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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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How can I help?

Posted in Avoiding Stress, bulging lumbar discs, Chronic Illness and Pain, Colon Resection Surgery, Creative Living, Facing Surgery?, Healing, Hospital Visiting, Lumbar disc fusion, Prescription meds, Respiratory Diseases, Sinus Surgery, Spinal Stenosis, The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Watch out for the quacks!, What is a friend?, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Most of us have had friends in need, either due to illness or a crisis.  The question we always ask is, “How can I help?”  Before I experienced the flack and fallout of chronic illness and pain, I asked that question many times—and often did try to “help” in the wrong way.  Only when we have [...]

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Another Form of Legalism!

Posted in Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Occultism and Alternative Medicine, Prescription meds, The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine, tagged , on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating or drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.”  Romans 14:17-18 In his letters to the Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians, Paul addressed the sin of [...]

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Side Effects

Posted in Arthritis, Back pain, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living, Sinus Surgery, The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine, Watch out for the quacks!, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, tagged , , , , , , , on May 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I have a friend who suffers terribly from fibromyalgia, and cannot take any kind of medication to relieve her discomfort.  Pain is written across her face and in her every movement, yet all the pain meds she has tried have side effects as severe (if not more so) than the misery she endures most every day. I have [...]

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