I’ve always been able to relate to the cartoon showing three vultures sitting on a tree. One says to the others, "Patience my ass! I’m going to kill something." And, I’ve often joked (truth is disguised as humour) that my illnesses are God’s way of teaching me patience. Apparently I’m still in the remedial class….
If you’ve been following along these last 13 days, you know that I somehow ‘injured’ my left leg. I put injured in quotes for a couple of reasons. One, none of the medical professionals I talked to really knew what was wrong… or what happened… or why. Two, something I read yesterday, causes me to…
When you are dealing with non-specific pain like that associated with fibromyalgia, lupus, MS, nerve damage, and others — it usually takes more than a pretty pink pill to end it. I’ve been grappling with severe, lengthy episodes of pain since the Fall of 2002. And, I’ve tried a lot of things to make that…
Last weekend I buggered up something in my left leg ‘system’. I’ve been to 2 docs and gotten 4 opinions. Swell! Ever happened to you? So, who do you believe? What’s great is the first doc, my family doc, wants me to get an ultrasound to check out the, hopefully slim, possibility that the problem…
What’s the relationship between pain and stress? I’m guessing you’d say, "pretty clear!" Up goes stress, up goes pain. So, how do you reduce stress in a crazy, info-glutted, Crackberry world? Take a walk. Yeah, it can be that simple. Oh, and on that walk… take a deep breath or six. And, when you’ve wound…
Some time on the weekend I fubared my left leg. The pain is astonishing. Sharp. Stabbing. Doesn’t matter where I move my leg, it hurts. It’s a matter of finding the position where the pain is least. The doc wasn’t sure what the problem is. Going for sonogram to check for the slim possibility of…
One of the joys of Fibro is the "pain in the butt" feeling. Apparently, tender points are the cause. But, what causes tender points? According to Dr. Stuart Donaldson of Myosymmetries tender points and other pain associated with Fibro is ’caused’ by "bad messaging" between the brain and muscles [my words]. As I understand it,…
My current newsletter talks about replacing resolutions with practices. My morning’s walk is a time for exercise, reflection, dreaming, and planning. This morning it occured to me that what had made a real difference in my pain level were the practices I had instituted. So, I thought to ask my inner guides what the #1…
I’m just back from four days in beautiful Lake Louise . Four days of eating, resting, walking, eating — and, did I say resting? I knew before I left that I was tired. But, I didn’t realize how tired I was until I slowed down. How often has that happened to you? Worse yet, how…
John Sarno says , pain is created by the subconcious to distract us from emotions that need/want to be released. If that’s the case how do we deal with pain that has that orgin? Why care? Why not just ‘put up with it’? Or, "tough it out’? You can. You can keep going in spite…