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I shaved my head, in order to more fully enjoy the last few weeks of warm weather (don’t forget, I’m in the southern hemisphere). I welcomed the arrival of autumn. I walked across bridges. I walked through crowded city streets. I walked down barren river canyons. I walked past fields full of sweet-smelling wild flowers. […]
By Jennifer Martin, Columnist A patient of mine told me the other day, “I don’t think I will ever be able to accept my chronic pain. It has completely changed my life.” I think this is something that most people with chronic pain contend with at some point in time; wanting to hold onto hope […]
Poet and memoirist Meghan O’Rourke is devoting her time as a Radcliffe Fellow to a new book, “What’s Wrong with Me? The Mysteries of Chronic Illness” after a diagnosis last year of Lyme disease. “It’s not a medical book, but it is trying to bring together a literary and cultural story of disease and how […]
I’ve always been fascinated with learning–and living in–cultures other than my own. This has less to do with any lack of appreciation of my own culture, and has more to do with wanting to go out and explore; with wanting to go out to see–and experience–the world with my very own eyes. When I was […]
Pain has a tendency to want to mess with our minds. It chips away at reluctant hosts with thoughts of weakness and worthlessness, and tries its darndest to make people believe that life sucks. In it’s most ruthless state, pain creates fear. LOTS of fear. It scares individuals into stopping the things that they love […]
