Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate 30 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I've fallen asleep on almost every flat surface in my college. I even dozed off on the floor in front of the printer one day this summer, because I thought…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 29 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I’ve occasionally been urged to apply for travel research grants, but I’m worried about whether my body could take it, about getting the tech and implants to work in small…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 28 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I’m terrified that my professors will think I’m not progressing on their timetable, feel that my physical circumstances preclude me from being a good scholar (or teacher), and will therefore…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate 27 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I often feel that because my physical status is questionable, I’m passed over for tasks, projects, and invites by my department.
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 23 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I don’t want to tell the writing group that instead of reading about the portrayal of women musicians in Victorian fiction, I spent hours researching the role of ROX2 in…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 22 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I’m rethinking my life goals and career because of my diagnoses, and I’m worried about involving my professors in this process because I don’t know if any deviation from the…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 21 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 My doctors know more about my dissertation than my advisor. My nurses know way more about dissertation than my advisor. My physical therapists have heard so much about my dissertation…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 20 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I'm fairly certain now that many of my professors have no idea how to handle a graduate student whose life is not conforming to the ideal ivory-tower conception of a…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 16 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I hope that my professors don't mistake my lack of energy when pursuing my dissertation for a lack of interest.
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