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Calvin B. Patient Expert

Washington DC, District of Columbia
I'm a writer who lives in DC. I blog about fibromyalgia and other things at http://fibromyalgian.blogspot.com.
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MY E-MAIL TO A FRIEND I APPEAR TO WANT TO LOSE (BUT DO NOT)! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia [This response is to an e-mail from someone who got back from a vacation and e-mailed me to let me know that and a bit more. The "bit more" is explained below.] ... Read on »
MUSIC TO SOOTHE SAVAGE FIBROMYALGIA: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia Now that I'm used to OxyContin (the side effects are gone, the pain relief is not and, I have every reason to believe, never will be), it's back to insomnia. I' ... Read on »
FIBROMYALGIA HAS TAKEN AWAY MY ABILITY TO SKATE... BUT IS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY TO BE... by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia Well, no more skating. I can’t stand the pain after falling more than a few times... And the slightest brush of a knee against a metal ledge when I miss a grind caus ... Read on »
JESUSLAND IS KILLING EVERYTHING GOOD IN ME! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia I don't even want to write anymore. I just want Social Security to pay out so I can get the hell out of here and resume my life. There is nothing here... Nothin ... Read on »
CASHMONEYGRANTS.COM IS RUINING MY SITE! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia For some of you, some of the time, when you load my blog cashmoneygrants.com will take over the page. If this is happening to you, please hit STOP when all the major ... Read on »
HERE'S HOPING MY TENS UNIT WILL EASE MY FIBROMYALGIA! by Calvin B. Patient Expert 2 Comments Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia Today I had my second-to-last physical therapy appointment. My therapist, who I refer to as Mary Cassatt, worked with my insurance and got me a TENS (Transcutaneous ... Read on »
FIBROMYLAGIA-MANIA! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia The thing is... The thing is... Are youlistening?! Writing inebriated is a strange thing. Your thoughts seem so clear and, finally, unconfused that you wa ... Read on »
MUSIC TO SOOTHE SAVAGE FIBROMYALGIA: INTERPOL! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia Still getting used to OxyContin... Though maybe a bit less tired, overall, today. Then again, I usually don't feel like I have to totally crash until 8:00, on the no ... Read on »
STILL GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO OXYCONTIN...! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia I am so very tired... Especially after going crazy in physical therapy. I am in pain, having a bit of a panic attack, and need some Klonopin and a nap. Whi ... Read on »
OXYCONTIN, SOCIAL SECURITY, AND HELL! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia I couldn’t post yesterday because my server was down. So here’s what happened yesterday: I had to fill out new forms for my lawyers who only now are getting aro ... Read on »
FIBROMYALGIA + BAD SKATING = OW! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia I went skating today. The first pic is my left knee, the second is my right: Note how the left is already so swollen my patella is almost hard to make out. ... Read on »
OXYCONTIN!: THE CLOSEST THING TO A CURE FOR FIBROMYALGIA?(!) by Calvin B. Patient Expert 2 Comments Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia My apologies for not posting in a while. I spent the past few days at my younger brother's and couldn't post because it would have been rude. So now I'm very ti ... Read on »
MUSIC TO SOOTHE SAVAGE FIBROMYALGIA: THE GO! TEAM! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia My Internet connection is going to crap out at any second. This is my third try on this browser (sixth overall) to bring you The Go! Team: The Wrath of Marcie. ... Read on »
CLEAN PISS! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia I got a call today: My drug test came back quickly, and I'm clean... But for the oxycodone, of course. Much rejoicing... Dr ML&S will see me Friday, at whi ... Read on »
PROBLEM SOLVED?(!) by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia I wrote a letter to Dr ML&S, delivered it this morning, and was taking another piss test this afternoon. If this one shows up clean -- and I have every reason t ... Read on »
READ LUNAR PARK! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia All I've done for the past 48 hours is sleep and read Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis. Which is saying something, since reading puts me out like a light now. In coll ... Read on »
SOOTHING SAVAGE FIBROMYALGIA: THE SMITHS! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia Well, it turns out there's a Secret Garden in all of us... No, wait, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: Mixx it! Read on »
TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A SEASON! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia And it's becoming spring in Whatever State I'm In. Which is making me horribly lethargic, apathetic, and given me hysterical pregnancy. I've been sleeping twelve hou ... Read on »
IT'S ABOUT SUPPRESSION! by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia A girl moved in two doors down, and was the first friendly neighbor I had had in four years of living in my apartment complex in Downtown/Logan/Dupont DC. We we ... Read on »
it's you it's you it's you by Calvin B. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia Knowing that cuts me slowly, jaggedly and deep-- Every minute I'm lapping my own blood to delay death from thirst and for the iron -tasting w ... Read on »