Living with chronic pain changes you. It changes you to your core. In my case, I’d been living with it for years before surgery with it worsening just prior to and since. At first, the bouts of pain caught me off guard and I tried to shrug it off—just a passing thing, I thought. It …
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Private Answers in a Publicly Funded System?
One simple phone call and two business days later, I was driving across the city to my much-needed MRI appointment. I bet you are thinking, Wow--Canada must have a super efficient healthcare system. Impressive! That's the place to go for help. I would be of the same mindset if I were reading this. Almost …
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The Suffocation of Chronic Pain
Is my ankle pain life-threatening? Thankfully not! Could things be worse for me? Yes, most definitely. Just the same, my recent and worse flare-up yet has left me with a few realizations. Funny how 'forced' inactivity affords a person extra time to think--time to think about the bad, appreciate the good and question the in-between. …
Jibber Jabber with Sue 