Big Pain with Ultimate Gain
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, HEALTH, Personal Experience, Spirit on 12 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Okay, so I really thought that surgery number thirty-nine last February would be that last one I’d need in a long time. However, at my last ortho follow-up, my doctor and I discussed the need for another minor surgery. This one would be required on my “good” (right) foot.
You see, due...
Miracle on My Motorcyle
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, Family, Home, LIFE, News, Personal Experience, Spirit on 09 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment
September 17, 1987 is a special date on the calendar for me. You see, it was 21 years ago today that my life took a major hit. While driving our Kawasaki 550 motorcycle I was broadsided by the car of a young lady performing an illegal U-turn. My life as I had known it (had planned) would never be the...
Leg Work: a bit of bone surgery
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, HEALTH, LIFE, Personal Experience, Spirit on 02 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment
The 21st of February, the very day after I turned 46, I had my 31st surgery. God has been good to me in that I made it through another one.
This was the easiest surgery I’ve ever had on my leg. Dr. Karl Raynor went in and removed 2″ from my left distal fibula (smaller lower leg bone) and...
Shadows Along the Way
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Pain, LIFE, Ministry, Opinion, Personal Experience, Ponderings, Spirit on 11 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment
I ponder about the depression that so oft’ besets the person with chronic pain. It is a darkness that seems consuming … inescapable … threatening to swallow us up in its blackness of uncaring loneliness.
To be in the shadows is to have all the joy sucked out of every aspect of my life....
Purpose In Pain
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, Friendship, HEALTH, LIFE, Personal Experience, Ponderings, Spirit on 11 1st, 2007 | No Comments
The purpose of this page is to act as a common support site for people who are in pain. To offer hope as we spiritually share together our experiences, our knowledge, our challenges and victories, while offering mutual support and encouragement.
There is only one specific 12-step group for People In...