Where Does the Time Go?
Recently I came across an old photo someone posted on Facebook of my daughters with their friends and the Easter Bunny. I’m guessing the girl’s…
Patient-Physician Communication
Cindy’s five “Be’s” for getting the support you need and the care you deserve. 1) Be Honest It is tempting when asked certain health questions…
Controlling the Uncontrollable
I know the title of this post is misleading. Things are rightly called “uncontrollable” simply because they cannot be controlled. We all have things like…
Me: I’m the Patient in Patient-Centered Care
Let me begin by acknowledging that I am writing this in response to a recent and frustrating medical encounter. Let me also acknowledge that, for…
Invisible Pain
Writing with a fountain pen and viewing the world through my camera lens is like a soothing balm for my body and soul. Writing and…
The Shame Game
Years ago, I sat in a yoga workshop and, as is common practice, the instructor went around the room asking the participants if we had…
Partners in Healing
Not long ago, I received a phone call from a new doctor who came to me on referral. My husband often jokes that, for my…
Winning the Lottery
Years ago our family of four had piled into the minivan and was heading home from a great vacation in the Florida Keys. We had…
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
In 1994, the International Association for the Study of Pain pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage…
Chronically Unpredictable
If you’ve been following my posts, you know that I have lived for over three decades with a chronic illness. I’ve accepted that the illness—at…