pain

Two nights ago I experienced what I think may have been the worst pain of my life. Following a very high stress week, like crying at work, the students can tell something is wrong stress, like your elderly parents and disabled brother are living in filth with mouse shit all over their kitchen and onlyContinue reading “Pain”

To be fit in my 40s

I am trying some things this winter to beat the sunless, warmthless doldrums. I read a memoir by a woman who healed from chronic fatigue syndrome. Parts of it seemed like sound advice. Parts of it seemed like real wellness influencer film flam (like starting and ending the book with Rachel Hollis quotes). I won’tContinue reading “To be fit in my 40s”

Pain Flares

Until I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, pain always had a purpose. Something hurt because I smashed, cut, burned, bruised, or otherwise maimed myself. Then came a new chapter of my life: mysterious pain flares. Inflammatory and Auto-Immune diseases are unique in their ability to inflict random pain on their unwitting victims. Example: I justContinue reading “Pain Flares”