Eight Years

2016-05-17 Miss Poison My Mother, Pieces Of Me, Writing Loss, Mourning, My Mother, Pain, Pieces Of Me, Writing

Eight years ago tonight, I got a phone call that changed my life. It wasn't one of those life-changing "oh, how fabulous" calls, either. It was the kind of call that brings you to your knees. Somehow, I was able to remain upright and forge ahead. By the Grace Of G-d, apparently. Every day since, … Continue reading Eight Years

Deeply Emotional Goodbyes

2016-05-09 Miss Poison Cats, Honesty, Life, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Cats, Emotions, Loss, Love, OGK, Pain, Sadness, Writing

I apologize to all of you for not writing this weekend. I fully intended to complete a post yesterday, but I had to prioritize a horrible Fibro flare and today, despite one of the worst migraines in my life, I forced myself out the door with sunglasses practically glued to my face, on a 30+ … Continue reading Deeply Emotional Goodbyes

Pain Helped Him Pull The Trigger

Link 2016-05-03 Miss Poison Articles, Chronic Pain, Opioids, Pain Corin Cates-Carney, Invisible Illnesses, Montana, Opiates, Pain, Pain Patients, Treatment

http://mtpr.org/post/pain-helped-him-pull-trigger#stream/0 This just plain upsets me. Denouncing someone's pain is a personal trigger for me. Leaving pain patients in a lurch without a referral to a new physician is heinous to me. Until you've walked 100 miles in a pain patient's shoes, do NOT judge their need for medication. I can't tell you how hard … Continue reading Pain Helped Him Pull The Trigger

The Beauty Of Being Shattered

Quote 2016-04-29 Miss Poison Inspiration, Pieces Of Me, Quotes Beauty, Bryant McGill, Character, Distinction, Life, Pain, Quotes, Shattered, Stronger, The Storms Of Life, Wiser

"The beauty of being shattered is how the shards become our character and our marks of distinction. This is how we are refined by our pain. When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again. The storm gives us the gift of our defining choices. You … Continue reading The Beauty Of Being Shattered

Opioid Caused Deaths – What We Can Learn

Link 2016-04-262016-04-27 Miss Poison Chronic Pain, Pain Chronic Pain, Health, Opiates, Opinions, Pain

http://nationalpainreport.com/opinion-opioid-caused-deaths-what-we-can-learn-8830242.html

Global Barometric Variation Annual Maps

Link 2016-04-10 Miss Poison Health, Migraines Barometric Pressure, Health, Migraines, Pain, Weather

https://www.securevideo.com/blog/2016/03/18/global-barometric-variation-annual-maps-and-monthly-raw-data/ This information might help some of you avoid migraines. Mine have been horrible from day one, except in Dallas, so obviously I need to move to Israel and live out my days, pronto!

When My Daughter Is Blamed for Her Chronic Pain

Link 2016-04-06 Miss Poison Articles, Children, Pain Articles, Children, Chronic Pain, Deb Clem-Buckert, Migraine, Pain, Pain Disorders

http://themighty.com/2016/04/amplified-musculoskeletal-pain-syndrome-doctors-treat-childrens-pain-differently This article infuriated me. I know how I was treated as a child with pain and it wasn't very different, but I feel like the practices have become worse as an adult with pain, not better. You have to fight for everything, and that is unacceptable to me, but for anyone to denounce the … Continue reading When My Daughter Is Blamed for Her Chronic Pain

Many Of Us…

Quote 2016-04-04 Miss Poison Quotes Darkness, Iyanla Vanzant, Pain, Quotes, Shame

"Many of us hold on to our pain, afraid to reveal it. Ashamed to admit it. We owe it to ourselves and everyone else to see that all people live painless and free. It is our duty to share what we know if it has helped us to move beyond some darkness in life." —Iyanla … Continue reading Many Of Us…