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Project3x5: TheProject3x5 has been nominated for the 2012 WEGO Health Activist Awards! →
Such exciting news! The Project 3x5 has been nominated for The 2012 WEGO Health Activist Awards! Yay!
The blog has been nominated in the Best in Show category meaning that, although I do tweet (Let’s be friends - I’m over at: @theproject3x5), my writing on this blog is up for the…
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Project3x5: HOORAY! It's September! It's Pain Awareness Month! →
Did you know that September is National Pain Awareness Month?!?
Even better… do you know that there are a ton of exciting events going on all over the USA (and the web, so no excuses!) to raise awareness & education for the cause and to allow us to meet each other for support?!
Yup!…
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Having a rough day? Even if you’re having a wonderful day, here’s a tiny reminder that you are so strong and can do any positive thing you put your mind to. Never stop believing in yourself.
Source: chosen-positivity
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It’s one of those bad, bad pain days today.
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
Thinking about it though, it’s so wonderful how tomorrow is another day, isn’t it?
It may always hurt, but (fingers crossed), at least tomorrow it may hurt just that little bit less. Enough to get us through and allow us to deal with things just that much easier. :) xx
(Source: pleaseholdmecloser)
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I’m
slowlyrapidly becoming a part of of the Chicago Skyline. xx
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“Whatever Happens, Happens…”
Lauren (you met her yesterday) and I just before entering the hospital yesterday to find out my not such great news. So close we almost look like the same person, huh?
I was in an extreme amount of pain the moment that the above photo was taken, but you know what - here’s how I choose to look at it (Hint: it really helps!): My Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD) may be hurtful, but my friendships bring me joy, hope, love, faith, and strength. A wicked combination that nothing - no disease, chronic illness, sickness, pain, etc. - nothing, is stronger than.
Living in and out of hospitals, being cut into every other month (with no cure to be found) - there is at times so little that brings us laughter, so little that brings us hope, and, even in the best of us, there may be at times a fading or flickering faith that things might not get any better. Chronic illnesses, ugh. I had no idea before I got one, but boy do they take it out of you.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned though it would be this - chronic illnesses put stuff back in to you as well. And it’s damn good stuff too!
Living in and out of hospitals, being cut into every other month (with ‘seemingly’ no cure to be found) there’s so little time for drama that your friendships just become true. There’s so little extra strength for pettiness that your experiences just become pure. When dealing with hope, let’s hope it has nothing to do with worrying that some minor inconsequential action of yours has lead to the petty argument between your flatmates.
And as for love & joy… well I think there’s always enough of those to go around - chronically ill or not. :)
Be well,
Danielle. xx
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Strength, Love, Peace, & Hope.
My heart goes out to all those who need it.
Anja, my best friend especially. xx
May this bring you some cheer. :)
Be well! Lots of love. xx
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I Flunked the Debunk…
Yippee!!! Boohoo!!!
Tomorrow morning, the permanent Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) is going to be implanted. I attempted to debunk my feelings on it while flying to Chicago earlier today, but I was unsuccessful in a huge way…
I’m all over the map. Nope, not just physically - mentally too.
I’m a human mood ring, one moment hot, the next moment cold. Nope, not just physically - emotionally too.
Tomorrow should be interesting, eh? xx
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This PM: Set DVR to The Revolution →
Christine Miserandino of the fantastic blog ‘But You Don’t Look Sick’ will be on ABC’s ‘The Revolution’ Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 to speak about Chronic Pain. Click on the link above to find out more!
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