Information and opinions on health from L Wickes at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1134/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1134/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/1134/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/1134/13715/grin-bare Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:21:00 -0400 L Wickes     "Grin and Bare It"        by L WickesAs an artist and psychotherapist living with acute and chronic pain. I am struggling with integrating the experiences of having a rare disease (Cushing's) into a life quite unlike the one that I had imagined.  Because the disease went undiagnosed for many years, I have survived multiple fractures, surgeries and radiations. The disease is... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/1134/13715/grin-bare