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Tag Archives: chronic pain
Contest: Win the Book “How to Live Well With Chronic Pain and Illness”!
Toni Bernhard was a law professor for 22 years when she got sick in 2001 with what doctors termed an acute viral infection. She has never recovered from it. In her third, brand new book, “How to Live Well With … Continue reading
I Went to the Cleveland Clinic’s E.R. and All I Got Was Slipper Socks
We had a wonderful Halloween, delayed a couple of days due to Hurricane Sandy. For the first time since Tyler has been trick-or-treating I was well enough to walk with him, after either being pushed by Grant in a wheelchair … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic, Emily, Fibromyalgia, Freehold Raceway Mall, Grant, Hurricane Sandy, Interstitial Cystitis, Lupus, Lupus with R.A. Overlap, Manic, Mental Illness, Myofascial Pain, narcotics, New Jersey, North Chagrin Reservation, Ohio, pain management, Social Security Disability Insurance, SSDI, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tylenol, Tyler
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M is for Methadone
On and off, depending on the severity of my pain I have been taking a time-release narcotic in pill form. It is a pill that is stronger than morphine and is given to me under the care of my primary … Continue reading
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Tagged acetaminophen, breakthrough pain, chronic pain, expense of pain management drugs, heroin, heroin addicts, ibuprofen, life-threatening side effects, Methadone, Methadone for pain management, methadone for pain management stigma, Morphine, narcotic, narcotics, opioid, opioid addiction, side effects, time-release narcotic
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Another Birthday…At Least I’m Still Here??
Today is my birthday and it just happens that it looks like we are going to set a record in NJ for we are expecting up to three inches of snow, which never happens here and is never happened on … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Birthday, chronic pain, Costochondritis, DSW Shoe Warehouse, endocrinology, flare, flaring, Lupus, New Jersey, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatologist, undiagnosed
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Tuesdays With Tyler: On the Eve of My Sons Graduation
(After having just a precious 2 days with my beloved laptop, there is a problem with the new hard drive they put in, so once again, I must bring it in to the shop. Things have been so crazy, yeah … Continue reading
Sweating Stuff Big and Small
(After having just a precious 2 days with my beloved laptop, there is a problem with the new hard drive they put in, so once again, I must bring it to the shop this weekend, yeah, Happy Fathers Day to … Continue reading
Tuesdays With Tyler: Gaining My Religion, at the Book Sale
(After having just a precious 2 days with my beloved laptop, there is a problem with the new hard drive they put in, so once again, I must bring it to the shop! I am writing this post on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Bible, CCD, child, children, Chronic Fatigue, chronic pain, chronica illness, Church, First Holy Communion, God, Grant, Jesus, Little Red Riding Hood, Lucy Cousins, Maisy the Mouse, mom, mommy, Mommy Blogger, Noahs Ark, Religion, The Childrens Bible, The Three Little Pigs, Tuesdays With Tyler, Tyler
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At a Snails Pace
I read The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Elisabeth Tova Bailey, as a member of the From Left to Write book club. I was given a free copy as part of the book club. This post was inspired … Continue reading
