Have you ever found yourself nodding along, even saying “Yes!” out loud, while reading something? That was me yesterday, reading an article in The Independent; a newspaper published in the United Kingdom. The author was reporting on pain, after his wife had suffered a bout Read More …
To start the New Year yesterday, I thought back to all the good things that took place in 2016. This has been a habit of mine throughout all of my adult life. On New Year’s Day, rather than being sad that the winter holiday period Read More …
If you’re reading this blog, you’ll know that I adore words. Finding the perfect term for a specific context or situation; that’s something I truly love to do. I even create my own word puzzles, not only crosswords, but also find-a-word or circle-a-word puzzles; with Read More …
It was recently recommended, by a radiologist, that I consider an injection of cortisone into my hip joint; a hip bursa injection. The procedure would be done by the radiologist, using ultrasound guidance. This recommendation was for bursitis in my right hip, which started not Read More …
When this past summer turned to autumn, the leaves started to fall, and the weather got cooler… Wait a minute – that sounds like the opening line of a bad novel. Let me try that again! At the end of the summer (that’s better!), my physiotherapist asked Read More …
For a few months I’d been lurking on the rare disease, chronic pain, and CRPS communities on Twitter (you can read about that here). I would read the tweets, or micro-posts, written by people who have the same rare disease that I do. Even without Read More …
