Today is the day!! First, a bit of history on how I got to today’s treatment/ In November 2016 I had another valve in one of the veins fail requiring it to be tied off. Since then the surgery site has been hit with numerous bacteria and unable to heal at a rate the doctors are…
Category: Monthly Post 2016
What’s Your Best Pain Management Plan?
This article is for those of you living with chronic pain and for those caring for someone living with chronic pain. The following article was obtained from http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/condition-15/pain/pain-management?page=4 on Sunday, July 16, 2017, and was originally posted on July 22, 2016. REMEMBER: “Pain without Humor is Just Painful” – Richard Kreis What’s Your Best Pain…
8 Myths and Facts About Chronic Pain
This post was originally run on WebMD, July 25, 2016, and then again on July 13, 2017, at “http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/condition-15/pain/slideshow-pain-myths-facts?ecd=wnl_cbp_071317&ctr=wnl-cbp-071317_nsl-ld-stry_1&mb=vFpO96WRq7O5IlSaW5oHNBXFE73IOX1csK6JNrAANJI%3d,” which is where I copied and pasted it for those of you dealing with chronic pain. Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on July 25, 2016 Weather Can Affect Pain FACT. If your joint pain gets worse when it’s…