chronic pain – Through My Eyes

2018 That Ended A Cycle

For those who have known me for the past nineteen years, I was living in a constant, vicious circle of pain and then fatigue, then the fatigue would cause pain and so on. All this was a result of trauma to my lower back. I won’t say how, but it was at no fault of […]

jacquijames 3 years agoDecember 18, 2018

Looking From The Outside

If you look at me from the outside You might assume she just sits at her computer achieving nothing, Looking at my spamsing body You might be fooled into assuming this, And I don’t make a contribution to the society… This couldn’t be further from the truth. ‘ Even though I have had more bad […]

jacquijames 3 years agoSeptember 26, 2018

Experiences

Will

Some days I feel like I can conquer the world! Some days I’m all go and do everything I want to achieve. I remember when I was younger (before everything changed in 2000) thinking I want to walk the length of our then court. I thought “I can totally do it!”. I didn’t, of course […]

jacquijames 4 years agoJune 8, 2017

Experiences

Medical Cannabis

When you depend on strong nerve and muscle relaxant medications to continue to live as comfortable as you can be, you constantly ask yourself “how did I become like this?” Up until I was about 26, after four years of excruciating pain from an incident which caused nerve damage, soft tissue damage and a lower […]

jacquijames 4 years agoMay 1, 2017

The Good, Bad and Ugly

Spontaneity And Pain

‌I gotta admit, this year hasn’t played out how I invisioned it. Sure, I’m still recovering from major surgery in August last year, and I’m still healing (probably for another six months, but in my head I knew that would be a twelve months recovery period.) However, this isn’t slowing me down… It’s my chronic […]

jacquijames 5 years agoMarch 16, 2017