Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Long term opiate use safe; One woman’s experience with Savella
There are two great articles from Karen Lee Richards in HealthCentral’s Chronic Pain Connection newsletter today.
The first, One Patient’s Experience with Savella for Fibromyalgia, Richards brings us detailed feedback from one of her contacts, Brenda, who has been taking the new drug for seven weeks. Many of us have heard of Savella, but so few have […]
December 3, 2009
Tags: chronic pain, Forest Tennant, Karen Lee Richards, opiates, Savella Posted in: Fibromyalgia, Pain, Resources, treatments 
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Tips & Tools for Working From Bed
I’ve never encountered this web site before, but it was linked from a blog carnival, and the article is pretty good: Because Sitting up is for Suckers: 70+ Tools, Tips and Hacks to Work from Bed
I still miss my laptop!
And I have a pretty nice setup, but can’t help drooling at this: the Ergopod 500. I’m not […]
June 27, 2008
Tags: bedbound, computing, ergonomics Posted in: Resources, employment No Comments
Review: Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease
I read Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease by Rosalind Joffe and Joan Friedlander a few months back, but for some reason my review on Amazon never showed up, and I didn’t think to keep a copy for myself. It seems to finally be there now, so I’ll put it here, too (slightly expanded).
This book is […]
May 29, 2008
Tags: autoimmune disease, chronic illness, Joan Friedlander, Rosalind Joffee, working Posted in: Resources, disability, employment One Comment
Free Screen Magnifier Software
This isn’t where I usually get geeky, but I think this utility might be useful to many readers.
I get notices from the Giveaway of the Day and Game Giveaway Of the Day sites each day as to what they have available that day. They make arrangements with various software publishers to distribute commercial software absolutely free […]
February 23, 2008
Tags: , accommodations, Magic Lens Max, software, utility Posted in: Resources, Technical No Comments
The Value of Education for Chronic Illness Patients
Paula Kamen, author of All In My Head, talks about the value of education in coping with chronic illness in an excellent editorial in the New York Times.
Leaving the Rabbit Hole. This passage, in particular, spoke to me:
The worst thing, to me, about having a non-stop multi-year headache isn’t necessarily the pain. Or the way […]
February 19, 2008
Tags: chronic daily headache, chronic illness, Education, migraines, Pain, Paula Kamen Posted in: Education, Pain, Resources One Comment
