What you eat has a direct impact on the way you feel but when we feel utterly awful, our pain fervent too, preparing and even eating the right foods can bring its own challenges. The Herculean effort … [Read more...]
Pain Art | By Susan Gofstein
'Resonance: Erasure' By Susan Gofstein Here's a statement from the artist: "Pain is a solitary truth that defies communication, A maddeningly subjective and resistant to language and measurement. … [Read more...]
How to Cope When Chronic Pain Affects Friends, Family & Social Life
When our lives have been so devastatingly altered by chronic pain and illness, with not a single facet untouched, the support we receive from friends and family becomes all the more essential. But one … [Read more...]
What are your greatest challenges? If You Can Spare a Spoon, Take This Short Survey
What are your greatest challenges with your chronic pain and illness? To help me help you, I've created this short survey for our community. Voice your opinions, be heard, and help make a difference … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Weather the Internal Storm of Chronic Pain and Not Let it Define You
Pain is so all-encompassing, so constant, and overwhelming, it can be difficult to detach the pain from everything else in life, especially when it so deeply affects everything in life. From the … [Read more...]
Pain Art | By Lynda Robinson
Here's a statement from the artist: "I am a migraine sufferer! My first attack occured when I was 13 years old and I had no idea what was happening to me. Migraine is so much more than a headache, … [Read more...]
Comedy Spoon-Themed Interlude
Patient princesses, waiting warriors, after what was perhaps the silliest, certainly the longest interlude and absence yet, finally, after back-to-back flare then flu-flare combo, I'm feeling more … [Read more...]
Supplements to Help Banish Brain Fog
Brain fog, also known as fibro fog, can be one of the most irritating symptoms of chronic pain conditions, and complex illness. Though it's especially prevalent in chronic fatigue syndrome … [Read more...]
Making it Through Christmas with Chronic Illness and Pain
No matter your beliefs or background, culture or unique celebrations, this time of year is filled with people celebrating. From Yule to Hanukkah to Christmas Day itself, to more usual festivals such … [Read more...]
SpoonGirl’s Spoon-Saving Tips for Chronic Pain and Illness
If you are running low on spoons, or if you just need some tips on saving your spoons, finally, we may just be saved. Introducing a whole new kind of superhero... SpoonGirl Rescuing Pain Princesses … [Read more...]