The Geek Who Understands You
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,…
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…
In honor of FMS/CFS Awareness Day 2006, here’s the very first Fibrant Living podcast! Fibrant Living Podcast #1 This is my first episode, and here are some links you may want to follow after listening to the show. National Fibromyalgia…
I’ve seen this all over the place, so I can’t really credit where I got it: If there is someone on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not…
I’ve been drawn into various blogs today, seeking distraction from physical pain. Bloggers are all the rage, but Live Journal users seem to be second-class citizens. How do you perceive the difference between blogs and LJs? Why do people who…
I haven’t been posting a lot of personal stuff lately, largely hoping to avoid whinging too much about pain and such. I saw the new pain doc today, though, and I really like this practice much better than the first…
Dear Self: Do not go back to the rheumatologist without curiousmay9 or sambear. In fact, don’t go see any specialist for anything but a routine check-in without one of them. You’ll get too tired to think straight and forget things…
Note to self: Talk to pain management doc about drugs for breakthrough pain. I’m very close to tears from the pain today. Let’s say it’s a 8.9 on the Mankowski scale. I’m really wishing I had someone else to get…
I didn’t sleep at all last night, and woke sambear this morning crying in pain. He gallantly got medicine into me, then took a half-day off to get Katie to an appointment that couldn’t be rescheduled and take care of…
Yes, I’m much better now. I managed to convince the pain management clinic that I’m not a junkie who took all her pills early, so I got a new RX for MS Contin and Robaxin. I figure it’ll take me…
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