coping with pain Archives - Living with Scleroderma https://livingwithscleroderma.com/tag/coping-with-pain/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Tue, 15 Dec 2015 01:56:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 31053421 Anniversary Waltz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/anniversary-waltz/ https://livingwithscleroderma.com/anniversary-waltz/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:00:27 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=3621 Last week, Al and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary. We agreed that we wouldn’t buy gifts. More important just to spend quality time together, a welcome break from the usual hectic midweek schedule. We shared a quiet, delicious meal and a bottle of wine at our favorite Afghan restaurant. Then, on Saturday night, we […]

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]]> https://livingwithscleroderma.com/anniversary-waltz/feed/ 2 3621 Dropping the F-bomb https://livingwithscleroderma.com/dropping-the-f-bomb/ https://livingwithscleroderma.com/dropping-the-f-bomb/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:23 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=194 Whenever I smash one of my fingertip ulcers—reaching for a faucet, reaching for the gear shift, reaching for a doorknob, any time I’m rushing and not paying attention—I curse. And the only curse that works is the f-bomb. It’s short, explosive and foul. It’s the best way I know to discharge my anger and diffuse […]

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