In this massive wave of the opiate epidemic washing over pain patients, people are asking what is there to replace the treatment we had that
Category: chronic pain
The story we tell ourselves
You know I have been chronically ill since I was a kid, but, oh, it got worse. But the story I used to tell myself
Pacing tips for chronic illness
I wrote a few articles on this topic recently: Enhancing our pacing game Chronic illness and the art of pacing Pacing is exceptionally hard in
A made a slide about pain
I was testing a new program and came up with this masterpiece
Survival mode is not meant to be lived in
I wanted to make this post for Pain Awareness Month because it is something that affected my life severely. Survival mode is something we deal
Pain Awareness: Pain consequences
Chronic pain has a massive impact in our lives. And it is important to remember that pain doesn’t exist in a vacuum all by itself…
Creativity and chronic illness
I’ll start with the poem I wrote above. I wrote it about chronic pain. And I often write poetry about my experience or existence with
Are you ‘wallowing’ in pain?
One of the most powerful strategies we have seen in treating pain is when we don’t allow patients to discuss their pain with anyone –
Chronic illness: That isn’t me
I am a shadow of who I could be. Who I would be without chronic pain and chronic illness. Pain and illness changes us What
Chronic illness: best laid plans
the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry It is summer. There are loads of things to do in the summer. We get
A complaint letter to pain
The Pain Companion, by Sarah Anne Shockey, has a few exercises to explore pain and your relationship to it. (see my review). One of those exercises
Survival mode and migraine: When hell endures
There are times when living with Migraine, Cluster, or other headache disorders feels like hell. Everything goes wrong and it feels like our misery will
I am whatever it takes
Day 6 of the migraine social media challenge is: People living with Migraine, Cluster, post-trauma headache, or other headache disorder often refer to themselves as
The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome awareness
It is EDS awareness month. Here is some EDS info here. I have Hypermobile EDS (hEDS) When I was diagnosed it was Joint Hypermobility with
