Interim choices
After my head exploded last month, it took awhile to recover. It wasn’t happening while I was up to my eyeballs in what I can’t… Read More »Interim choices
critical thinking
3rd panel of triptych: The action of deciding
This is the third panel of the triptych. It took awhile to write. You’ll see why soon. First panel: my pre-CRPS decision mechanism broke, but… Read More »3rd panel of triptych: The action of deciding
Decisions 2 – housing
Making a major decision, for someone with so little margin for error as a ragged, underfunded, spoony crip like me, means being able to answer… Read More »Decisions 2 – housing
Decisions, decisions, decisions (this is a triptych)
WordPress has utterly changed their writing UI. Apparently, they felt the need to reinvent text entry… (um… Why???) I usually hold off on publishing a… Read More »Decisions, decisions, decisions (this is a triptych)
Mental toolkit for overwhelming times
As I’ve said before, much of brain-retraining has to do with speaking to the primitive parts of the brain in ways it can’t ignore. Being… Read More »Mental toolkit for overwhelming times
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
Related: health care coverage, economic policy, and racism
The same thinking that underlies racism, sexism, and classism underlies the thinking that says, “Hey, let’s get rid of health care coverage for those who… Read More »Related: health care coverage, economic policy, and racism
Freaky Fibro and the elegance of precision
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
Different doctors FTW
My pain diagnostic specialist is elegantly opinionated. Fortunately, he acts out the distinction between being opinionated and being rude about it. We talked over a… Read More »Different doctors FTW
More on medical relationships as a 2-way street
I have written about dealing with careless, ignorant, detached, and outright bad doctors, which is needful and — given the many problematic layers of living with chronic,… Read More »More on medical relationships as a 2-way street