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Daily Panic Attacks – I’m Not Nuts: Hurray!
Yesterday, I went to the out-of-hours walk-in clinic with our dear cleaning lady in the throes of my third or fourth morning in a daily panic attack. I was convinced I was going completely bonkers, my brain was delighting in … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, depression, neurology, pain, panic attacks, psychology
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Medical Update: June 2012
A little about my medical situation… My doctor (GP) OKed me coming off morphine (last dose was yesterday, 19 June) because we both feel they were making my headaches (medication-resistant migraines) much worse. The headaches have gotten more frequent, not … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain, migraines, pain, polycystic ovaries
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Article: “How Doctors Die” – Thoughts on End-of-Life Care
I came across this article about end of life care…from the perspective of a doctor. This could so easily become a rallying cry against doctors and “the medical establishment”. But I’ll try not to let it. I’m not going to give … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, death, doctors, End-of-life care, hospitals, human rights, living will, medicine, pain, terminal illness, thanatophobia
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New Diagnosis: Costochondritis
I’ve just been diagnosed with (tentatively) costocchondritis (inflammation of the cartilage in the ribcage). I’ve had bad rib pain for months and finally got up the courage to mention it to the doctor yesterday. When you have as many issues … Continue reading
On “Transcending Pain”
I’m a chronic pain patient on morphine. It amuses me when healthy people ascribe romantic ideas or evaluations of the experience of pain, especially chronic or severe pain the likes of which most of them have not experienced. More than … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, disabilities, fibromyalgia, headaches, morphine, pain, social psychology
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ICP Monitoring: What Happened, the Results, and What We are Doing Next
I got home from the hospital on 22 February. This blog post is intended to explain what happened, the results (and what they mean), and what we are going to do next in dealing with my severe chronic headaches. I … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, headaches, hospital, hydrocephalus, ICP monitoring, migraines, pain
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Shit My Neurosurgeons Have Said: “Choke Yourself!” (NSFW)
I’ll be going into hospital this Friday to have Intracranial Pressure monitoring done. It’s scaring me, so I went on Facebook looking for hugs. Or giggles. In a Facebook group for low ICP and CSF Leaks, someone started a humour … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, gallows humour, humour, hydrocephalus, ICP monitoring, neurosurgery, nsfw, pain
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“Holocaust Memorial Day – Black Triangle” by BendyGirl
http://benefitscroungingscum.blogspot.com/2012/01/world-holocaust-memorial-day-black.html Today, Holocaust Memorial Day, this article by BendyGirl highlights something very important for me: that disabled people were the first to be targeted by the Nazis. Her eloquence is superior to mine today, but I will try and give … Continue reading
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Tagged disabilities, fibromyalgia, headaches, history, holocaust, hydrocephalus, pain
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A Proper Pain Scale – Update!
I’m seeing the doctor again tomorrow for another adjustment to my pain medications. The current ones (Topiramate, Imigran) are NOT working, and I’m on a waiting list – apparently a very long one, for intracranial pressure monitoring. Pain levels (intractable … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic pain, disabilities, headaches, hydrocephalus, migraine, pain, pain scale
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