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Posts tagged "pain"

April 10, 2017 37 Comments

It’s hard to type when you break your arm

Definitely brokenThis is my space heater, or as I like to call it now, my $6,600 space heater a.k.a. my bone density testing device. Why? Because I tripped over it and broke my left arm on February 16th, which maxed out my $6,600 health insurance out-of-pocket limit for the year. The heater was off, so I... [Read More]

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July 1, 2015 12 Comments

Bad, back! Bad!

Yesterday afternoon I couldn't get off the couch. When I say I couldn't get off the couch, I don't mean I was so tired or depressed that I couldn't will myself off it, I mean I physically could not get off the couch. My lower back had been sore, so I'd lain down on my... [Read More]

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April 23, 2012 25 Comments

Remind me never to go off my meds again

Note to self: Take medsPhoto credit: Unknown. Let me know if it was you or one of your multiple personalities. I like to Google the drugs I'm on sometimes, just for fun, like normal people Google their names. That's how I stumbled upon the fact that Lamictal can cause acne. Suddenly a light bulb went on over my head... [Read More]

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April 14, 2009 Leave a Comment

A different kind of before and after

Last month I was standing in line at Kroger, just like I've spent days of my life standing in line at Kroger. I was tired, I didn't want to be there, and the lady in front of me was paying with a check. As I shifted my weight from foot to foot, I was surprised,... [Read More]

Leave a Comment Read more about: headache, life, medicine, pain, science

February 17, 2009 Leave a Comment

A lecture in pain

When I walked into the room, I immediately categorized everyone who was sitting and waiting for the lecture to start into two groups - bright young medical students and old people in pain. I could have been wrong since I myself was a young person in pain, but regardless, as I looked into the audience... [Read More]

Leave a Comment Read more about: doctor, endorphins, headache, mini medical school, mu receptor, pain

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