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On A Current Affair tonight!
Continuing on with my awareness for Pudendal Neuralgia and all things pelvic pain, I didn’t pass up the request from A Current Affair to speak about nerve pain and my experience with it and its treatment, predominately focusing on the peripheral stimulation implant. PainAustralia who have become a great support for me and who recently interviewed me for this story; Social Media for Pain Education were contacted initially by A Current Affair asking if they could recommend anyone who had nerve pain and had found relief from a stimulation implant. Admittedly a little weary of ACA’s style of filming and [...]
My prepain life, selling Winter Light greeting cards
I was preparing for my second solo exhibition, Winter Light, consisting of oil paintings and prints of Parisian facades when my fitball went pop and I entered the PN world. The exhibition was moved to the end of the year and thankfully I had painted almost all the work and Theo picked up on the editioning of the prints. I produced two sets of greeting cards, the first sold out. The ones below are available and can be ordered in any combination. Purchase at Queenscliff Gallery's online store via Paypal. Size: 155mm x 110mm. No message inside. More of [...]
Theo and I, live on The Scheme Project’s broadcast
Doing my bit again for injured workers and hoping that sharing my story will bring positive change to the primitive Workers Compensation system in Australia. Both Theo and I attended today's live broadcast with Kris Vanston, Simon Toppin and their team to discuss the aims of The Scheme Project. My specific rants are; the inadequate methods of assessment for pain impairment within the system, the out of date Accident Compensation Act 1985 and limiting AMA Guidelines also used for assessment, the 'Independent' Medical Examinations (which are certainly not independent), and the putrid investigation methods, (actually I could go on)... [...]
Happy to be stars of The Scheme Project
My rants are plenty in regard to the WorkCover system and my efforts to express the limitations and lack of support I’ve experienced as an injured worker for almost 7 years have been endless. All efforts have led to the usual dead-end letter from a WorkSafe Agent, Government body, WorkSafe themselves, if not the dead silence and ignorance that’s on offer for most workers’ concerns. I was ecstatic when I heard about Kris Vanston and The Scheme Project. and I offered to jump on board and help in any way I could. Theo and I have signed the petition [...]
Piecing myself back together
Excerpt from soula.com.au/blog September 22nd, 2013 I’m having a great and most satisfying time with this self-portrait. From scouring for different pieces of paper, to painting my own, to writing on the portrait, every experimental and contributing part has hit my pain spot. The word ‘broken’ was so often used by Frida Kahlo, I so understand why even though I don’t have anywhere near the injuries or horrific post surgery trauma she must have suffered. I certainly feel that the solid body I once felt I had is no longer solid at all. […]
Soula’s PN Weather Update
It's been a while since I posted a personal update but it's probably accurate to say that PN's weather patterns need to be documented seasonally. I mostly have turbulence, like it's sunny one day/stormy the next, or otherwise described as I take two steps forward and about 1.9 steps back. It's incredibly frustrating. So rather than report all the fluctuating details in between, it's best to leave some months go by to really figure out the progress. So now, the months have gone by and I can deliver to you, Soula's PN weather update for September 21, 2013.