The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert

Detroit, Michigan
The Body Chronic is a blog for anyone that lives with chronic illness or chronic pain and those... Full Bio
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Don't Just Take My Word on Prop 2: Another Body Chronic Speaks Out by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain The Body Chronic makes friends with other chronically-minded folks. One of the longest running chronic friends I've had in person (and I mean this in a good "chronic&quo ... Read on »
Proposal 2 In Michigan--Stem Cell Research: An Issue for The Body Chronic by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain I originally posted this on my politics and pop culture blog, Only Baggage You Can Bring. As the election draws nearer, I feel the need to publicize it more. I expect a lot o ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 10/20/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 10/16/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 10/15/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.- Hunter S. Thompson Read on »
Possibly the Biggest Case of a Body Chronic Ever by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Some of you may have heard of the so-called Tree Man --a man in Indonesia who looks as if he is turning into a tree. For years doctors have been puzzled over his condition, w ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 10/3/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.-ConfuciousOn the occasion of the day after a big tumble for me. Read on »
Health Care and The 2008 Election--Issues that Matter by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Check out my sister blog, Only Baggage You Can Bring all week this week for issues about health care and the election. So far we have discussed the candidate's proposals for h ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 10/2/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain When this debate is concluded, a motion will be made to lay upon the table the resolution offered in commendation of the administration... We object to bringing this question ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 10/1/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what ... Read on »
Monday Chronic Roundup:9/29/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain PCOS/Insulin Resistance/DiabetesRecent claims that gastric bypass helps treat diabetes are being debunked (as they should be)A protein linked to inflammation--in particular, d ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 9/29/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until ... Read on »
Friday Chronic Roundup is Now Sunday Chronic Roundup by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Rule 1 for having a crazy life and chronic pain/illness: schedule yourself accordingly. In that vein (pardon the pun), I am moving the chronic roundup to Sundays, so I'll ha ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 9/26/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.-Joseph Joubert Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 9/25/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Success is that old ABC -- ability, breaks, and courage.- Charles Luckman (In honor of McCain "suspending" or "taking a break from" his campaign...if only ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 9/24/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the wind ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 9/22/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life. But of course, like autumn, it doesn't last.-C.S. Lewis(On the first day o ... Read on »
National Invisible Illness Awareness Week by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain This week is National Invisible Illness Awareness Week. The Body Chronic is dedicated to giving a voice, an ear and a shoulder to cry on (or laugh on) to those of us with invi ... Read on »
Friday Chronic Roundup: September 12, 2008 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain PCOS/Insulin Resistance/DiabetesA study shows that intensive glucose control in people with Type II diabetes helps control microvascular complicationsCan acupuncture help PCOS ... Read on »
Daily Inspiration: 9/12/08 by The Body Chronic .. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain The secret to humor is surprise.- Aristotle Read on »