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Sometimes we surprise ourselves!

Posted in A Passion for Living, Aging Creatively, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Back pain, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Facet Joint Pain, Health, Invalids are not invalid!, Lumbar disc fusion, Pushing our Limits, Senior Creativity, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, When energy is limited . . ., tagged , , , , , , , on May 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

My husband and I love to go to bed early, with our books.  There is scarcely anything more enjoyable than a long evening with nothing to do but relax and read—especially when the body cries out for a rest.  Fatigue is an ever present friend for most of us who have chronic illness and/or pain, and [...]

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Loving each day!

Posted in A Passion for Living, Aging Creatively, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Choices and priorities, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Facet Joint Pain, Family Blessings, Family Joys, God's strength in illness and adversity, Having Fun!, Senior Creativity, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The steroid shots in the facet joints didn’t help a bit.  Now what?  I reviewed the next option—nerve ablation—in the previous post.  If that is not successful, and perhaps in lieu of nerve ablation, we may try a surgically inserted pump which dispenses medication internally on a schedule. Meanwhile, I am loving each day.  Today has [...]

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Better than a “forum” . . .

Posted in A Passion for Living, Aging Creatively, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, God's strength in illness and adversity, Having Fun!, Invalids are not invalid!, Invisible Illness, Keep Pushing!, Lumbar disc fusion, Music Therapy, Peace in the Storm, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, Toxic "friendships", When toxic people come to call . . ., tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I believe I’ve made my last foray into the Back Pain Forum which I’ve visited online in recent months.  Initially, this forum was a valuable information resource when I needed it—before and after spinal fusion surgery.  It was good to connect with others who had gone that route.  After all, one doesn’t attend a tea party or coffee [...]

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So very grateful!

Posted in A Passion for Living, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Eagle's Wings, Having Fun!, Invalids are not invalid!, Keep Pushing!, Knitting While Waiting, Lumbar disc fusion, Peace in the Storm, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Purpose of Pain, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, When energy is limited . . ., When you think you can't go another step . . ., Writers don't quit when they have pain!, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Winter is moving in, ahead of the calendar date.  This is “business as usual” in Wisconsin.  We normally have several extra weeks of winter before the December solstice and way after the March equinox. Winter is beautiful.  Although I no longer “play outside” like I did for many decades, I still appreciate the winter landscape.  [...]

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What the pain-free folks just don’t get . . .

Posted in Chronic Illness and Pain, Having Fun!, Creative Living, Avoiding Stress, The Purpose of Pain, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, Family Joys, Peace in the Storm, Back pain, Creative hobbies, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Arthritis, God's strength in illness and adversity, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Poetry, Invalids are not invalid!, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

It’s a funny thing, living with pain.  We live with it and life is ever more precious and enjoyable because of it.  Perhaps this sounds masochistic—but it’s not.  The human spirit loves a challenge, and continual challenge followed by the joy of occasional overcoming is heady business! The hearty, pain-free world can’t understand that living with [...]

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“Art” Therapy

Posted in Art Therapy, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, God's strength in illness and adversity, Having Fun!, herniated, Invalids are not invalid!, Keep Pushing!, Music Therapy, Prescription meds, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 9, 2011 |

Last evening I had a BDN.  That’s “Bad Disc Night”—not “disc” as in computers, boom boxes, or DVD players, but discs in the lumbar region of my body. Joe and I like to go to bed early with our books and George Winston.  George is not actually present in person in our home, but we have [...]

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