Blogs by years

GOUT – AN ANCIENT PAIN

I never knew or thought much about gout, until my best friend was diagnosed with it recently. The way she describes her suffering during an attack has really made me appreciate the challenges gout brings to the sufferer. Her pain becomes so excruciating, even a bed sheet lightly resting on her toe is unbearable. The…

The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

“You wake up in the middle of the night with both hands lying across your chest like a couple of plucked bird carcasses, dead of all sensation.” Lynn Coady Carpal tunnel syndrome. It affects so many women I know. My mother suffered from it years ago, and my cousin was recently diagnosed with it. It’s…