Tag COVID-19

Face Masks – American Sizing

Plague Era Mask
Face Masks - part of our 2020 world and COVID-19. Physical therapy is much more difficult with a mask, so I have been looking at mask designs that are more accomodating of exercise and my glasses. I have also been looking at how these masks should fit, which seems to be quite different than how Americans wear them.

My CRPS Grief Cycle – Acceptance

The seventh stage of  Dr. Jennifer Martin’s seven-stage iteration for chronic illness is “Acceptance.”  I can’t say the last stage because this is an iterative process. Before I can even get to acceptance on one issue, I have circled around…

My CRPS Grief Cycle – Anxiety

The fourth stage of  Dr. Jennifer Martin’s seven-stage iteration for chronic illness is Anxiety and Depression. Anxiety and Depression – what a combination! But when anger fades, this is what is left.  Anxiety is our fear of the future, and…

My CRPS Grief Cycle – Denial

Denial

As I deal with the grief of having CRPS for the second time, I see our entire world struggling with similar stages as we face the pandemic of COVID-19. Dr. Jennifer Martin altered Elizabeth Kubler Ross’s original “5 Stages of…