Now that Pain Awareness Month is over one might say that the difficult work begins. Now we need to keep up the interest and activity around enhancing the public’s awareness about the impact pain can have on a person’s life— an impact that touches on the physical, social, financial, and emotional aspects of life. And... Read more
I hope everyone is feeling well and having a relatively pain free day. Hmm, what does that mean? Relatively pain free day? Do I have those? Well I don’t mean totally pain free; I never have those. It’s not necessarily a good day in which my pain is almost negligible. I guess it means a day in... Read more
Most of the time I am able to keep a pretty positive outlook about my life and the challenges I have had to overcome over the years. If you have read my Blogs in the past you know that I have lived with chronic pain for 47 years, have had 3 lumbar spine surgeries and 1 anterior/posterior spine fusion. In addition, I was... Read more
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive and often disabling disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS) that can manifest in many ways. Symptoms range from numbness, vision problems, balance and mobility issues, bladder dysfunction, and cognitive and emotional problems to name a few. We don’t all have the same symptoms but it is... Read more
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive and often disabling disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS) that can manifest in many ways. Symptoms range from numbness, vision problems, balance and mobility issues, bladder dysfunction, and cognitive and emotional problems to name a few. We don’t all have the same symptoms but it is... Read more