Information and opinions on health from Stormcarver 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/8585/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8585/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8585/index http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/14201/difficult Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:51:00 -0400 Stormcarver 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 teacher.  But I know it will be hard to get out of bed and I can't stop tears from coming to my... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/14201/difficult http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/14160/time-tune Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:57:00 -0400 Stormcarver 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 soul, reminds me that I am, no matter what, really alive.  Like nothing else, it changes my attitude... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/14160/time-tune http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/14000/moderashwa Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:36:00 -0400 Stormcarver 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 the rain.  It's beautiful, it smells good.  The temp drops, so, in some ways, it even feels good... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/14000/moderashwa http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/13853/mri-mri Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:30:00 -0400 Stormcarver 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 the passenger side.  My pelvis has been broken through in 2 places with resulting stress cracks in... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/13853/mri-mri http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/13841/autumn-leaves Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:27:00 -0400 Stormcarver 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 concentrate on something other than pain, I was very frustrated. My partner urged me to explore other... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/13841/autumn-leaves http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/13839/small-koi Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:49:00 -0400 Stormcarver After my initial auto accident, which rendered me disabled, I taught myself to carve. I have stuck to the traditionalist idea that things should be carved by hand, with knives and gouges, sanded with sandpaper -- machines are "cheating." Due to increasing pain in my neck and joints, I have recently had to ammend this view. This sculpture, "Small Koi," represents the first I have done primarily by mechanical means.This... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/8585/13839/small-koi