I want to write/blog more but when I reach my blogging destination, I believe I get discouraged. I don’t know how to pain fancy nail art. I don’t adventure. I’m no gourmet. Or photographer. I don’t have thousands of followers. My content is different. And some days I’m too busy or too hurty to say [...]
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I’ve had several blog post ideas swirling in my mind. Instead, I haven’t posted since before the start of 2012. Sure, I’ve been busy but I’ve got some big emotions that I’m not handling well. This is weighing heavily on my life. It’s keeping me from doing what I feel like I want to do. [...]
Filed under: Health, In search of happiness, Mental Health | Tagged: chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, living with uncertainty, optimism, working with disabilities | 2 Comments »
Optimism has frequently been in headlines this year. Popular publications Time (March and May 2011) and Psychology Today (November 2011) dedicated entire issues to the subject. In Your Back Up Brain by Dan Hurley, Hurley explores a different mind-body connection than the ‘ol Mind over Matter mantra. He introduces us to the man on the [...]
Filed under: Disability, Health, Hopes and Dreams, In search of happiness, Optimism | Tagged: enteric nervous system, happy faces, living with uncertainty, neurogastroenterology, optimism, Psychology Today November 2011, smiley faces, Time Magazine May 2011 | 3 Comments »
My goal was to complete the Exit interview (mentioned in my previous post) right away so that I could put it in the past and keep moving onward. After all, I left my previous employer 4.5 months ago. However, I have not gotten very far on the questions. Have any ideas for how I could [...]
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Until today, I would arrive at every specialist’s office specially prepared. I’d bring a color-coded pocket folder full of reports in chronological order. A few CDs of CT, MRI or Xray images. Not today. Today, I was late for the appointment and forgot my pre-mailed paperwork. As i sat filling out the paperwork, I felt [...]
Filed under: Health, NaBloPoMo, NHBPM, Physical Health | Tagged: chronic illness, chronic pain, pain management, undiagnosed chronic illness | 2 Comments »
I’ve grown somewhat comfortable with being alone during times when others would be crowded with support. I go to most doctor’s appointments alone. There are few people I talk to about the content of appointments. Few people who are interested. I suppose that’s one of many reasons that I blog about all of this. Being [...]
Filed under: Health, Hopes and Dreams, In search of happiness, NaBloPoMo, NHBPM | Tagged: inner peace, joy, lonliness, thank you for caring, undiagnosed chronic illness | 1 Comment »
Some recent reader comments have been making me think deeply about a subject of health I tend to avoid. Anything that deviates from the traditional. So. Queen, how are traditional medical approaches working for you? The answer is not too well – other than some progress I have recently made in managing pain with what [...]
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“Clutter is the Disease of American Writing.” – William Zinsser, On Writing Well (30th Anniversary, 2006) I have a lot to learn about writing and that’s why I enjoy reading On Writing Well. My efforts to be a better writer include using less jargon . It’s not always easy to reduce jargon so I keep [...]
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