October 30th, 2014 9:59 am

My interview with the Australian Pain Society

By |2017-12-11T14:10:27+11:00October 30th, 2014|Categories: Advocacy, Online|Tags: , , , |

APS: How important are support groups for both you and your close family/community? Soula: I can’t say I feel there is much support for my husband and family/community. It’s difficult with invisible pain, it’s a similar scenario with depression, we still don’t get it. Society seems to have been given an immense right to provide their opinion (e.g. with social media platforms) and this has opened up some kind of authority to encourage opinions and much judgment. Not many tread carefully or really think from someone else’s perspective. Although we have more information accessible to us, we seem to be learning less.

March 21st, 2012 10:52 am

Flare up

By |2017-12-15T15:55:55+11:00March 21st, 2012|Categories: About, Living, The pain|Tags: , |

I have nothing nice to say about a flare up. It's nothing but my injury's hissy fit and a brutal check point that tells me I'm not my old self yet. But since I like to keep a positive outlook and focus on the good things, I will say that coming out of a flare up feels incredible. I feel I could fly, my brain gears up again...

January 23rd, 2012 9:07 pm

My family, Theo, Origin of Image and Zephyr

By |2017-12-11T11:28:17+11:00January 23rd, 2012|Categories: About, Creativity, Living, The pain|Tags: , , |

There isn't one single reason I can give for 'coping', I think a few things play a role. The biggest of all, I believe is my own brain's chemistry and built in ability, something I don't believe I have control over and was born with (and how greatful I am for this ultimate survival gift!), but coming in second, or even on par, is my husbandly support, Theo. I don't know what I would have done if Theo hadn't understood my pain and my eratic injury and hadn't supported me 200%. Seriously there were days I thought I was crazy...

May 22nd, 2011 8:36 am

The way relief continued…

By |2022-09-05T11:26:11+10:00May 22nd, 2011|Categories: About, My treatment|Tags: , , , , |

A few months into my implant and I felt like I was human again... my senses were back and it was incredible!! That thick pain fog was lifted and I could taste, smell, see, concentrate, focus, remember, listen, think, plan, dream, enjoy, laugh, read, oh what bliss!!!!

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