by Karen Morgan | Apr 28, 2022 | Patient Stories
This week I have created a guest blog entry at https://well-woman-blog.com . The topic is the effects of stress and anxiety on our experience of pain. Visit Gena’s site to read my latest blog and to even read some of Gena’s other blog entries. Be...
by Karen Morgan | Mar 1, 2022 | Patient Stories
There are good reasons medical professionals don’t treat those closest to them. Ego, relational dynamics, and just deep caring can obscure the objectivity of both provider and loved one, especially the more that is at stake. As you have learned by now, I care very...
by Karen Morgan | Jan 24, 2022 | Patient Stories
With the holidays past, and a new year rolling along, thoughts on gratitude are not really in season. Still, my thoughts linger there, especially since I had a recent little “aha” moment: I learned it is impossible to be frustrated while simultaneously being grateful....
by Karen Morgan | Jan 3, 2022 | Patient Stories
Sitting on the living room sofa, I heard the crash in the kitchen. Something was now in a million little pieces. “That didn’t sound good,” I teased my husband. “I’m sorry, and it’s irreparable too,” John said remorsefully. And he would know, as he is the master of...
by Karen Morgan | Dec 20, 2021 | Personal Reflections
At the end of the evening, I asked John “So I ‘pontificate’?”, repeating back the word he had used with our friends earlier in the evening. He described a recent conversation to them that we’d had with some folks, who had shared their opinions on...
