The Beast and The Jeep
My pain attack hit a 10 on the pain scale, and my first instinct was to climb into the back of my dad’s Jeep in the garage. I let my […]
My pain attack hit a 10 on the pain scale, and my first instinct was to climb into the back of my dad’s Jeep in the garage. I let my […]
Trigeminal neuralgia feels like a special kind of hell. It’s hard to find any other way of describing it, though I’ve tried, and I’ve certainly written novels and stories where […]
This is in response to what Mo Brooks recently said, and also what’s going on with healthcare today. The healthcare battle is important to me and others like me. I am […]
A relationship becomes all the more difficult if chronic pain or chronic illness is involved. Many difficulties faced by those with chronic pain or illness are also faced by their loved […]
I waited in the tiny exam room with my head wrapped up in a scarf, because the fluorescent lights have been a trigger for me since childhood. The doctor came […]
Pain has a way of separating you from reality, but it also has a way of keeping you grounded. It’s a strange balance I’ve noticed over the years, since I’ve […]
Excerpt from Orion Cross My Sky: The house, including his bedroom, smelled like his mother’s stale cigarettes. Orion clambered out of bed, his face aching. It had been a cold […]
Last year, during a severe pain attack, I was asked, “What’s it feel like?” I remember writhing where I sat, wanting to rip my face off, wanting to tear it […]
I keep hoping that one day I’ll wake up and the pain will be gone. I give myself that benefit of the doubt. My gift to myself is the desperate […]
The constant aching, tingling, the feeling that someone is using my face as a pin-cushion. Various other sensations that are difficult to describe, minus the severe pain attacks. And thank […]