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Disability: Mind over matter
One of the blogs I’ve come to deeply respect is Planet of the Blind, written by Stephen Kuusisto, who has been “blind” since he was born prematurely in the mid-1950s. I put the word blind into quotes...
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Preparing for battle
It’s one of those interesting autumn days when the sun and the clouds battle for dominance overhead. Indoors, the light from the windows shifts from yellow and warm to gray and cold, back and forth,...
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Pain and honey
I went out to lunch with my Mom yesterday. Unsure of what we wanted to eat, we ended up going to old town Folsom (yes, the same one that’s named in the famous “Folsom Prison Blues”). After considering...
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Wrist Watch
I’ve just got to tell you! I’ve reached an significant milestone in my long battle with the rheuma-dragon: wearing wrist braces. Wow! Earth-shaking, right? I know, I know. Pretty low on the excitement...
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About your bones …
Updated at end of story, Thursday, May 28: May is Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, a fact I only learned about late last week. And while the month is nearly over, awareness of this...
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Revisiting an Old Passion
I took a big step forward this week. For some time now I’ve yearned to start drawing and painting again. The talent I was born with is still with me, but it’s been decades since I’ve created anything...
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Wanna Help Me Out?
I’m excited! I’m attending the Joint Decisions Empowerment Summit in early November. This year it’s being held in Sausalito, California alongside the American College of Rheumatology Conference taking...
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Mind over Matter: The Placebo/Nocebo Effects
The first time I heard of the “placebo effect” was way back in the 1970s on M.A.S.H., a TV sitcom about the staff of a field hospital in war-torn Korea. The episode portrayed it perfectly: when the...
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May is National Arthritis Month, raising awareness among Americans of the various diseases and conditions that we know collectively as “arthritis.” They afflict more than 50 million adults in the U.S.,...
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