By guest blogger Carrie Ann Golden You can find her blog at A Writer and Her Adolescent Muse My writing… Read more The Seeds Were Planted Early On
Author: Johanna
Writer, reader, person living with a disability, cat-mom, learner, mystic. J.D./Ph.D. from Ohio State. Can be found writing a speculative fiction novel, or about women's soccer and life with chronic pain.
Hot Honey Recipe for Pain
Cayenne peppers and other hot peppers are marvellous medicine for pain, both taken internally and used externally. Cayenne is in… Read more Hot Honey Recipe for Pain
My cane and visibility
A couple of years ago my arthritis advanced to the point where I need to use a cane for a… Read more My cane and visibility
Cannabis dosing for pain
Dosing cannabis for pain is difficult. Most people want a dose that takes care of their pain but leaves their… Read more Cannabis dosing for pain
Ways to use cannabis (for pain)
I use edibles (mostly) to get my cannabis – Mindy’s Gummies 5 mg CBD/5 mg THC, to be exact. This… Read more Ways to use cannabis (for pain)
On headaches
One of the most annoying things about being in pain is that you are constantly on painkillers – many of… Read more On headaches
Through a fibromyalgia flare-up
I’ve just weathered a nasty fibro flare. It lasted about a week. But now, I am starting to get used… Read more Through a fibromyalgia flare-up
Gifts for pained people
Four lists for gift-givers to folx with chronic pain, arthritis, migraines, back pain, and other pain. Gifts for less-mobile people… Read more Gifts for pained people
Total and Permanent Disability
“Total and Permanent Disability” – that’s the phrase that stopped me in my tracks. Several years ago, I had lost… Read more 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… Read more Low Pressure is coming
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