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No Flu, No Colds!
Ok, we all know what a life with pain is like. We hurt, we have stiffness, we have aches and we go about our days dealing the best we can….until the dreaded winter cold and flu season hits. Oh boy, look out! You are fine one minute and then you start to notice those...
OH, THIS PAIN: When Words Are Not Enough!
by Deborah Ann with Dionetta Hudzinski Deborah Ann is an artist by profession and my friend of many, many years. We have traveled our pain journeys together. We share our frustrations, pain relief ideas and offer each other support and encouragement on our worst...
Let Massage Take You Away
Many of you may aware that massage has been shown to work with some people and for some pain syndromes. The biggest drawback is that therapeutic massage may not be covered or fully covered by insurance. For the best effect on pain, massage needs to be done on a...
Claim that Tune & Boogey Your [Pain] Blues Away
Do you find yourself in the New Year funk? Are you feeling testy, restless, grumpy or just plain sad? Is your “to do” list growing as your will to get moving becomes less and less appealing? You are not alone. Whether you have seasonal affective disorder from the lack...
Let the Sun Shine In
Have you ever noticed the effect the changing seasons have on how you feel? Have you noticed that on gray overcast days your energy levels drop dramatically? Do you feel more depressed in the winter than in the summer? Do your pain levels increase on these same...
Bread: Making & Eating Satisfaction
I have six small appliances I consider necessary especially for someone with pain. At the top of the list is my bread machine. I love this and use it 2-4 times a week. It has multiple perks: Bread tastes and smells awesome. Homemade is usually better than anything...
Feeling Good and Transience
I have been for some time feeling better. So how come I’m having trouble describing it and believing it? I am ambivalent writing about this or even talking about it as #1: superstition tells me to keep it to myself as telling anyone about this turn of events is a...
Give Me Power!
The Thanksgiving of 2014, we spent 30 hours with a foot of new snow and no power. I found myself cooking Thanksgiving dinner on the grill and everything went pretty well. I did notice, however, that even with the stress and anxiety that having no power causes...
Will Cake Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth?
Finally, Hollywood is talking about chronic pain. Or is it? Coming Soon—January 23, 2015, Cake will be showing in theaters. Jennifer Aniston is receiving accolades for her portrayal of a woman battling the demons of ongoing pain from an accident and the suicide of a...
From a Kinesiophobiac to a Movemaniac
I’ve always been a dancer. My ballet training started when I was three, and from there, I went on to modern and jazz. Today, at 66, I’m an avid “barroom” dancer. But there was a time, from my early twenties to mid thirties, when I stopped dancing entirely because I...