CRPS terminology, under the nervous grin
After talking with patients, doctors, and loved ones — and, as a trained observer, carefully noticing the changes in posture, expression, and tone as I’ve… Read More »CRPS terminology, under the nervous grin
After talking with patients, doctors, and loved ones — and, as a trained observer, carefully noticing the changes in posture, expression, and tone as I’ve… Read More »CRPS terminology, under the nervous grin
This started when someone posted a t-shirt design that said, “RSD: Really Sucky Disease.” (RSD is the old name for CRPS.) I thought that was… Read More »Anagrams and T-shirt designs for the irreverent
Sooner or later, it all comes back to breathing. Without adequate breath, obviously, nothing else matters. As a sometime ER nurse and continuing asthmatic, I’m… Read More »Breathing
There’s an impressive clinical word for “feeling yucky” — it’s “dysphoria.” It’s literally the opposite of “euphoria.” One of these people is Dysphoric and one… Read More »Need more than "Dysphoria"
Cimarron, Eagle Nest, Angel Fire, Taos, Chimayo, Santa Fe, Bernalillo, and the mouth-tickling Albuquerque… BEST names of any state yet. JC checked all the vehicle… Read More »New Mexico’s beautiful names
I’ve always been fidgety. When I get MRIs, I really annoy the techs because I think I’m holding perfectly still, but my body goes twitch-twitch-twitch.… Read More »Active learning
I was in a van with two friends of mine, a man and a woman, both of them using wheelchairs. We were looking for parking.… Read More »"Invisible disability" gets an upgrade
Healing this disease is supposed to be impossible. In my experience, the word “impossible” is relative. Some things simply cannot be done: scaling Everest with… Read More »Imp-possible
Hungry in grainlandHemmed in by “thou shalt not” eatsWarm sun on my armsRough weeks in winterAre harder yet. These rare daysKeep me from screaming
Almost 7 years ago, I was walking with a fellow writer, sharing our souls as good friends do. I was recently disabled with CRPS and,… Read More »The arts are not trivial — why mythopoiesis matters