Information and opinions on health from Jeannika 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/574/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/574/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/574/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/14007/de-view-life Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:17:00 -0400 Jeannika  This is the first piece I composed for choir & full orchestra. I wrote the horn section for my friend Cameron who played it with me. If you listen closely you can hear me playing the guitar & piano. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/14007/de-view-life http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/14006/sunset-river Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:15:00 -0400 Jeannika  Sunset is my favorite time of day. It's when I'm most relaxed and at peace with the world. I composed this piece while contemplating a river at sunset. Enjoy listening. Love ~ Jeannika http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/14006/sunset-river http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/14005/thought-life Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:12:00 -0400 Jeannika  I've been sick most of my life.  I often cope with illness through music.  In 1966, at age 11, after a particularly difficult year, I wrote this song. 40 years later I finally scored & notated it. I hope you enjoy listening.  Love~ Jeannika http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/14005/thought-life http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13211/life-journey Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:04:00 -0400 Jeannika  I've been using music to help me transend pain and illness. I started writing this song 4 years ago, & just finished. It's dedicated to a friend who helped save my life & brought me back to music. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13211/life-journey http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13080/view-walker Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:09:00 -0400 Jeannika My time is in the morning, afternoon, and evening walks I take with Harvey. We walk up and down our street, greeting our friends the birds, laughing at the cats, waving to the neighbors, talking to the folks brave enough to walk up and pet Harvey.     Harvey walking "me"  I always have my camera with me, ready to photograph any of the multitude of wonders Harvey leads me to. Some days are special ...... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13080/view-walker http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13078/listen-music Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:42:00 -0400 Jeannika Click here to listen my musiclocated at www.jeannika.com  Click here to view my MySpace Musician's pagelocated at www.myspace.com/Jeannika  http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13078/listen-music http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13076/life-journey Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:27:00 -0400 Jeannika Over the years I've spent a lot of time at doctors and in hospitals. In 2003, after having been discharged from ICU, I told there was no treatment for my disorder ... that it would eventually kill me ... and I should learn to live with it until I die.  That day I made the decision to never again be hospitalized, regardless of how ill I should become. I told my friends and family I wanted to die at home, in the comfort of my own... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/574/13076/life-journey