The massive pain in my hands & shoulderblade have been (likely) diagnosed as a pinched nerve in my neck. As I was traveling to NYC by myself last night, I was envisioning a bunch of nightmare scenarios ( Read more... )

You know the pleasure-pain that comes from turning on the shower just slightly hotter than you can handle, focusing that heat on your madly itching poison oak, and then turning the heat up more ( Read more... )

At least, I think I do. The foot is still pins & needles numb, so I'm pretty sure that I'm correct. The codeine is doing more for me this time, so don't be surprised when I start talking about flying purple elephants.

In a case of something that's not a fiction of my codeine, Comics Alliance reports on why the DC blog closed their comments ( Read more... )

15 Things Not to Say to Someone With RAIf you swap out Rheumatoid Arthritis with almost any other chronic issues, the advice remains the same ( Read more... )

Issue: I dislike the Spoons analogy ( Read more... )

Even though I don't want my pain to be validated by a high pulse rate, at least I can point to something and say "See! I really am in pain. Now bite me ( Read more... )