Breathing Companions Blog

Normally, I’d probably post something like this on my private blog but my pain therapist has been encouraging me to share more of my journey with people – regardless of what that might look...

Normally, I’d probably post something like this on my private blog but my pain therapist has been encouraging me to share more of my journey with people – regardless of what that might look...

More surgery details

I’m not a huge one for using notes on FB, I prefer other sites for that type of thing but I said I’d expound a little on what they said in my last thoracic...

More surgery details

I said I’d expound a little on what they said in my last thoracic consultation that was a little disconcerting so, here it is… I knew about the “Thoracotomy” or at least thought I...

Invisibility

I walk in a room where friends abound but no faces turn to greet me. I’m not avoided but politely ignored almost as though I were invisible. Or they wished I were. It would...

I sit alone in solitary confinement in a prison of constant pain. Family and friends look on in anguish and tears roll down our cheeks. They reach through the bars to touch my hand...

Invisibility

I walk in a room where friends abound but no faces turn to greet me. I’m not avoided but politely ignored almost as though I were invisible. Or they wished I were. It would...

I sit alone in solitary confinement in a prison of constant pain. Family and friends look on in anguish and tears roll down our cheeks. They reach through the bars to touch my hand...

Expect a miracle

Yesterday, I did something kind of out of character for myself. I flat out said I wished someone would buy me a piece of jewelry. Not just any piece, mind you. One I had...

Expect a miracle

Yesterday, I did something kind of out of character for myself. I flat out said I wished someone would buy me a piece of jewelry. Not just any piece, mind you. One I had...