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medical treatments

Smoke and Mirrors © 2013 Jane Waterman

Seronegative and Out of Luck

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On August 21st, I finally got to see my new rheumatologist – some four or so months after the referral was made. I haven’t had a rheumatologist since my first one retired in 2009 – I don’t count the appointment with … Read More

medical practitioners, seronegative Sjogren's, Sjogren's syndrome, top posts
Pain Study © 2013 Jane Waterman

Grasping for Answers

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I have mentally begun this post for weeks, but a chronically ill life has a way of shaking loose any idea of control over one’s destiny. Anyone who has been ill for a while will understand what I mean when … Read More

alternative therapies, Buddhist practices, change, chronic pain, depression, hope, impermanence, medical practitioners, medications, present moment, Sjogren's syndrome, suicide
Where I Stand © 2013 Jane Waterman

Where I Stand

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I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 16 #HAWMC – Tell us 3 things that are true about you, your condition, or your Health Activism. Tell us 1 lie. Will we be able to tell the … Read More

awareness, chronic pain, medical practitioners, Sjogren's syndrome
Tribal © 2003 Jane Waterman

Alternative Depression Treatments and Tin Foil Hats

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Day 20 – Write about alternative treatments/regimens/medicine. What do you support? What is crazy? Today’s prompt amuses me. Alternative treatments – what is crazy? What, indeed? I could wax lyrical about people in tin foil hats dancing naked under the … Read More

alternative therapies, depression, humour, top posts
Study #1 © 2012 Jane Waterman

What Patients Want Practitioners to Know

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Day 18 – Advice for new doctors or nurses I apologize if this post begins by tippy-toeing around, but as I make this pitch to you – a new doctor or nurse – I don’t want to imply that I’m … Read More

medical practitioners
Tattered © 2003 Jane Waterman

Cry Me a River

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Day 6 – Write about a time you had to take the high road I sometimes wonder at the irony of Sjogren’s syndrome, which often makes it hard to shed a tear, much less cry me a river. Whenever I … Read More

chronic pain, grief, hope, medical practitioners, Sjogren's syndrome
This is What Is © 2012 Jane Waterman

Chronic Pain and Catastrophic Medicine

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This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time. Having been through a somewhat hectic week, and feeling rather strung out by recent pain levels, I thought I’d try to jot down some of my thoughts … Read More

chronic pain, depression, medical practitioners, medications, sensitivity, Sjogren's syndrome, top posts
Shame © 2012 Jane Waterman

Shame

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I come to writing today wrung out, hollowed, disappointed, ashamed. I can forgive myself the days that lapsed since my last entry. I sank into the recesses of a cave, and there I went through the motions of life in … Read More

artrage, chronic pain, compassion, darkness, depression, digital art, medical practitioners, medications, present moment

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    Care Package for People with Sjogren's and Depression

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