As she pushes the contrast agent through the IV in my left arm, the MRI technician commends me for doing such a great job so far. The non-contrasted images are just fine,…
I’m working again, sort of. My full-time job of pain management has been successful enough that I am able to type for about and hour and a half a day,…
If I was hoping for some kind of vacation – even temporary – from pain after surgery, my nerves had other ideas. Just a few weeks after coming home from the…
And so, it is gone. From the moment I woke up in the recovery room, I knew the procedure had improved my life. And with the giddy rush of Dilaudid making the absence of…
A lot of non-Islander folks have asked me if I liked Disney’s Moana and what I thought of how they handled Pacific Islander culture. It’s difficult to gauge how I should, or want to, or am…
From my bed I hear the sounds of our usual family chaos. My daughter gallops across the living room floor, shaking the ceiling above me. There are downsides to a basement…
The last time I was on any kind of medication to treat my depression was before I got pregnant with the baby who is now a junior in high school. It’s not…
Last week, my five-year-old exclaimed that Donald Trump was the worst president of her entire life. She also had a few other choice words and I was a little caught off…
My sister and I both have it, whatever it is. This condition may be rare in the general population, but it’s anything but rare in our family, at least on…
It was hard not to let myself get carried away with pride when my Physical Therapist gushed over the progress I’ve been making. She noticed that my legs weren’t shaking in…
