Stories from the Chronic Life

When I visited the doctors four years ago because of increasing pain, I felt a bit like a carnival exhibit. Come one! Come all! See the woman with no cartilage in her feet! She can walk and stand without the help of a surgeon or medical technology. A few months before that visit, [...]

Tell me why I don’t like Autumn…Yes, I know, that’s not the way the Boomtown Rats song goes. Still, since I’ve had arthritis, I look on Autumn with a certain sense of dread.
It’s not Autumn per se. It’s a fine time of year. The leaves changing color, Indian Summer weather, and a crispness in [...]