over

Well, Christmas is over, thankfully! Don’t get me wrong, I love it but I am absolutely worn out. I think today I will take down the tree and all of the decorations. I have loads of catching up to do on my University work. I am now officially 5 chapter and one (very boring) “Faber Book of Beasts” book behind. I did manage to read 2 chapters of Plato last night. That was all my poor brain could take in. I managed to crawl into bed around midnight, but I don’t remember going to sleep. My hubby is back at work today….. I don’t know how he does it. He is exhausted. I have been really worried about him lately. He does TOO much! He can’t sit still. Night before last he complained of chest pain, arm pain. I tried giving him asprin, tried to get him to go to the hospital etc, but no luck. There is light at the end though. He has 3 days off next week so hopefully he will actually rest.

My daughter is off school till the first week of January. I will miss her when she goes back, but I know that she will be thrilled to get back. She is too keen to show off her new Samsung touch screen! I now need a vacation to recover from Christmas!

Shabbat Candle Lighting Liturgy

Lighting the Sabbath Candles for Gentiles (Christians) and Jewish Believers in Jesus.

Birth Control, Abortion & The Bible

Most Christians today believe that the practice of birth control is ok, but have they ever stopped to ask themselves what the Bible says about it?

The Bible is very clear on the topic of children/giving birth & abortion. Our pro-death society has been steadily turning from God and showing its hatred of him in many ways. The most popular form of hatred is abortion. The slaughter of the unborn baby is preferred to the stepping up to the challenge of caring for an inconvenient child &an alternative way to solving difficult personal problems. Some have the attitude that children are an inconvenience and that adults have the right to choose when and if to have any.

Abortion

Proverbs 8:36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.

Exodus 20:13 You shall not murder. (REMEMBER THE 10 COMMANDMENTS?)

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Gen. 1:26-28 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Gen. 9:7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.

Gen. 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

1Timothy 5:14 So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.

Malachi 2:15 Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Gen. 2:15-18 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the LORD God commanded the man, You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die. The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

Psalm 127:3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.

Psalm 128 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways. You will eat the fruit of your labor;  blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem, and may you live to see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.

Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

The story of Jacob’s wives Rachel and Leah (and their handmaids) is an account of the Lord opening and closing the womb as he chooses—and this in the midst of human finagling to control the process of birth! (Genesis 29:31-30:24) When it was all said and done, Jacob would speak of his sons as the children God has graciously given (33:5). Refer also in this connection to these passages: Gen. 16:2; 20:18; 48:9; Lev. 20:20,21; Jdg. 13:3,24; Ruth 4:13; 1 Sam. 1:5,11,19,20; Job 42:12,13; Is. 8:18; Lk. 1:7,24,25

Not having children was considered a serious deprivation of blessing (and at times an actual curse) and the barren woman in Scripture invariably seeks relief from her condition. (Gen. 11:30; 15:2; 30:1; Jdg. 13:2; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Sam. 6:23; 2 Ki. 4:14; Hos. 9:11; Lk. 1:7; 20:29)

Birth Control Is Severely Judged
While the term birth control is not mentioned in the Bible there is one example of its practice (this provides us with a pattern to be avoided): Then Judah said to Onan, ‘Lie with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother.’ But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so he put him to death also (Gen. 38:8-10).

Onan had an obligation, later codified in the Mosaic Law (Deut. 25:5,6), to give his dead brother’s wife a child to carry on the name of the deceased and inherit his land and goods. He refused this obligation by practicing a form of birth control. His goal was to prevent his brother from having an heir, and his method succeeded as well as if he had murdered the heir. God killed him for his sin.

God is in complete control of us, and he is good, so we can rest in his loving care. (Matt. 6:25-34; 7:7-12; Phil. 4:19; Rom. 8:28,32)

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Your loving Father would never give you a child without also giving you what you need to raise that child for him. He sees every bird that falls. He knows the number of the hairs on your head. He will care for you and the children he gives you. I think these are very powerful Scriptures. They tell us how important we are to our Heavenly Father. God loves us and wants nothing but good for us. This is what the LORD says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you:

Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 6: 25-34: “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
 ”So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; “and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. “Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, `What shall we eat?’ or `What shall we drink?’ or `What shall we wear? “For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations

 Isaiah 43:7 Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

Isaiah 43:21 The people I formed for myself  that they may proclaim my praise

Temporary abstinence

This practice is required (Lev. 18:19) or approved (1 Cor. 7:5) for other reasons in Scripture. The couple is sovereign over when they engage in the practice (keeping 1 Cor. 7:3-5 in mind).

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1) God is still in charge, and none of his children will die apart from his will.

2) God does have special grace for women in the process of bearing children. But women shall be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love with sanctity with self-restraint (1 Tim. 2:15).

3) Any measure of control that the couple seek to exercise should be through abstinence (as above). Measures that alter the body or render the sex act sterile are never appropriate.

4) The couple must have a humble heart that is ready to acknowledge that any decision of theirs may be wrong and the Lord has a better way.  

People should embrace God’s plan for marriage, including the procreative purpose of sex, and joyfully accept as blessings all the children that God sends them.

Research points to sharp decline in faith in Britain

New research from the National Centre for Social Research paints a bleak picture of declining faith in Britain.

The survey of more than 4,000 people across Britain found that the number of people describing themselves as Christian has dropped in the last 25 years from 66 per cent to 50 per cent.

Read Entire Story Here:

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/research.points.to.sharp.decline.in.faith.in.britain/24930.htm

It’s Snowing!

This is what most in th UK woke up to this morning!! Schools, airports, roads & some public transport closed. Luckily I did grocery shopping yesterday!

Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus

While you examine these scriptures, keep in mind that those of a prophetic nature were written down hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth. Jesus stated: “All the things written in the law of Moses and in the Prophets and Psalms about me must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44) As you can verify in your own copy of the Bible, or online. They were fulfilled in every detail!

Born of the tribe of Judah      

Prophecy: Genesis 49:10  

Fulfillment: Luke 3:23-33

Born of a Virgin         

Prophecy: Isaiah 7:14    

Fulfillment: Matthew 1:18-25      

Descended from King David    

Prophecy: Isaiah 9:7     

Fulfillment: Matthew 1:1, 6-17

Declared by God to be his Son             

Prophecy: Psalm 2:7      

Fulfillment: Matthew 3:17

Not believed In 

Prophecy: Isaiah 53:1    

Fulfillment: John 12:37, 38    

Entered Jerusalem Riding an Ass (Donkey)         

Prophecy: Zechariah 9:9  

Fulfillment: Matthew 21:1-9

Betrayed by a Close Associate   

Prophecy: Psalm 41:9     

Fulfillment: John 13:18, 21-30

Betrayed for 30 Pieces of Silver

Prophecy: Zechariah 11:12

Fulfillment: Matthew 26:14-16

Silent Before His Accusers

Prophecy: Isaiah 53:7 

Fulfillment: Matthew 27:11-14

Lots Cast for His Garments      

Prophecy: Psalm 22:18    

Fulfillment: Matthew 27:35

Reviled While on The Stake

Prophecy: Psalm 22:7, 8  

Fulfillment: Matthew 27:39-43

None of His Bones Broken        

Prophecy: Psalm 34:20    

Fulfillment: John 19:33, 36

Buried With the Rich       

Prophecy: Isaiah 53:9    

Fulfillment: Matthew 27:57-60

Raised Before Corruption        

Prophecy: Psalm 16:10

Fulfillment: Acts 2:24, 27

Exalted to God’s Right Hand

Prophecy: Psalm 110:1    

Fulfillment: Acts 7:56

                                                       

The Hebrew Yeshua vs. The Greek Jesus

Why Are Christians Celebrating Hanukkah?

I found a very interesting article:

http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/happy-hanukkah/

This blog always has great resources….

Neat Discovery!Klezmonauts

Getting ready to put up the tree and listening to some really “different” Christmas music!

I love it – it’s weird, wonderful, odd……. Oy to the world!
http://www.klezmonauts.com/

http://www.klezmonauts.co.uk/

http://www.chrismukkah.com/