Chronic Pain: A Burden Often Shared By JANE E. BRODY Chronic pain is a family problem. When people experience unrelenting pain, everyone they live with and love is likely to suffer. The frustration, anxiety, stress and depression that often go with chronic pain can also afflict family members and friends who feel helpless to provide… Continue reading Chronic Pain: A Burden Often Shared
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Trying To Understand
Ten Tips For Communicating With A Person Suffering From Chronic Pain by Mark Grant MA People with chronic pain communicate differently to well people. Tired, irritable and withdrawn, they are often reluctant or unable to talk about their feelings. Or they may talk in a kind of 'code' and tell you they feel fine when… Continue reading Trying To Understand
Looking Towards The Future
I’ve lived in Groton, Connecticut for the past 23 years. I moved here when I was 4 safe to say I was pretty much raised here. I thought I knew and saw everything that my small town had to offer. I knew the streets, the buildings, the people, the changing of the crazy seasons that… Continue reading Looking Towards The Future
I AM MANY
“We are not meant to be boxed in. To be labeled. To be defined by the outside world so that it may feel more comfortable when it looks at us. So that it feels like it has us figured out. We are multifaceted. We are MANY things.” Sophia Bush What are the MANY things that… Continue reading I AM MANY
Every family has a legacy, and this is mine
Some are teachers, some are musicians, and some legacies are in themselves dynasties. But my family’s legacy has a number of things. For instance.. Girls have ALWAYS been born first on my dad’s side of the family, my ancestors come from slavery, my dad, my brother, and I can’t read music but we know how… Continue reading Every family has a legacy, and this is mine
My Journey With CRPS/RSD 