A Great Loss

As I return to my blog, I realize the last post I wrote 10 years ago, starts with Dr. Jeffrey Fudin.  It is with a heavy heart that I relate that we have lost Dr. Fudin, B.S., Pharm D., FCCP, FASHP, FFSMB, creator and author of Pain Dr.com.  

Dr. Jeff and the information in his site, made me feel that I was not alone, and I was on the right path regarding my stance on the use of responsible opiate use for chronic pain management.  His superior knowledge on the subject and his ability to convey his deep rooted belief to his blog was unique and drew an audience of pain patients, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, advocates and many more.  I was fortunate to interact with him and a guest author on the subject of Walgreens Good Faith Dispensing Policy.  He had the ability to make me feel like he really heard me, and truly cared about what I was expressing.  His blog is still up and kept current by an impressive team.  I highly encourage you to head over to Pain Dr. and look around.

He will be greatly missed. My deepest condolences to his family. 

Dr. Jeffrey Fudin

October 1958-May 2022   

**Update: It seems that his website is down.**

Gentle Hugs....and a tolerable pain day.

Coming Home

There's No Place Like Home

I stepped away from my blog for a minute--well, 10 years to be exact.  

After 6 years of writing, 128 posts, 761 comments, and a lot of work here, it was time to take a break.  Also the timing shows just what was going on in my life that led to the break.  

I focused here on chronic pain and all that goes along with it.  Living every day with severe spinal pain was exhausting.  Looking back, I truly don't know quite how I did it, how I functioned in my daily life.  My exhaustion was starting to affect my ability to come here and write, think of subjects, interact with my readers, and keep the blog up.     

Also during my absence, 10 years held many significant events that would change my life.  Change me.  One gave me my life back.  One threatened to take my life.  And one threatened my very safety and sanity.  

I will address each one as I get back to writing.  It is time.  I am in a good place and I am safe.  You will see why I say that when I write about each situation.  I am certainly not lacking in subject matter.  The last 10 years have held the most interesting yet confusing, elating, scary and happy times of any other decade.  Just 4 months ago something very significant happened that again has changed my life.  

I am happy to be writing here again, I look forward to sharing the last 10 years.  As I did before, I hope that each subject will move the reader, educate, let you know that you are not alone.  That was one of the most talked about, positive outcomes of my writing--people wanted to know that someone else was also going through the same situation, that they could read here and relate to what I was saying.  On the subject of chronic pain, many readers said they felt alone, isolated when it came to others understanding what they experienced every day.  They said they felt judged, when all they were trying to do was to be able to live as normal of a life as was physically possible.  When I read another's words of a familiar situation, something I have gone through, I feel validated, heard.  I like knowing that someone else has experienced what I have gone through.  There is a kinship there.  I hope in sharing again here, that readers will understand and learn from my experiences.

The thing I will start with is the most recent.  I am 4 months into this experience and it dominates my every waking moment, ergo why I will begin with it.  

It's good to be back, and as I signed off on every post for 6 years:            

Gentle Hugs....and a tolerable pain day.