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Stormcarver on Chronic Pain
Wednesday, September 26 2007
After such a good day, plugging back into the living, it feels like...I look at the weather and see that it's going to rain tomorrow. It's not like I didn't know that a few hours ago. My joints are great barometers.I try not to dread tomorrow. I have things that must be done, including an appointment with our daughter's... Read more
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Stormcarver on Chronic Pain
Tuesday, September 25 2007
Too many of us sit inside and watch television for hours at a time. It's incredibly detrimental. We are tuning out. We are avoiding. It's time to change that.Find something that changes your attitude, gets you plugged into life again. For me, it's George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord." That song speaks to my... Read more
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Stormcarver on Chronic Pain
Friday, September 21 2007
It has been raining for the past two of days, which means a couple of things. 1) Airbrushing is currently out, because I do that outside and, well, it's raining. 2) Everything hurts; some more than others.The second statement above has me a bit puzzled in the last week. Usually, when it rains, I find myself torn. I have always loved... Read more
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Stormcarver on Chronic Pain
Tuesday, September 18 2007
This is my first journal entry, and I feel a bit odd about it in the midst of so many who seem so much more advanced in their pain than I am at this point.Between 1993 and 1998 I was on the receiving end of 4 auto accidents. In three, I was the front car in a rear-end acident. In the fourth, I was the passenger in a car that was t-boned from... Read more
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Stormcarver on Chronic Pain
Tuesday, September 18 2007
After my initial auto accident, which rendered me disabled, I taught myself to carve wood. I found, after a time, that I preferred stone and have explored many dimensions of the medium. Within the last year, I have found that increasing pain in my neck and joints prevent me from carving. As this is an activity that very much helps me to... Read more
