Chronic Bits 

Even though Editrix Jenni is not working for a few days during her move, she's still taking submissions for the March 4 Grand Rounds. The theme: New Beginnings. Please send your submission through our contact page, and include a direct link to your post plus a one-to two-sentence description of it. Include the words "Grand Rounds" in the subject line of your message. DEADLINE: 10pm CST Sunday, March 2 - no exceptions. Thanks!

This is a first for ChronicBabe: We've never heard of Morgellons Disease, so this piece about the mysterious condition in the Washington Post was fascinating.

Doctors are starting to use the popular Wii gaming system for physical therapy. It's "Wiihabilitation." Play on, Babes!

It's EstroFest! Dr. Anonymous is eschewing his usually-male guest list and hosting a group of gals on Valentine's Day. ChronicBabe Founder and Editrix Jenni Prokopy will speak live February 14, 9pm EST, on the Dr. Anonymous BlogTalkRadio show. Call in and join the discussion! (Also joining the show: Dr. Val,  Flight Nurse Emily, and Dr. Anonymous himself.)

Quick! Oprah.com readers can download Suze Orman's book, Women and Money, for FREE until the early evening of February 14. Get downloading, Babes—and take control of your dinero! (The book is available in Spanish, too...fantastico!)

Our pal Paula Kamen, author of All in My Head, posted a terrific column the other day in the New York Times on life with chronic daily headache. We're not overstating when we say Paula's one of the strongest voices women have today in the health sphere—we consider her work required reading for ChronicBabes! (And a bonus: listen to her on NPR's Talk of the Nation.)

Our pal Amy Tenderich, creator of Diabetes Mine, took a turn in Newsweek's My Turn column recently. Rock!

This week's Grand Rounds at Diabetes Mine is excellent, and Change of Shift at Nursing Voices has more great health writing for you. Good reading, Babes!

Get out the vote today, Babes! It's Super Tuesday (and Fat Tuesday, which I guess makes it Super Fat Tuesday) and it's time to make your voice heard! Still undecided? Check out Health 08—a Kaiser Family Foundation resource on the candidates' health positions.

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This show on fibromyalgia from American University Radio features Frances Bremer, spokesperson for the National Fibromyalgia Association; two physicians; and Alex Berenson, who wrote the New York Times article that got everyone's undies in a bundle. Editrix Jenni finds Berenson's opinions during this program to, once again, be incredibly biased, condescending and frustrating. But the whole conversation is worth listening to!

Our pal Laurie Edwards at A Chronic Dose has written a gratitude post, which we just love. Read on for some great perspective on balancing illness stuff and the rest of your life.

A quick update: Here's some info from the American Pain Foundation on the latest media coverage of the fibromyalgia "debate." (It's in quotes because there SHOULD NOT be a debate. Ridiculous!)