Posts by: Loolwa Khazzoom

Keeping Stress Levels in Check

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

August 15th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Over the past few weeks, I have been apartment hunting out of town, writing a comprehensive article on natural pain relief for a leading magazine, working on a major contract with a Jewish multicultural client, sorting through my closets -- dividing my life into keep/sell/recycle piles, hosting a yard sale, packing and otherwise preparing to move, and this past week, dealing with a family crisis that lasted four days.
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The Latest News on My Doctor Referral Saga

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

August 26th, 2008 • 1 Comment

Okay this is fucking sick. In, you know, that twisted, borderline hilarious kind of way. I just called my primary care physician's office, to make sure that the referral to the eye doctor had been pushed through in time for my appointment tomorrow. "You can't be referred to BL [the doctor I wanted to see]," said the receptionist, "because he's not covered by your insurance. You have to pay out-of-pocket." "But ...
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The Powerful Mind-Body Connection: Focus on Healing

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

August 26th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

I don't like being asked about my pain. I have noticed that when I answer with details about what happened, how it happened, how it impacted me, what my pain is like... my pain levels invariably jack up. The only exception is when the impetus to discuss it comes from inside. Then it's usually about release and healing, not about digging into the pain jar to satisfy someone else's ...
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HMO Systems Can Be Tantamount to Blackmail

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

August 25th, 2008 • 1 Comment

HMOs systems can be tantamount to blackmail -- human dignity demanded in exchange for healthcare (often substandard at that). As a patient trying to get medical treatment through an HMO, I can end up feeling like a starving person being told to drop my panties and stand exposed before being given a scrap of bread. That's how I felt today -- disempowered and violated. Here's what happened: A few months ago, my health insurance ...
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Food Serves as a Buffer from Chronic Pain Hell

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

August 23rd, 2008 • 1 Comment

Looking back on our childhood can be an illuminating experience: As children, we may have had the intuitive understanding that something was way off, but we didn't have the life experience or verbal skills to be able to articulate exactly what was going on or why. As adults, however, we can make sense of things. I have a similar experience looking back on the decade I spun in a maze of chronic pain hell. At the ...
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