If you’ve been following along on this roller-coast rare disease journey of mine, you might remember that I decided to learn to paint – with watercolours – back in 2019. I’d signed up for a bunch of creative arts courses, at local community centres, galleries, Read More …
Many of my recent posts have been about a new journey, one that I’ve chosen for myself rather than having it imposed upon me like my patient journey. Learning paint, and to draw, as part of my delayed-by-the-pandemic plan to integrate creative art more fully Read More …
During a Keynote speech at the virtual Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Canadian Pain Society (CPS), yesterday (1), Dr. Sean Mackey made a comment that resonated with me – from both my bioethics and chronic pain patient perspectives. It’s a comment that I’ve often Read More …
Today was the first day of the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Canadian Pain Society (CPS), which will run through to Friday afternoon. This conference is “a forum in which scientists, healthcare professionals, and trainees from clinical, educational, research, policy and industry settings can Read More …
For three days later this week I’ll be attending the first-ever virtual edition of the annual scientific meeting (ASM) of the Canadian Pain Society (CPS), as both a bioethics professional and a patient with intractable chronic pain. This conference brings together pain specialists – clinicians, Read More …
With all of the online and virtual courses being offered this year, because of the current COVID-19 pandemic, it has turned out to be a good time to put my initial 2020 plan in to action. In January I began harnessing my since-childhood desire to Read More …
