Winter Has Arrived

Our thick duvet has been brought down off the top shelf and for it's now cold at nights. Winter has well and truly arrived, and my bones like some kind of personal weather vane indicate to me the barometric pressure changes, if it's going to rain and be cold. Like anyone with bone problems, I suffer more with Gaucher disease during the winter months as the cold naturally affects the bones and joints in particular. Some days the pain is bearable and I am able to put up with it, but other days it's a different story. I'm sure anyone with bone problems has similar "winter issues" and keeping warm is one way of helping ease the pain. This is the time of year when the drop dead gorgeous thermal underwear comes out of the bottom drawer. My husband calls these my "passion killers", and I have to admit he's right, for I resemble a cowboy in his undergarments from a bad B rate movie!

Having friends over one night, we made a bonfire outside and the flames were so hot, we had to shield our faces, but turning with our backs towards the fire, the heat felt very good on our backs. We're planning to make another bonfire next week, but this time my friend will bring her guitar, she has the sweetest singing voice and who knows, maybe we'll roast some marshmallows too. You simply can't have a bonfire without marshmallows. The two go together like strawberries and cream, or fish and chips. 

A question I have been asked many a time by doctors, is "On a scale of one to ten, how bad is the pain?" I'm sure I am not alone from having been asked this question which is extremely difficult to answer for everyone has a different perception of pain. I wrote about this particular topic in this week's article on  The Huffington Post.