At the start of my weekly virtual watercolour painting class today, several of us began chatting about our non-art careers or past jobs while our artist-instructor was getting set up. Two of the students said that they had been physical therapists before they retired, so Read More …
I just received some good news, to start the weekend off even more happily than usual! Last month I submitted one of my watercolour paintings to the Canadian Pain Society (CPS) Art Contest. It was the CPS’s inaugural or first-ever Art Contest, something I think Read More …
Happy almost Halloween, everyone! I’ve been busy over the past few weeks, participating in meetings about pain research and health policy, providing a patient perspective on the development of a new pain research project, and preparing my own little awareness campaigns for some special events Read More …
Last month I wrote about having done something completely new for me, at a local hospital. It wasn’t a new treatment for my chronic pain condition, or a new project as a Patient Partner in research. So it must have been something to do with Read More …
This afternoon I participated in a live-virtual watercolour painting workshop hosted by the Cornell Ornithology Lab. This was very interesting to me, as I’ve been painting birds on my own for a while now. It was great to get some guidance from a professional natural Read More …
Today I did something different, something completely new for me, at a local hospital. If it was “different”, then it obviously wasn’t another medical appointment or test for my rare disease! Nor did I attend a research meeting, as either a Patient Partner or a Read More …
