A special task force of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) recently released its proposal for a revised definition of pain. This is good news to me, as I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the current version: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience Read More …
Last night I tried on the dress I’d planned to wear to a wedding today, and got quite a surprise. It was a few dress sizes too big for me! I knew that I’d managed to lose some weight, after packing on close to 40 Read More …
Have you been wondering why you often see a tiny plush rabbit in my photos? His name is Max, by the way ,-) Max is my little cycling and CRPS awareness-raising buddy. He also, more generally, helps me to increase awareness of chronic pain conditions Read More …
A new study of 200,000 veterans in the US has shown that people with a higher severity of chronic pain have a greater risk of suicide. This is true even when compared to other chronic pain patients. Before we go any further, it’s important to Read More …
What’s even better than farm-to-table fresh produce, if you don’t have a vegetable garden? Would you believe lawn-to-table food? We have wild strawberries growing in our native-plant lawn this year, so I decided to pick some of them yesterday. I spent over an hour very carefully picking Read More …
My family doctor works at a few different clinics, so that he can offer a variety of appointment times to his patients. Sometimes I’ll see him at a nine-to-five clinic, sometimes at a wellness centre which offers evening appointments. That may not sound like a Read More …
