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Welcome Fortunate 1. It’s nice to meet you though I can think of better ways to meet. I’m sorry for your pain. From the sound of it you have multiple things at the very least a full plate. I can’t speak to your specific issues. Perhaps others here will recognize the patterns you describe.
I can try to give you moral support and encouragement.…[Read more]

As I sit and contemplate (or more truthfully dance about with a level 8 pain) my next entry here I realize the different pain levels don’t define me. They just set the limits (agenda? tone?) for the day. My level never falls below a 5.5. The only difference between a day at 5 and one at a 10 is what my body can do. A day at level 10 frightens…[Read more]

Things have been busy on the dock and I’ll try to get you all caught up with at least the major things soon. For now I’m here at Ms. Kitty’s orders (some of you now Ms. Kitty from chat and others from her pictures above). Though I don’t want to discredit the caregivers out there, it’s a hard job, to call Ms. Kitty a service animal isn’t fair…[Read more]

I’ve been away far to long and I apologize. The truth is I’ve been having a hard time lately. I’ll be fine I just needed time to process some of life’s curves. I’ll try and be more consistent both here and in chat. In an effort to keep this thread on the light chatty side and in am attempt to talk more about the elephants in the room and how I…[Read more]

Alexia
It’s good to meet you even if it has to be here. Medications are always a sticky issue and I’m sorry you have to go through it. Although I’ve managed to be med free for years the same can’t be said of the pain. Pain is an incredibly isolating force. I urge you to come to chat, as Yaya and Noki suggested.
you can see some of my recent…[Read more]

“Blessed” such an interesting word when it comes to discussing our pain.
I was blessed at an early stage in my “pain journey”. The expression “you want to cry? I’ll give you something to cry about” also applies to pain. When I first broke my foot I spent 18 months in pain that was all but unbearable. Often I would think about smashing my foot…[Read more]

PAIN… HOW DO YOU SURVIVE IT AND WHERE DOES IT TAKE YOU?
This is a subject that I’ve wanted to address for a long time. It’s hard and there are no words to do the topic justice. This can also be an AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION THEME. Feel free to join in and answer the question…
The docs always ask us to rate our pain on a scale of 1<10. What does…[Read more]

I am way behind on news on the dock. I have been thinking of all of you. Unfortunately even in paradise a life in pain is still a life in pain. The weather and pain determine when my body and brain work.
Though I repeatedly warned her Ms. Kitty fell in. It wasn’t off the boat that might have moved underneath her. Oh no that would have been one…[Read more]

A day from the log
Monday 9-7-2015
time 06:30 temp 69 barometric pressure 1026 batteries 12.01 and 12.76
Yesterday was a hard day. The storms systems from Saturday are still around. The day is lost in a fog. The trip off the dock to take out the trash and see how well I was moving required a rest stop on the way back. I talked to a dock mate…[Read more]

This morning it was nature that provided the show.
I was sitting in the cockpit having my 2nd cup of coffee when a pair of kingfishers continued their mating dance they started yesterday. Yesterday they were up in the trees where I could watch them fly about in circles, loops, and rolls at top speed. This morning they brought the show in close.…[Read more]

I’m still working and trying to find words and images to show people what life with pain looks like. This is a piece I wrote a while ago. It has been a long time since I’ve been brave enough to venture out into a crowd.
Friday night and we’re off to a local club to listen to live music. You hurt, but you always hurt. The band is good, the dance…[Read more]

Yesterday started out rainy. I sat in the cabin and played a computer game until it cleared around noon. Then a dock-mate took me food shopping. after things were stowed away I sanded 1/2 the inside of Ms. Kitty’s boat. It has been named “Cat’s Meow” after a small boat that I paddled around with my siblings and cousins when we were small. I ground…[Read more]

it’s Friday afternoon and I missed chat this morning. The last few days have been lost in a haze. Wednesday afternoon I used a weed whacker to cut a path to the water so I could pull Ms. Kitty’s new boat ashore. Then I pushed the lawnmower around for a bit when my dock-mate took a break. I paid for it yesterday with pain and muscle spasms. I spent…[Read more]

It’s Tuesday afternoon. I’m back at the dock after six days out at anchor. I got back this morning. There was a slight cross wind at the dock so I phoned a dock mate to help handle lines. The slip is tighter due to a new longer boat next to me. She sticks out further into the alley between the docks. I was also towing my new dinghy. In the end the…[Read more]

It’s Tuesday afternoon. I’m back at the dock after six days out at anchor. I got back this morning. There was a slight cross wind at the dock so I phoned a dock mate to help handle lines. The slip is tighter due to a new longer boat next to me. She sticks out further into the alley between the docks. I was also towing my new dinghy. In the end the…[Read more]

“Placed” is an understatement! It was a huge splash. You can see the difference in the water vapor in the air between the two pics.
The last two weeks have been crazy. Mostly it’s been hot. I’ve accepted the low energy levels, at least until cooler weather comes. I spend lots of time sitting in front of a fan and reading or sleeping. I…[Read more]

A kindle or like device may be a good idea at some point. For now I’m working my way through my old library. When I sold my house and moved out of the city I had thousands of books. By the time I got to N. Carolina that # was down to hundreds. I’m now down to around 50 that I want to read and pass along.
Reading is hard for me because it puts my…[Read more]

It’s time to update here. There have not been many changes in my day to day activities. The summer heat is here. While most of my dock mates have air-conditioners I make do with a fan. As long as there is air moving over me I’m ok. The day time temps may be in the 90’s but that is less than the 120 that my shop used to hit at this time of the…[Read more]