How I Reclaimed My Life from Chronic Pain Life is a constant state of reclaiming. At least my life is. For every loss I faced, I must then reclaim a life I want. Whatever the struggle, I have to come back and reclaim the life I have chosen. What other choice is there? Giving up? That's no choice … [Read more...]
How to Cope with Chronic Pain
Living with chronic pain is not easy. There's no escaping it as chronic pain seeps into every aspect of your life, sucking the enjoyment from your days and the sleep from your nights. Pain takes all of your focus, making it difficult to work, or do other tasks. Unfortunately, too many of us do have … [Read more...]
Epidural Injections for Chronic Back Pain
Back in 2013 I moved wrong and it sent me into such pain that I couldn't move to even pick up my phone. After five months of physical therapy, I was doing quite well again, but within just a couple of months of returning to "normal life" the pain was back; and, it continued to increase. The … [Read more...]
We make room for pain
Those who do not live with chronic pain will never understand what it's like to make room for pain, to adjust your life to accommodate it, to get used to it. Just because we may seem better, or seems as though things hurt less (even to ourselves) doesn't mean that they do. We learn to adjust our … [Read more...]
The Stew of Pain: the highly sensitive person, chronic stress, and chronic pain
The Stew of Pain: The Highly Sensitive Person, Chronic Stress, C-PTSD and Central Pain Sensitization guest post by Jade Bald I am part of a subgroup of people who make up 15-20 percent of the world’s population I’m a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). I discovered I had the trait about a year … [Read more...]
Books to help you cope with chronic illness
Reading is one of my favorite pastimes, a good book can distract me when I'm not feeling well, it can teach me so many things, or it can simply help me relax and fall asleep at the end of a hard day. I enjoy nonfiction as much as fiction, and while I prefer to avoid the "cure" books, I do look for … [Read more...]
Someone Has it Worse Than You
Someone has it worse than you. How many times have you heard those words? Or, even said them about yourself. I shouldn't complain because someone has it worse than me. It's not that bad, there are so many others suffering worse. When someone else tells you that others have it worse it is hurtful … [Read more...]
No one understands chronic pain until they get it
What's the difference in sympathy and empathy? Only someone who shares our experience can really be empathetic, because no one really "gets" chronic pain until they get it! To be empathetic they don't' have to be in the hole with us, but they do have to have been in the hole at some point. Those … [Read more...]
The Slow Death of Compassion For the Chronically Ill
In "The Slow Death of Compassion for the Chronically Ill," Ken McKim makes several excellent points, about the lack of compassion towards those with chronic illness. It's not too long (30 minutes) and definitely worth watching and sharing, especially with those who question your illnesses, or … [Read more...]
Magnesium for Fibromyalgia
Magnesium for Fibromyalgia Some of the earliest recommendations that I received for Fibromyalgia involved magnesium. A friend suggested epson salt baths and my chiropractor suggested taking magnesium supplements. Since those early days, I've read many studies that confirm that most of us with … [Read more...]
