Four lists for gift-givers to folx with chronic pain, arthritis, migraines, back pain, and other pain. Gifts for less-mobile people Gifts specifically about pain Free/cheap gifts Gifts to think twice before giving I’m not doing links – I’m not getting any kickbacks for any of these. Not even the brands I endorse directly. But ifContinue reading “Gifts for pained people”
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Total and Permanent Disability
“Total and Permanent Disability” – that’s the phrase that stopped me in my tracks. Several years ago, I had lost my job as a professor and was trying to make a different sort of life. I couldn’t work and my partner did not make much money, but I was still facing large and looming studentContinue reading “Total and Permanent Disability”
Low Pressure is coming
Do you have a knee that tells the weather? A hand? Mine is a shoulder – and my shoulder says the air pressure is dropping and the weather is changing. While it’s kinda nice to be able to forecast, it’s not so nice when it spreads to my other joints and I get pinned toContinue reading “Low Pressure is coming”
Horrible Halloween
This year was the worst Halloween ever – thanks directly to Covid-19 and all of those who, at the national level to the local level, are working hard to avoid doing what needs to be done. My partner’s uncle died of Covid-19 on Halloween. He had been in intensive care for a while. One lungContinue reading “Horrible Halloween”
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