The invisible pain dilemma

Those of us that experience chronic pain undoubtedly have one or more stories of being dismissed because we don’t ‘look’ sick or injured. For medical...

Why does some pain fade?

Why does some pain last and other pain fade away? I’ve been chewing on this question for a few months now. Eight and a half...

Many Hands Make Light Work

I recently submitted my first piece of art in a competition for The Canadian Pain Society! It’s admittedly small potatoes – I’m not winning a...

Where has the time gone

Where has the time gone?? I feel like I just published my piece on acceptance yet here I am staring at the published date of...

The spectrum of acceptance

I used to think that to accept something meant to give in to it. To shrug my shoulders and admit with reluctance, I guess this...

Embracing the incomplete

Ok, enough is enough. I have been avoiding writing for some time now, feeling as though what I’ve been doing was never complete enough to...

My First Comic!

The invisible nail strikes again Individual panels: I had so much fun drawing this, and if you’re reading this it means that you enjoyed it...