Information and opinions on health from Radene Marie Cook 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/3388/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3388/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3388/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/69308/information Fri, 01 May 2009 04:01:00 -0400 Radene Marie Cook Several have asked me for information on the one condition of mine that acts as an umbrella for all of my others = one that basically describes my overall condition and the condition of those like me who have compounded syndromes telling of pain, damage and injuries. That is Cardiac Adrenal Pain Syndrome. Since the listing of "1) SCI with Adhesive Arachnoiditis 2) Cauda Equina Syndrome 3) Epidural Fibrosis 4) Central Pain Syndrome... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/69308/information http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/40259/spent Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:57:32 -0400 Radene Marie Cook SPENT (my 1st abstract piece) shows what I think it looks like when we've given all we can as pain patients and finally reachout for help! You know, when you've exhausted all of your energy: you have taken your last step, spent your last buck, you're mortgaged to the hilt paying medical bills and monthly prescriptions. You cant move, you can't sit, you can't expell one more breath without some decent pain relief and how-about-a-little-BREAK?!?!... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/40259/spent http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/40256/spent Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:49:33 -0400 Radene Marie Cook SPENT (my 1st abstract piece) shows what I think it looks like when we've given all we can as pain patients and finally reachout for help! You know, when you've exhausted all of your energy: you have taken your last step, spent your last buck, you're mortgaged to the hilt paying medical bills and monthly prescriptions. You cant move, you can't sit, you can't expell one more breath without some decent pain relief and how-about-a-little-BREAK?!?!... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/40256/spent http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/40253/elemental Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:39 -0400 Radene Marie Cook Earth,air,fire and water: The basic groups of every element on earth. This painting was my way of discussing how those elements are in all of us. Obviously, it also helps me to describe how stripped down and raw our emotions can often be after we have been hurt, abused or wronged. (In bad pain management, you can get all at once!) The 4 sections are each uneven because though there is something beautiful in each real thing we feel, its never... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/40253/elemental http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/13029/silent-image Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:44:00 -0400 Radene Marie Cook Painting and screaming have something in common -- THERAPY! But a scream is much more than an expression of fear or rage. This one in particular is a scream of determination ... of the most basic power we have: to say NO! NO MORE! We who live with Chronic and Intractable Pain will no longer be left to suffer if we begin to speak up and say NO*we are not addicts. NO* we are not your guinea pigs, and NO, NO, NO* we do not want to die early from... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/13029/silent-image http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/13028/silent Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:39:00 -0400 Radene Marie Cook Painting and screaming have something in common -- THERAPY! But a scream is much more than an expression of fear or rage. This one in particular is a scream of determination ... of the most basic power we have: to say NO! NO MORE! We who live with Chronic and Intractable Pain will no longer be left to suffer if we begin to speak up and say NO*we are not addicts. NO* we are not your guinea pigs, and NO, NO, NO* we do not want to die early from... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/13028/silent http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/12641/soul-art Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:52:00 -0400 Radene Marie Cook "Intractable Pain is a brutal master. Red, white, blue and black -- the sacred colors of my Cherokee Nation -- complete this piece which shows the dilema that every intractable pain patient is forced deal with: the socially acceptable face we present in public and the private horror going on inside, behind the smile. The scarred trunk is a nod to a personal horror I share with thousands -- Adhesive Arachnoiditis and Cauda Equina... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/3388/12641/soul-art