Reading science (and surviving) 101
I wrote the start of this for a fellow spoonie today and realized it’s a good starting point for a subject most people find overwhelming:… Read More »Reading science (and surviving) 101
I wrote the start of this for a fellow spoonie today and realized it’s a good starting point for a subject most people find overwhelming:… Read More »Reading science (and surviving) 101
This is a brain-dump and research-blurch I just did for a compatriot. These are issues that come up occasionally — every 28 days, for many… Read More »Nerdy stuff: menstruation, hormones, pregnancy, and pain
Remapping and the primitive brain are key concepts that come up often for people with chronic pain — though we don’t always know it. These underlie some treatment… Read More »Remapping and the primitive brain; toolkit bonuses at end
As the title hints, it’s been another fascinating visit with my pain diagnostician. His current working diagnosis is fibromyalgia, which he characterizes as being capable… Read More »Freaky Fibro and the elegance of precision
On average, it takes 2-5 days to adjust to a change in the weather. This is part of the fun and excitement of CRPS, dysautonomia,… Read More »The weather is flailing, and so am I
Older Brother and his wife, Aunt Krusty, sent me a fabulous little doohicky from a medieval town they visited. It’s a brooch of a common… Read More »Of Mice, Medicine, and Malefactors
Don’t you love the change of season? Especially here in Middle Cali, where there’s a hint o’ green to mark the second of our two… Read More »Prelude to winter canning recipes
In 1986, the course of neurologic treatment changed forever when Mark Block, one severely spine-injured young man, chose “imp-possible” over “impossible” and, every day, spent… Read More »Imaginative experience and rebuilding the brain
I saw my counselor this morning and told her I was thinking of running the marathon. She waited for me to go on, then said,… Read More »Putting together the team
I’m filling out paperwork for these assessments. It’s a lot of homework, especially since they didn’t provide anything I could edit in softcopy. (Wait… how… Read More »Pain rating scales that describe reality