PAIN SUFFERERS…READY FOR THE WINTER? It has gone from eighty degrees to the forty’s where I live, literally overnight. We will call this post a special edition because I know how serious a drop in temperature can be for someone who has arthritis and other chronic conditions. I promise I will resume the chapter on … Continue reading
Do we depend on our doctors too much? Or not enough? Below, you will see a procedure that I had done called a Medial Branch Block about two weeks ago. Next week, I will have the same procedure done, but this time, it will be a procedure called Radiofrequency Neurotomy. Both procedures are very similar. … Continue reading
The Dependent The dependent pain sufferers are the people who don’t mind having others help them and take care of them when and where they need help. Even though I started out as an independent, I believe after a few years, because of depression, I began to become a dependent. This was actually a … Continue reading
People who don’t understand your pain… Sometimes I think to myself, “How can you be so cruel? Don’t you know how I feel right now?” But those of us who suffer with long term physical pain know the answer to that question…No, they don’t know how we feel and they never will. The sooner we … Continue reading
Don’t get me wrong. I am truly blessed. I can see with my own two eyes. I can feel with my own two hands. I can smell with my nose and taste with my tongue, and believe me; Italians do not take that for granted! Though I can’t run, I can still walk, and I’m … Continue reading