St Augustine once said that:
Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage: anger at the way things are, and courage to make them the way they ought to be.
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Lent week 2 – Hope, Anger and Courage Reflections
Posted in CRPS Distractions, CRPS and Health Issues, CRPS and Pain Management, CRPS and Workers Compensation, Christianity, Personal Thoughts, health, tagged Chronic Pain, CRPS, RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Christianity, illness, lent, lenten studies, sickness on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hotmail Drama!!
Posted in CRPS Distractions, tagged contact list, contacts reappearing, deleted contacts, hotmail, windows live on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there everyone,
Yes I have been away from here for a while. I will be back with more posts shortly!
Today I am aggravated by my hotmail account. For some reason all my old deleted contacts have reappeared in my contact list. I am talking old long time ago deleted ones! Then I can’t delete them all [...]
Ouch ——- My Fault for Enjoying Some Warmer Days!!
Posted in CRPS Distractions, health, tagged Chronic Pain, craft, disabled, hobbies on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
Silly ole me was busting to start a new mosaic project and did too much the other day! Overnight it started, arms, hands, legs and the head!! I am wearing an invisible vice on my head that is stuck there!! Errrggggghhhh.
But the things we do LOL. I will get over it eventually LOL. Besides [...]
YeY Warmer Days !!!
Posted in CRPS Distractions, Lifestyle, health, tagged Chronic Pain, CRPS, RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, RSDS, health, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Lifestyle on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
I have been enjoying the warm sunlight since Sunday! Hoping the temperatures don’t drop in the day to far again so spring can start Sept 1st!! Us RSDer’s are crazy we count down the winter all the time (usually) because the cold usually makes RSD worse. I am hoping that the heat won’t affect [...]
The Itch – Its mysterious power may be a clue to a new theory about brains and bodies
Posted in CRPS Distractions, Pain Management News, Pain Management in the Media, health, tagged constant itching, itch pain pathway, Neural itch, numbness itch, severe itching, shingles, shingles rare complications on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
June 30, 2008
It was still shocking to M. how much a few wrong turns could change your life. She had graduated from Boston College with a degree in psychology, married at twenty-five, and had two children, a son and a daughter. She and her family settled in a town on Massachusetts’ [...]
Serenity Prayer……….For the Invisibly Ill!!
Posted in CRPS Distractions, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged CRPS, RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Chronic pain awareness, invisible illness on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone,
These are great, hope you like or could do with them right now!
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know where to hide the bodies of those who once said
“Your perfectly healthy, it’s all in your head”!
These next two would make [...]
Hobby Showcase……….
Posted in CRPS Distractions, tagged Beaded, CRPS Distractions, hand made, hobbies, jewellery on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there,
As requested here is a showcase of my Jewellery (some of which I make). I try and do one or two pieces at least every fortnight, I pace myself. That means I leave a mess around my work station until I get done what I set out to do LOL can be month at [...]
A Day of Rest……..
Posted in CRPS Distractions, CRPS and Health Issues on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there friends,
Nothing much exciting happens when you spend the day in bed??!! LOL
Still recovering from putting my foot in it LOL – the hole Oscar dug.
My poor little man had his rug left on all day because I couldn’t get out there to take it off him.
He is still alive anyways, and yes of [...]
Art Work of Those in Pain…..
Posted in CRPS Distractions on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there everyone,
Whilst I hide behind my creative skills, others use their creative skills to express what they are going through, which is kind of like my video montages, but with different media.
My favourite artwork on this website is a piece entitled “Pieces of Me” http://www.painexhibit.org/Themes/Original_Art/butnormcowan.html
There are some other awesome artworks on the website, so [...]
