It has been awhile since I’ve blogged about my medical issues. In “real life”, I rarely discuss them because there are so many more creative things to talk about! But this is a site for “Mining Treasures in Illness and Pain”. And I believe with all my heart that modern medicine is a Treasure with [...]
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Treasures with a capital “T”
Posted in A Passion for Living, Back pain, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Facet Joint Pain, Invalids are not invalid!, Invisible Illness, Senior Creativity, SLEEP!, The dangers of failing to treat chronic pain medically, The irrational prejudice against traditional doctors and prescription pain meds, Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine, Watch out for the quacks!, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, tagged Arthritis, Back pain, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living with Illness and Pain, Facet Joint Pain, Living with Chronic Illness and Pain, Pain Management Physicians, Prescription Drugs, Prescription meds, Steroid Injections in Joints, The Folly of Ignoring Pain, Traditional Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 Arthritis, Back pain, Creative Living with Illness and Pain, Living with Chronic Illness and Pain, Prescription Drugs, Side Effects of Medication, The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Traditional Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine 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 [...]
A Lighter Head, and Other Observations! :)
Posted in Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living, Sinus Surgery, Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine, Watch out for the quacks!, tagged Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living with Illness and Pain, Living with Chronic Illness and Pain, Sinus Surgery, Traditional Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine on April 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Soon we’ll be inhaling the fragrance of lilacs! Although my sense of smell has (thankfully) never been significantly compromised by a lifetime of cement sinuses, I’m anticipating smelling the flowers with a much lighter head from now on—as 3 days ago I had sinus surgery. It’s expected that my asthma will be greatly alleviated by [...]