Novel Memoir pain room is a new project I am initiating, with Murray Toews providing the visuals. This is where it starts. Should I be successful in my funding applications there is a plan to set up a separate domain and website. In the meantime I will start posting fragments, quotes, audio and additional images.
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My Left Foot
The word amputation makes us flinch After a rare year without surgery I have a below the left knee amputation scheduled at the HSC on March 26, 2018. My left foot can bear no weight, and I have plenty. The foot is ever more deformed; this picture goes back to August. Stage Four Flat Foot
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What I have in common with Brian Pallister Premier of Manitoba Size 15 shoes. My Left Foot and Ankle I’m unsuccessfully trying to ignore continuing bad news on the health front. My left ankle fusion has officially been pronounced a failure, only the third in three hundred. Options range from do nothing, and increase pain
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Old Bones And New Normals
1. I crossed Portage Avenue from Fort to Notre Dame pushing against a harsh wind coming from the North. The winter of 2009 was notable for its cold and ice. I was looking at my feet, watching my steps, when I spotted a toonie and a loonie on the ice of the avenue. I bent
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Staying Alive! My Body, My Self.
I’m back to taking Percocet waiting for my carpal tunnels to be scraped and my ankles replaced. The last Percocet post on my site was January 2014, not as long ago as I thought. The last full post regarding my depression and mental health was in 2012, a lot further back than I thought. This
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Waiting for Dr. Hammond Redux
My left foot started to hurt again after Christmas, and now it really hurts. On a scale from1 to 10 its a ? Depends on the time of day, and what medication I have taken. I took my foot (along with the rest of me) to the best foot surgeon in Winnipeg yesterday. He did
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What’s new in Vicipedia – M is for Mennonite Meditation
Click MBSR or paste M is a for Mennonite Meditation
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