How I’m doing now: my mast cell recovery
Hey everyone, A few people have reached out to ask me in the past week to ask how I’m doing now, with my mast cell issues. Whenever that happens, I always take it as a...
Category: Chronic Pain
How the Dynamic Neural Retraining System is changing my life
Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share a bit with you about the Dynamic Neural Retraining System, or DNRS for short. As you may know, this past fall I was diagnosed with a condition of...
A groundbreaking new study paves the way for future treatments for fibromyalgia
Hey everyone! If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ve probably seen this absolutely incredible TED talk by Dr. Elliot Krane, on the nature of chronic pain. It is seriously one of my favorite things...
I didn’t need one more thing to write about.
Update, May 2022: I went back to re-read this post and wow, things are so different now! I’m honestly doing okay. I was tempted to delete this post, cause it’s kind of negative, but I...
How to find help for Central Sensitization
Hi everyone! I recently heard from a reader who was looking for some suggestions on where to turn next, in terms of finding a medical professional to help him. He said he’d been struggling with...
So, I think I *do* have fibromyalgia, after all.
Wow… the past few months have been full of changes for me! There’s been a lot to deal with… but at the same time, I’ve been learning from it, and figuring a lot out. I...
Why I fired my primary care doctor after 10+ years.
Sometimes I just can’t believe the personal details I put online. To be honest, I think that’s why I don’t work on this blog as often as My Sacroiliac Joint Saga. It’s super easy to...
When the going gets tough, the tough start researching…
Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share with you this post from my friend Clare over at Jelly-Like Joints. Clare is a science-lover and “bookish crafter” –a book lover who also enjoys arts and crafts. ...
The thing I was most embarrassed to write about
Technically, I suppose it’s bad form to brag about how much traffic you’ve been getting on your blog. However, I feel like it’s a little different when a positive message comes with the bragging, so...
Too much of a good thing: when people don’t really *get* pain science
I wanted to share a really important post with you all this morning, from the author of Chronically Undiagnosed. She’s a therapist who is dealing with chronic illness. Recently, she wrote about her experience attending...