Dear Doctor, Please Validate Me

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 23rd, 2011 • 2 Comments

It’s common to hear people say that as distressing as it may be to get a diagnosis of illness, no matter how severe, it’s a relief when doctors find something. Because then the patient does not feel...
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The Last Thing I Have to Say about the Ultrasound Experience. For Now.

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 19th, 2011 • 1 Comment

(Still Friday 6/17). Here’s the other thing about the experience with the ultrasound tech: When I said to her that I needed help moving, namely, I needed  her to move the wedge under my knees (which...
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More Thoughts on the Ultrasound Incident

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 18th, 2011 • Leave a Comment

(Written on Friday 6/17) I’m still suffering the consequences of today’s visit for an ultrasound. I went in because I might have cancer, a potentially life-threatening illness. I started off by telling...
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Positively Handling the Aftermath of Healthcare Wankiness

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 18th, 2011 • Leave a Comment

I had a difficult sleep last night.  My energy just felt wanky, and I had pain and discomfort on my whole right side — of most concern, in my right eye and ear areas.  When I woke up, I checked...
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Standard Procedures and the Practitioner Variable

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 17th, 2011 • Leave a Comment

In our cookie-cutter, mass production world, we think in terms of systems and standard procedures, as if the person involved in the work is irrelevant. “Try yoga,” people say, failing to mention what...
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