So the telephone meeting with the surgeon, this week, came and went. I anxiously awaited by the phone with multiple pages of notes from our previous discussions with other doctors and advisors from the MRIs. I was unsure what to expect from this call because of his demeanor on the last one. I really wanted [READ MORE]
It's going to be a while until the episode is ready, but today I had my first guest Cari Souter. You can't do anything but cringe when you hear her story of pain and time of disability with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ME and fibromyalgia. It's going to be a [READ MORE]
I will be taking a lot from what I am learning, and I say learning because subjects change, subjects improve, or lessen, from every avenue I can. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and books on tape. I have become infatuated with pain and want to share my stories and experiences with others, in [READ MORE]
Yes, for the readers keeping up with my Health updates, it been tough lately. So the old MRI taken from 6 weeks ago was compared with the new MRI from last week. They said there was no change if anything a slight difference for the better. But no absolutes have been given because it wasn't [READ MORE]
Well since the last update its been the same with an up and down pain level and with the return of the radiculopathy, yes sadly, I thought the trapped nerve had been released from the doctor's suggestion of the disc bulge from my lumbar spine and had shriveled up, releasing the nerve. After 3 weeks [READ MORE]
Well, from the last blog I went ahead and spoke with the main podcast producer of the Pain Podcast, his name is Greg Holdsman and he does a very professional job in the storyline, and his editing is right on the money. He is a very talented individual and he will be going far. We [READ MORE]
My wonderful friend Brittany Bluhm contact me a few days ago and introduced me to a new podcast, called, wait for it, The Pain Podcast. I immediately thought "OK, this is going to be just like one of those other podcasts that I dismiss very quickly because of a bunch of doctors giving their taught [READ MORE]
I have to admit that is has been quite a week. From March 26th until exactly four days ago, I had managed to experience some slight relief, as it seems the nerve giving me the most pain had unpinned for a brief time. This is the nerve they were planning to do the radiculopathy on [READ MORE]
Dystopian, unprecedented, extraordinary, and frightening are some of the adjectives everyone is using to describe what we face right now on COVID 19. It is scary from someone like me at 61 years old, high risk of catching the virus with my conditions, with Osteoarthritis, Disc Degeneration Disease, a recent heart attack, and spine surgeries; [READ MORE]
I mentioned before, everyone knows what it feels like to be in pain. Scraped knees, toothaches, migraines, giving birth, burns, cancer, heart attacks, and heartaches; pain permeates our entire lives. We also witness other people, loved ones, suffering, and we feel for them. It is easy to assume pain-is-pain-is-pain, and that is all there is [READ MORE]
