Tag Archives: Lyrica

STFU

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Scorchy

So I’ve been attempting to write post after post after post, inevitably trashing them all. I tried one on depression, one on anxiety, one on pink. Whatever I tried it just never worked. And I have to say that through … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings | Tagged "cure rates", anxiety, Attitude, awareness, Beyond the Pink Moon, boredom, boring, breast, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer Culture, cancer loop, Cancertown, career, Diagnosis, Exemestane, Facebook, fear, friends, frustration, knitting, Komen, Lyrica, MBC, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, OxyContin, Philosophy, pink ribbon, Pinktober, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, STFU, stigma, strong, support, TODAY, Treatment, vulnerability, whiney | 61 Comments

A New Life of Accommodation

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Scorchy

It has been a few months beyond a year that I started blogging. And to tell you the truth, it’s been a little difficult for me to get back into the swing after my latest hiatus. Blogging has been the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life | Tagged accommodation, advocacy, awareness, being alone, being single, breast cancer, cancer, disability benefits, friends, human resources, Information resources, long term disability benefits, Lyrica, Marcus Aurelius, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Methadone, normalcy, Oxycodone, OxyContin, pain management, stigma, support, Treatment, vulnerability | 37 Comments

What I Did On My Autumn Paincation

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Scorchy

Life has sure been a challenge since late September. A period I have begun to call my paincation. It has been a rough couple of months physically and psychologically Just at the point that every challenge turned me into a … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life | Tagged Attitude, breast cancer, chronic disease, chronic pain, Etsy, exhausted, exhaustion, Humor, knitting, Lidocaine patches, Lidoderm, Lyrica, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, narcotics, Oxycodone, pain, pain management, pain relief, Paincation, patience, Peg Bundy, Protopage, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Treatment, vulnerability | 21 Comments

Pain Management

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Scorchy

So I’m five months into this cancer crap. And, to quote a popular refrain, “what a long strange trip it’s been.” I take it a day at a time, but the days have been pretty long since October. The last … Continue reading →