One of my first stay-at-home and self-isolation projects, at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March, was to begin growing some vegetable plants from seed. It felt important to me, at the time, to do something that was both future-oriented and hopeful. Read More …
This month is Pain Awareness Month around the globe, coordinated by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The special theme for this year is “My Pain Plan”, and: “focuses on the vital importance of an individualized, multidisciplinary, multimodal approach to pain care…share Read More …
For international Pain Awareness Month, I decided to share a very personal story today with my former colleagues and workplace contacts over on LinkedIn. Although most of these folks know that I have a rare disease, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), they don’t know exactly Read More …
Today is the start of international Pain Awareness Month, which will always have something of a local connection for me as a proud Montréaler and Canadian. Why? Because the international Declaration of Montréal (1) was signed right here in my hometown. This September marks the Read More …
Back in March I decided to design my own version of a two-layer cotton face mask, because I wasn’t happy with any of the masks I’d sewn using the patterns that were being recommended by hospitals and governments in Europe and the US. Those masks Read More …
It’s been a little while since I’ve updated the blog, because I’m still slogging away on another little project. I started out planning to sew a couple of cotton face masks for me and my husband, despite having a mild cognitive impairment. And a rare Read More …
