Thursday, February 7, 2019, 5:30-7:00 p.m. I was 10 minutes early tonight. When I checked in, the receptionist told me, “You don’t have a co-pay.” I’m thinking that’s because of have Medical Financial Assistance. Which makes me all the more grateful to be able to do this! It was a much smaller group tonight! As…
Category: depression
Depression Group #1
Phone Appointment with Dr. Whitehead January 16, 2019 Dr. Whitehead (the Pain Psychologist) called me this morning (for whatever Francis asked her to do for me). After talking some, we mutually decided that a Depression Group might be the best option for me. So I agreed to go to the next one, starting on January…
November Gratitudes
I joined a group of new friends (originally from one of the diabetes groups I’m currently in) who invited me to participate in their tradition to post one thing you’re thankful for each day in November in a group called “November Gratitudes.” Seemed harmless enough. And doable. And in spite of various challenges of life,…
Pain Physical Therapy #8
November 19, 2018, 4:00 p.m. Linda and Emily and I had enough time at Olive Garden to enjoy a leisurely lunch and drinks. We stayed as long as we felt it was appropriate, and we still arrived back at Union City Kaiser an hour an a half before my physical therapy appointment. Linda left the…
Quotes & Rants
2/2/18 Collected here and there, from Facebook, from my own head…. “The challenge with chronic head pain is that it is invisible. If you tell people you really hurt, then you are complaining. We are disbelieved simply because we are women, and dismissed as having a ‘women’s disease.’ If we don’t tell people about our…
Ryan Bell Is Back!
I posted this on Facebook yesterday (March 29, 2017): Ryan Bell is back! After a 6-month “hiatus” from podcasting, he has just published another one. And I just finished listening to it. I have been curious about what he’s been doing, other than being at Iron Triangle Brewery, but I figured he’d tell us sooner or…