photos by Elaine A. Russell

Pain is an unusual thing, because it's all relative. You could have a screaming headache.. then bump your foot... and all you feel is the foot pain. It's an over-stimulation of the nervous system. Too much information so to speak...

For the past week or so I have had some pretty impressive pain associated with my neck and shoulder. I don't know what I did to start this process... but it must have been a doozy.

I have been seeing an acupuncturist, and for the most part, I know things are getting better. Slow.... but better. This past night though... all I want to do is scream. It just hurts. And it has hurt for too long. And so I try to occupy my mind with other things. I have cleaned the house, watered plants, got caught up on the laundry and the dishes, listed some stuff for sale on-line.. etc. I even made banana bread.

The only thing that has really kept my mind off of the pain is playing with my photos from the other day. So .... here are some more.