Why Pride means life
On my 21st birthday, I went out with a bunch of women friends, including 2 couples. All of us health-care workers. Drunk jerk got thrown… Read More »Why Pride means life
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The limits of mitigation: dishwashing
This article is utilitarian. It provides descriptive terms for people with similar experiences to use in communicating with their doctors, payors, and loved ones. It… Read More »The limits of mitigation: dishwashing
Competing needs vs. Layered needs
CW: food & size & related topics. Many things are coming together and my soul is taking warmth and strength from the concatenation of care.… Read More »Competing needs vs. Layered needs
Update: using adaptation tools
Yesterday, it came naturally to be warmly present for V during a big event where I stood in for her, even at a distance of… Read More »Update: using adaptation tools
Adaptation tools in use
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
First aid kit – homeopathic side
I’d like to eschew certain arguments altogether. This is not about dissing or justifying one approach over others. Every one of us has to figure… Read More »First aid kit – homeopathic side
New set of wheels
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
The freedom of masking
Two years ago, if I were walking down a sidewalk next to trucks belching diesel, I had to breathe shallowly and mentally plan on the… Read More »The freedom of masking
Wholeness is order
Many people have figured out before me that approaching life coherently, as a complex creature with inward & outward lives, as physical and energetic beings… Read More »Wholeness is order
The Place to Be
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