Information and opinions on health from Glenda 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/7161/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7161/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/7161/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/52102/laughter-tears Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:57:54 -0500 Glenda I have been volunteering on line for many, many years. I have found a new family in the two sites I belong to. We laugh together, we cry together, we advocate, and share unashamebly. (And i don't want to hear one word about my typing) PainAid give me real time interaction with people who suffer, just like I do. It gives me a sense of community that is lacking in my real life. Those who do not know pain can't imagine how it shuts the doors to... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/52102/laughter-tears http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/16374/nonperson Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:33:00 -0500 Glenda You cannot tell me a time to be thereThreatening me if I don't showThen making me wait for almost an hourJust for youI am a person! Human and ProudMy time is important tooI hurt and live on my schedule Yet you do not careI am a non-person to youShove me at a studentDon't bother you with meI am not a non-personI Refuse your treatmentAfter I cried all the way homeI thought you would help meNow I know betterA number a non personA nothing to... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/16374/nonperson http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/13909/stop-time Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:01:00 -0400 Glenda It is a beginningHolding on to the pastYet we can't stop timeNo matter how we tryFor now, the child doesn'tUnderstand pain or hurtSo she holds on to that handThat old hand that holds Her safe.......... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/13909/stop-time http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/13908/night-pain Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:52:00 -0400 Glenda PAIN the maelstrom of darkness sucks you down weaving through the obstacles of pain- you try once again to make it through, one more time. the pain gets a life of its own every time facing it becomes harder and harder life will go on know matter how bad it is. whether your life will is another matter They keep saying it will ease with the passage of time You know they lie. It is easy for them. they are not the ones fighting for their sanity each... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/7161/13908/night-pain