Retired physician with a disability fights for the right to get around on a Segway
By RYAN E. SMITH BLADE STAFF WRITER
Dr. Patrick McNamara gets out of his silver minivan and hobbles a few steps, leaning heavily on a homemade wooden cane. There is pain in every awkward movement the 51-year-old makes – until he [...]
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Physician with CRPS/RSD Fights for the Right to get around on a Segway
Posted in CRPS and Health Issues, CRPS and Pain Management, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, disability, Mobility, physician, RSD, RSDS, Segway on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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.
Everybody Raise Your Hand if U Agree………
Posted in CRPS and Health Issues, health, tagged CRPS, RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, disability, worsening symptoms on November 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That the medical condition Complex Regional Pain Syndrome DOES YOUR HEAD IN!!!!!
Yes yes……..Aren’t we familiar?? Universally speaking don’t matter what medical condition but if it progresses or worsens…………….do we smile and take it gracefully? Are we unemotional beings?
Without fear, frustration, anger, confusion and saddness and the rest of the rainbow in between??
I know I put [...]
My You Tube Video is Reaching 10 000 views!!
Posted in CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Chronic Pain, CRPS, RSD, awareness, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, RSDS, health, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy on November 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi everyone,
I would just like to thank all the people who dropped by You Tube or found my video ”Complex Regional Pain Syndrome” on You Tube.
I am so blessed to have reached so many people with my awareness video, I would especially like to thank all those who I know and don’t know who added the video to [...]
Welcome New & Old Visitors
Posted in health on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone,
Welcome to all the visitors from my facebook profile. My page hits jumped up to 100 yesterday. Some were from google searches though, which is good because they are people after information and help.
Well I finally joined facebook, thanks to the invite from Pauline! LOL I have been addicted the past few days! So many [...]
Ten Myths Of Chronic Pain
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic pain awareness, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, pain treatment, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS, severe pain, Ten Myths chronic pain on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Misconceptions about chronic pain can do harm to people with legitimate medical problems.
Chronic pain is a huge problem in terms of its human and economic toll — it disables more people than cancer or heart disease, and the annual cost to society in terms of medical treatment, lost working days, decreased productivity and workers compensation [...]
Some of Life’s Mistakes……….
Posted in health on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi there friends, readers and visitors.
Tonight I want to post something from the heart. Sorry I ain’t been posting much, but I have my bad days and ok days and I make the most of my ok days……….
Nearly 2 years ago for over a year probably I made a bad mistake, that ultimately left already [...]
Heat = More Pain??
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS, severe pain, Struggles on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hi everyone,
Since this warmer weather has got very warm my pain levels and everything else has been worse. Hopefully it is just a flare up, but some of it is burning from breezes off fans etc.
It sucks when you get too hot you sweat heaps and not feel well and try and cool down [...]
Paula Abdul’s Battle with RSD/CRPS.
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic pain awareness, Chronic pain battle, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Paula Abdul, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
