Pain management

Pardon my absence for the last week- For all that I write about how stress affects illness, I am not doing a good job at controlling either right now and have been quite sick the past couple weeks… Anyway, last week I was having dinner with my best friend of almost 30 years and her […]

This is a little more poetic than usual and though I try to keep things positive, I am sure many of my readers can understand that sometimes, living with chronic pain can get you down.   I am drowning in an ocean.  Every time I get my head above water and take a breath, the […]

(Wo)Man cannot live without food.  For anyone living with chronic pain, food can either be a friend, or an enemy.  Food can contribute to healing, provide energy and sustain life.  Food can also be a source of comfort in a negative way, wherein it is used as a pain killer, an anti-depressant and an anti-anxiety […]

# PHOTO OF MY DREAM BOARD TO FOLLOW! Anyone who regularly reads my blog knows that this year, the last few years, I have been in an emotional and physical hell.  Over the past couple weeks something has changed.  I am still in pain.  As a matter of fact, I ended up needing an emergency […]

I have been an insomniac, literally, since the day I was born.  As a baby, I think my parents thought they were going to go insane from lack of sleep because I simply never slept. As a child and later in my teens, my sleeping got worse, to the point of keeping my parents up […]

Currently I have multiple issues with my health, among other things, that I am waiting on.  Sometimes that is the worst situation to be in.  I am having tests done today and will spend the next week or so waiting anxiously for the results.  I also have appointments coming up where I need to make […]

This is the first part of a series on Pet Therapy and how your canine (or feline) friend can help control pain and emotional issues.  This is an introduction to my therapist, Coco, and how I discovered the benefits of Pet Therapy. Almost 2 years ago, following my first spinal surgery, I had the brilliant […]

So, to end this week’s series on ways to explain chronic pain, I present my own theory.  I have used this metaphor to describe how living with chronic pain has changed me.  I call it “The Wolf Theory.” From She-Wolf to Domesticated Dog: How Pain Changed Me Approximately 35,000 years ago, the Grey Wolf was […]

Emotional pain can be more excruciating than physical pain.  Having been going through a very difficult time, I have realized that the pain in my body is a welcome change to the one in my heart and mind.  But what kind of toll can the stress of emotional upset take on the body? When you […]

Recently I had a major life change in addition to the chronic pain that has left me fearing my future.  It is natural for anyone to fear their future when something happens that drastically changes their lives.  However, when you live with a disability or chronic pain, the future can seem even more terrifying. Because […]