Onward and downward
My poor ol’ body has been carrying an unfair load for a long time. It does its very best, but the dice are loaded and,… Read More »Onward and downward
My poor ol’ body has been carrying an unfair load for a long time. It does its very best, but the dice are loaded and,… Read More »Onward and downward
Flashback Up until I got the injuries that precipitated CRPS, I used to run about 3.8 miles (about 6.1 km) up and down a redwood… Read More »Morning exercise, redux
My first nursing job was on an HIV unit in 1991. We were in the 2nd wave of the med mixes, so there were some… Read More »My job as a complex chronic patient
In the spirit of this blog’s brief as a “user manual for complex chronic spoonies”, here’s a health update after another interesting year (my personal… Read More »May 2023 on the Back 40
I’m dealing with a mold-spore exposure in my home that’s only somewhat mitigated, and can’t reach a better state until the weather allows me to… Read More »More on environmental insults on a hyper-reactive system
As some of you know, CRPS & dysautonomia involve constant re-traumatizing of the brain & nervous system. Our brains have flows that can resemble that… Read More »Adaptation tools in use
I’ve been walking for 2 1/4 miles 6 out of 7 days per week for a few weeks, and it stopped kicking my butt, woohoo!… Read More »Excercise intolerance, the invisible vampire
I walk everywhere I need to go. I finally tried the bus, and honestly, it could have been worse — but the base of my… Read More »New set of wheels
On a rock in a river Clean quiet murbles and shushes everything Not Me drawn gently off So easy. Skeeters drift on, slackjawed with… Read More »The Place to Be
I love the term “radical presence” because it feels radical to jump the barrier of overwhelming emotion to land face-to-face with the moment and be… Read More »Active presence