Katarina went out with me and we drove around, taking pictures of things. OK, that sounds vague, but really, Katarina enjoys taking pictures of things, and these things are highly random yet they all have certain qualities: They’re frequently old, cracked, rusted, or broken/trashed They can be cast in some sort of juxtapositional light They are […]
Podcast 2 is up!
Fibrant Living Episode 2 is up! Current Mood: accomplished
Episode 2
Episode 2 This week we talked about distractions, delegating, and defining yourself. I recommended Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn as a good introduction to mindfulness, especially as a way to deal with chronic illness. I also referenced Dr. Irene Tracy’s […]
Stitching
Katie wanted to go by Nease’s Needlework a couple of weeks ago, and you know I really resisted fiercely ;-) While there, I saw a shop sample of Dragon Dreams’ Fairy Tale Sampler, and could not leave the shop without it. It’s getting most of my stitching time now because I just love it. Of course, […]
Books About Fibromaylgia
I’ve posted about online resources, as well as mentioning some periodicals that are good offline resources. Now I want to share some of the books I recommend to others who are learning more about fibromyalgia. The First Year: Fibromyalgia: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Claudia Craig Marek is exactly what the title […]
The Neurology of Chronic Pain
My Pain, My Brain by Melanie Thernstrom gives us a look at a study being done at Stanford University. Subjects view an area of the brain that is involved in the perception of pain via a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine and undergo training similar to biofeedback in which they practice directly controlling that […]