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 …
It’s Saturday morning and I’m feeling inspired … and a wee bit proud of myself. That last part is not something that I say or write often, if at all. Particularly not since late 2018, when I developed a mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Read More …
On February 19 I bought a book and workbook package, a book-based course on learning to draw; Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards (2), and the accompanying (optional) Workbook (3). I knew at the outset that this was going to be Read More …
I’ve decided to post more of my beginner artwork, to maybe convince others that they can also learn to do this. Or possibly just for laughs – because we could all use more laughter in our lives these days! I first picked up a watercolour Read More …
