Uploaded on May 16, 2008
TVO’s Person 2 Person Interview, Paula Todd with Stand-Up Comedienne Chrystal Gomes about living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Check out Chrystal’s web site at www.chrystalgomes.com
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When you look right through me
What evil disease is this, that would steal the recognition of a loving daughter from her darling mother’s mind? With love so strong and infinite, how could a devoted mother suddenly go so far beyond, leaving a part of her heart behind? So often you look right through me as though I’m not here. And as I wonder when you will again see me, I become paralyzed with fear. Each time you look right through me, a jagged knife plunges into my already shattered heart because although we’re together, we couldn’t be further apart. Although you look Read More…
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TVO Interviews Chrystal Gomes
Uploaded on May 16, 2008 TVO's Person 2 Person Interview, Paula Todd with Stand-Up Comedienne Chrystal Gomes about living with Multiple Sclerosis. Check out Chrystal's web site at www.chrystalgomes.com More from Chrystal Gomes Read More…
Tagged Under: chronic pain, Chrystal Gomes, comedy, depression, faith, hope, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, poetry -
A New Chapter
No spoken promises now. No written guarantees that what once was, will again be so… and I get down on my knees. I cling to my memories of yesterday, dreading the day when uncertain tomorrow comes. As always, weariness has a say… and I fall asleep to the sound of fading drums. I dream such hearty, rose-coloured happiness that in reality is so hard to feel… for in this world rules weepy sadness, diagnosed truth, that makes fear so real. Fate has no conscience, and it always gets its way. But when I shut my eyes, I Read More…
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Finding an MS Voice for Patient Centred Education
By Chrystal Gomes As an introverted and painfully shy person until my late 20’s - I often couldn’t find my voice. I spent my late teens and 20’s working, traveling and speaking just a little more often, while still unsure of serious future goals. At the age of 28, I finally realized I wanted to pursue a career in hotel and convention management, and my life was now filled with hope and excitement. I had completed my first year of the three-year hospitality program, when I suddenly became seriously ill. Following a horrible headache that had me praying for Read More…
Tagged Under: Alzheimer's, chronic pain, Chrystal Gomes, comedy, depression, faith, hope, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, patient centered care, patient centered education