If you’ve been tasked with walking someone through an intense autoimmune journey, it can be a delicate matter. There are a lot of varied emotions that fluctuate based on how that someone is feeling on a given day. Pain is a tough taskmaster, and to imagine the pain and crushing fatigue that your loved one […]
Pain is a force that can really affect your outlook, decisions, and actions. Physical pain can impede your ability to move around, and compensation becomes the key to managing. In some cases, we compensate by altering our posture or position. We compensate by avoiding the offending activities. We compensate by using other body parts as […]
The idea of being disabled can be devastating to someone who has always been strong and able-bodied. Cement produces character, or so said my husband. That character demands that you withstand bad weather to stick with a slab that is slow to set up. That character demands that you be able to keep moving for […]
Disclaimer: I am not a medical know-it-all – not involved in medical fields, just sharing our experiences. Arthropathy is an interesting word. According to Spine-health, one of our go-to resources for info on our spinal concerns the last few years, arthropathy essentially encompasses joint diseases. Surprisingly, this could take many forms although it feels […]
You cannot imagine the stigma a construction worker faces when his body begins to fall apart on him. The majority of the world chalks it up to hard work or not being careful. Granted, Scott’s mantra tended to be, “Go hard or go home,” but the amount of deterioration seemed unjustified for his level of […]
One month ago, I celebrated what would be the last Valentine’s Day with my husband. I can look back at the cards we exchanged, knowing that I told him again that he was important to me and that he communicated the same to me. That afternoon, he was devastated as he drove home from a […]