Au Bon Pain

from, what some would consider, the “main character”. She addresses the obvious blatant thought in our minds, that is we want to talk about Kevin, through the title then steers the audience towards a novel of consequential actions and healing amidst pain from people like Kevin. This notion is both thought provocative and leads to the conclusion that no, we do not need to talk about Kevin. We need to talk about the lives broken and the victims of his violence. Shriver’s novel is an ode to the…

Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Pain Management Kevin Cates Hypothesis: TCM is an effective choice in pain management, specifically chronic pain and psychogenic pain of the lower back area. Chronic Pain and Pain Management: Chronic pain is a major health issue in our modern day society. It causes immense suffering for patients and their families, drains public health care resources and is a major detriment to society due to lost work productivity. Current western medical treatments are…

your great grandmother, grandma, or mom, was going to be passing away within a few hours. You sit there with her and see how much pain she looks like she is in. Three hours pass, and nothing has changed except that her breathing starts to stop every now and then. The staff gives her morphine periodically to help ease the pain, but you can tell that she is still in pain. The thought crosses your mind that if they know that she is going to die that day, why can’t they just end her suffering early?…

Summary of: Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases In the article, Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases, the authors, Julie Y. Huang, Joshua M. Ackerman, and John A. Bargh (2013) address the theory that simulating physical invulnerability can affect exclusion-related positive and negative feelings toward in and out-groups. The researchers want to test…

Jansen. "The use of fentanyl as a pain reliever and anesthetic was quickly adopted in the medical setting. In the 1960s, the agent was introduced as an intravenous anesthetic under the brand name Sublimaze"(S.Robertson)pg.1. In the 90s fentanyl was turned into a patch which breaks down into the blood stream through a period of 72 hours. Fentanyl affects the body by increasing the dopamine levels causing pain relief. The medical use of fentanyl is pain relief and pain management. Fentanyl can be…

of my legs because at least I know that it will feel better in about 6 weeks but this doesn’t seem like this will ever stop hurting. Sometimes the thing that I found that helped the most was to seek out friends and family that could relate to the pain I was in. I spent endless hours…

involuntarily what others smoke, putting our life at risk because others decide not to care. Tobacco should be banned. The most important reason is health. There are many cancer cases every year because of tobacco abuse, and asthma is another consequence. Pain and frustration come along as a smoking side effect. Life has become stressful, and our youth have more attraction to relax and avoid frustration, consuming tobacco. Even though tobacco is a horrible habit and has an awful smell…

treat all physical pains given to them. As seen in the article, “The Nursing Story”, one of the nurses tending to patient Steven said, “It was so stressful, because there’s no set way to treat pain; you have to find the right cocktail” (Schwartz 3). This was a surprising comment for me as I didn’t realize that there were not a treatment for all pains. As ignorant as I may be to the limitations of medications, the fact that meds cannot help a patient be relieved of their physical pain is…

Is the act of suffering an unavoidable circumstance? Can people ever truly find relief from the struggles they face? On some level, we can all relate to the feelings of pain and hopelessness in our lives. We often bottle these feelings up, creating a strain within ourselves and the people around us. In the short story, Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin we are introduced to an unnamed narrator who has dedicated himself to living an orderly life, sheltered from the violence and suffering of the world…

As I have mentioned in my previous posts, I have atrophic scars – some rolling scars on my left cheek and more box scars while on my right, few box scars and more ice pick scars. I guess I’m just lucky to have them all on my face. :/ Three weeks ago, I decided to have Fraxel done. Right after the procedure, I felt that the pits were really raised to the surface but I was not sure as it could be just the effect of having a swollen face. Truly, it was. After the scabs fell off completely (on day…