Pain Management
recently found out that there might be a new solution for my back/neck pain! It's a medical procedure where they implant an electrical device in your back. I've heard of it referred to being similar to a pacemaker-for pain! You have to go back every couple of years to have it replaced (you can Google this).
Blaming Myself
I used to blame myself for having Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain and not being able to do things like everyone else. I figured there must have been something I had done in my past to cause it.
The Wisdom of Pain – From Pain to Power
by Joanna Charlton
I was determined to get out of Chronic pain, a victim mindset, negative behaviour and thinking, and bad habits which had ultimately...
Managing My Illness Through Walking
Our bodies may be struggling but our minds are strong. You just have to take those first few steps.
The Day I will Never Forget
My story, I believe, starts when I was in my early 30's and I started feeling weakness in my lower extremities to the point that I lost control of my bladder and bowel movements, and I couldn't feel my body from my waist down.
Advocating for a better treatment
How many times does a person has to almost die before she wakes up and says enough is enough? I believe motherhood put it all in perspective for me. I know that it is sad to say, but the way that the medical community treated me I thought it was true or it was my fault. I would always wait till the last moment to go to the ER and even though I was sick, my mind would go to the craziest of places.
Living with my body after being a single mother of 5.
Living with chronic pain for injuries sustained from work very hard warehouse work, surviving domestic violence and the stress of the aftermath of a...
