Week One - February 12, 2022 What a whirlwind of a week. When I first walked into the clinic, I was overwhelmed with how much activity was happening. It wasn’t the silence of a waiting room I’d been used to, and immediately I knew that the @speroclinic was going to be a very different experience. The doctors… Continue reading My Time At Spero – The Journey To Healing
Hi everyone! So as all of you know, I was diagnosed with CRPS nearly two years ago. I have explored many different treatments and medications for CRPS, but because it is a rare disease, I have already exhausted my options. I've had 10 Stellate Ganglion nerve block procedures, I was in OT for over 7… Continue reading The Spero Clinic
April 11, 2021 First: It’s important to speak with your doctor anytime you begin taking a new supplement, to make sure it won’t be interfering with your other medications. This is simply what I did for my CRPS, it will probably vary from person to person. My supplement and diet journey has been interesting, to… Continue reading Supplements and Nutrition
February 4, 2021 Doctor’s appointments: 197 SG Nerve Block Procedures: 10 Counseling Sessions: 20 Medications: too many There’s a moment every CRPS patient has when the doctor looks at you, shakes his/her head, and says there’s nothing more to be done. Nerve block after nerve block, medication after medication, physical therapy after physical therapy, dedication,… Continue reading My CRPS Journey: Part Two
January 28, 2021 By: Bekah Berge Dare I say I had something to say? But it slipped so far, so very far away. So far, they say, so very far you have gone. The broken slurs, the slips of misery. Do you love it? asked Compassion. The brokenness? Justice turned its back on you, and… Continue reading Poem: Dare I Say
May 1, 2020 Diagnosis and Treatment Definition: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a malfunction of the peripheral and central nervous system. It is a chronic pain condition that most often affects one specific limb. The chronic pain develops after injury, stroke, surgery, or heart attack. The condition is rare. Once you develop CRPS, you have… Continue reading My CRPS Journey: Part One
June 14, 2018 There are places in this world that are wrapped in an ethereal otherness—as though existing in a universe entirely on its own. South of Dublin, sitting on the cusp of the Irish Sea, is a place such as this. Greystones is a seaside town with enough charm and wit to seduce even… Continue reading Greystones, Ireland
May 28, 2018 Rapture of the Senses There is so very much to say about Galway. The city is a feast for the eyes, a café wonderland, and a musical parade. I have officially spent 2.5 weeks here and have found myself charmed and dazzled on many an occasion. What has been fascinating about this… Continue reading Galway, Ireland
April 29, 2018 Beloved by many, less than mediocre to some. Ah, yes, Prague. The persnickety witch that confused you into thinking you’d have a good time in her cabin of trickery. Sorry friends, I know a lot of you adore Prague and have had fantastic times there, but I cannot join this party. Though… Continue reading Prague, Czech Republic
April 25, 2018 Oh, to steal thy heart away… The last week has been quite the whirlwind. I’ve seen, tasted, and experienced much of this beautiful town and have found myself to be rather smitten. Ireland will always hold my heart, but Scotland has definitely made a lasting impression. As an avid history lover, I,… Continue reading Edinburgh, Scotland
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