I have never written much about pain in the past and until now I have not thought about why. I am not really sure why “I understand” but here goes… Firstly I think that I am honest with myself about my pain. That’s a good start. A long while ago I met someone in hospital and he …
Well regardless or not what your medical need is it is simply not acceptable that it takes 51 attempts from 0829 to have the doctors phone even ring. It’s not fair on patients and causes me significant reluctance to actually call them. Now I do want to say that my usual doctors(when I get lucky …
On the 4th of October it was my parents golden wedding. We had a lunch on Sunday the 7th at Duddingston golf club where mum and dad celebrated with their closest friends and family. It worked out as an amazing day and I can see how much it meant to them. On the …
I cant believe that its this time again. Its time for club exhibhition in the Old Town Hall in Musselburgh. We run from the dates and times below but after several weeks of masking tape, mount boards, plastic and sadly 1 ruined painting I have my entries ready to go. 5 Large canvas and 8 …
So Saturday morning in the Pentlands .. It was good fun but I got sunburnt even with a Cap and Hood up but the wind was so strong and lets just say my easel did not survive the trip. The other observation was that my oil paints were very fluid so much more than …
So on last Sunday I was able to grab the painting gear and hit Musselburgh.. problems were I had only 60 or 90 minutes. It was dependant on Alexander either sleeping while his mum walks with him.. thankfully it turned out to be nearly 90 minutes but it was not quite long enough. Why, mainly …
It was a couple of months back now but it was a late Friday evening and one of the kids started feeling very, very unwell. It’s always easy to say afterwards that it was an over reaction to call 999 but we did not overreact that night. Sp the ambulance crew arrived in less than …
The sun was out and so it felt the right time for painting outdoors. Of course my house does not look out towards Seattle but the cityscape was inclosed with a gift Tanya and I received for our son Alexander. The gift was a christening present of a really cool Seattle Seahawks shirt which is …
What a nice day today. Painted outside the house with Alexander for a while in the morning. It was glorious and has got my painting and urban sketching appetite going. Should Urban Sketching in East Lothian interest you? Then please have a look at my other post about urban sketching in Musselburgh or East lothian …
Train sketching and even a bit of nuclear train spotting on the way.. Nice So today was another day trip to the pain clinic in Glasgow. It’s a repeat of a trip from last month but I need to go and replace my power charger for my spinal cord stimulator. While the trip is a …
Last Thursday was a Lovely day, cold fresh and so tempting to paint.. I thought I will do that now on the train to another hospital appointment in Glasgow. It worked out in the end but the problem was on the return journey when someone brushed my arm and now I have a pencil line …
Urban Sketching at Edinburgh regional hostpitals. It’s not unusual for me to visit hospitals but as I had a lot of December appointments I also wanted to use the time better than reading an old copy of a magazine. I decided to bring my outdoor sketching kit and started to draw the area where I …
I have been following this wordpress site for a while now https://katwilson04.wordpress.com/ Open new Taband last night I was drawn to this post. Indeed so much so I added a comment. That was a big step for me as when I start typing about pain I just lock up. Freeze, shutdown more pain then delete …
Arrived in Kiev! Seriously how cute? Tanya, Richard, Anna and I all have arrived in safely. Weather is hot but not too hot. Kiev city looked s amazing in the distance with gold gilded church roofs and really different architecture. We will get into the city on Sunday as tomorrow is Vassa’s seventh …
So today was such a good day. I tried to paint but the watercolour was just in need of some blending material, both my bottles being left at home. So I then tried the acrylic just was like concrete even with the appropriate medium added to slow normal drying. I manage few sketches in watercolour …
So what is your suggestions for making a small change? Imagine if everyone had only a 1% change for the better. Would that make a difference, maybe not but what if millions make a 1% change? Now we are talking. So I have opened this page for comments and suggestions. Keep it clean and suitable …
Another spinal update on bbc… Hope maybe someday this will be possible, affordable and available to everyone who needs it… One day, 1% change. New drug tested to regenerate spinal nerves…. not this xmas however… Drug ‘repairs spinal cord injuries’ Last updated 4 Dec 2014 00:58 GMT By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website …
US ‘probes hackable’ medical devices. This is not a bad thing as the current remote control for my Medtronic spinal cord stimulator(SCS) is terrible so this might make an secure enhanced remote available. implanted medical devices can be hacked, now i wont say told you so but…
This is not the first time I have heard the contents of this video but it is a good short way of explaining what is going on with my left foot. Ted Talks Chronic Pain The mystery of chronic pain http://www.ted.com/talks/elliot_krane_the_mystery_of_chronic_pain.html Sadly for me the treatment that this patient received while similar to what I …
