Pain is a complex beast that needs complex treatment. But there is a lot of chronic pain stigma. And we can’t all afford the chronic
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Chronic pain: Emotional toll
I am just going to say it, you can repress all you want, you can be as stoic as you want, as zen as humanly
Pain management and pain medication
My doctor had taken me off my slow release tramadol on the recommendation of a neurologist I had seen for a consultation set up by
My cannabis experience with chronic pain
So I am Canadian, so medicinal and recreational cannabis is legal here. And this gave me the opportunity to give it a go for pain.
A Chronic Voice July Prompts
I have been very unwell and it is a difficult time for me really. Rough year. Really rough year. But I just go on day
Chronic pain: Life without painkillers
So I had taken off my slow release tramadol a while back now. And it sucks. I have been in so much pain lately and
Chronic pain: Limits, pacing, and recovery
I exceeded my limits a couple of days ago. I helped my dad move with my spouse. My dad is also disabled. I am disabled.
Chronic illness: The problem
I think we all know suffering is inevitable. It is actually a function of being human. We all suffer in different ways. It is so
Chronic illness: Things I learned and things I know
I have been chronically more than half my life not counting the joint hypermobility pain as a child. And the older I get the more
Chronic illness: I had the talk
You know my common-law spouse has been with me 22 years. And that means he was there for my fibromyalgia diagnosis. For the migraines. When
Disability: see me smiling?
How A Trump Proposal Could Reduce ‘Happy’ Disabled People A new policy proposal by the Trump administration calls for the surveillance of disabled people’s social
What lessons chronic pain has taught me
So I have learned a lot of painful lessons from pain, the hard way, more than once, because that is how I roll. Here are
Chronic pain: Achiever fever
The Social was talking to the author of Achiever Fever a week or so ago( here is a review of the book I found if you
Spring cleaning
You know I haven’t been able to really clean much at all with this vestibular disorder along with the relentless migraines and fibromyalgia. And I
