Getting held up by New York
I’m working on a novelette about the meningitis madness of last month. Until I get it done, let me entertain you with another tale of… Read More »Getting held up by New York
I’m working on a novelette about the meningitis madness of last month. Until I get it done, let me entertain you with another tale of… Read More »Getting held up by New York
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
With the kind consent of the friend mentioned, I post the following exercise in “radical presence”, or staying sane in spite of the craziness… Bubbles of… Read More »Fevers, friends, forgetting, and a kind of freedom
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
Guess what? Everything’s up in the air, except me. But don’t worry, it’ll work out. And that, folks, is how you know I’m back in… Read More »Fifty One
I used to run between 3 and 12 miles, 3 to 5 times per week. Not so much because I wanted to be One Of… Read More »On the road again
I’m doing a sort of elimination testing to refine what nuts and seeds, under what conditions, cause the troubles I howled about last week. It’s… Read More »Nut milks can be magical
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
While I was mulling the constancy of nausea and yuckiness, looking for a reason more useful than “it’s winter”, I realized I had relentless cascades… Read More »Aw, nuts!