Information and opinions on health from jerry hesch 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/4037/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/4037/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/4037/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/4037/83612/definition Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:13:47 -0400 jerry hesch Was it Hemingway who entered and won an informal contest to write the saddest and briefest short story? If I recall correctly, it was "New crib for sale, never  used." This tears/tares me up some.   Chronic pain is of course multi-faceted, so a brief 3-5 words cannot possibly cover it, yet may create vantage points of meaning much like a prism does to light.   Informal rules: no limit to # of entries, be brief say 1-5 words... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/4037/83612/definition http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/4037/13964/poem-4-hope Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:58:00 -0400 jerry hesch Your wordsoh sweet wordsthat tumble and liltsliding offyour tender sweet lipslike snowfalland autumn leavesfalling and fallingwords besprentoff treesonto my petrified stillnesswordslike waterfalls of diamondsluminous and scintillatinglike summer's midnightmeteorites. Ohyour lips and languagewords so sweetlike the petals dewyour gentle soundseffortlessly formulatedwith eleganceeffortlesslike solitary breathunencumberedhow could youspeak... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/4037/13964/poem-4-hope http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/4037/13943/tin-tile Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:53:00 -0400 jerry hesch This is a fused glass panel which I made prior to my last 2 surgeries (7/9 surgeries). II used over 30 colors of Bullseye brand fusible glass and added dichroic glass. The dichroic will change color in response to varying angles of view. The glass is set on a tin ceiling tile and framed. I like the marriage of old (ceiling tile) with new (glass). The glass fractured when I first fired it, a lovely metaphor. I had to add additional glass and... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/4037/13943/tin-tile