My Art Despite Pain (#ArtDespitePain) initiative continues to gain interest, for both raising awareness of chronic pain (and CRPS) and promoting the arts along with other creative pursuits as a means of managing persistent pain. This month, my art-as-advocacy activities were profiled in the art Read More …
I’ve been a Patient Partner with the Canadian Pain Society (CPS) for more than five years now, although they use the term PWLE or Person With Lived Experience. The CPS is an organization of healthcare professionals, researchers, and trainees who study or treat pain. Founded Read More …
One of my favourite quotations is also among the most misquoted or only partially quoted. You’ve likely heard Alexander Graham Bell’s expression “When one door closes another door opens”, but that wasn’t his entire statement. His full comment was: “When one door closes another door Read More …
Four weeks from now I’ll be carefully packing several large boxes, each containing five of my framed watercolour paintings. These boxes will then be hand-delivered, by me and my sweetheart, to the School of Continuing Studies at McGill University. We’ll then be on hand to Read More …
My Art Despite Pain initiative, for chronic pain awareness, has led to some unexpected outcomes since it began in 2021. Last year #ArtDespitePain was profiled in a two-page feature in a national healthcare magazine, and in the newsletter of a national pain science organization. Then Read More …
My favourite hospital news story of the year isn’t about a new medical procedure, diagnostic test, or treatment, nor about bioethics; my field before a mild cognitive impairment stemming from my rare disease ended my beloved career. No, this news piece is more like something Read More …
