Have you ever wanted to vote for the People’s Choice Awards? Here’s your chance! Not the famous awards, though, for entertainment. Instead, you have an opportunity to vote for your favourite painting or sculpture – as part of the inaugural Virtual Valentine’s Day Art Show Read More …
There’s an expression that I’ve always loved, originating in the 1500s or 1600s (1) and then made famous more recently by Alexander Graham Bell. Most of us are familiar with the first part of this saying, but I’ve found that very few people have ever Read More …
As someone who lives with a rare disease, and has a background in healthcare and medical research, I try to follow any research news that might affect my condition. Because Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is rare, there’s not usually much research published specifically about Read More …
Back in mid-March, our provincial government ordered the closure of all but essential services because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arenas, community centres, libraries, recreation and sports centres, swimming pools, and more all had to close from one day to the next – with no advance Read More …
As a way to break up the winter blues, and to keep my brain active despite a mild cognitive impairment (MCI), I signed up for an online course in January.(1) Its follow-at-your-own pace format was particularly helpful for my MCI, because I never know whether Read More …
At the end of 2018 I was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as a result of my rare disease. I’ve had Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) since 2016; it’s considered to be both an autoimmune and a neuro-inflammatory condition. CRPS can cause a long Read More …
