Author: wink ;)

  • Shockies

    [This post is part of my Medical Conditions Series.] Every other month or so, I get an episode of nerve pain that is completely separate from my testicular pain and my cluster headaches. Each episode lasts from 1-3 days. It always starts with a patch of my skin becoming extra sensitive, as if it had…

  • Insomnia

    [This post is part of my Medical Conditions Series.] I suffer from insomnia. Or more accurately, Shift Work Sleep Disorder. Basically, my body wants to sleep from 5am – sometime in the afternoon (this has gotten progressively later as my other issues have gotten worse since being sick is f**king exhausting) despite all attempts to…

  • Testicular Neuralgia

    [This post is part of my Medical Conditions Series.] It feels like my left testicle is being squeezed and yanked out of place. (And that is not an entirely inaccurate description of what has actually happened.) And yes, it feels just as miserble as it sounds. The pain varies in intensity, but it never goes…

  • Cluster Headaches

    [This post is part of my Medical Conditions Series.] I suffer from Chronic Cluster Headaches. Cluster headaches are the sadistic older brother of migraines. Like migraines, they are their own disease, not a symptom of something else. Think of migraines as a rebellious teenager, and clusters as migraine’s methodical, disciplined older brother that has gone…

  • Depression

    [This post is part of my Medical Conditions Series.] Most people who suffer from chronic pain also struggle with depression. I am no exception. Intense, continuous, chronic pain is objectively horrible, and knowing that I don’t have any effective way to treat it frequently plunges me into despair. My depression is tightly linked to my…

  • Medical Conditions Series

    I have a whole host of medical issues–some are chronic and disabling, and others are episodic or merely disruptive. Over the next few blog posts, I’m going to give a brief description of each of my main conditions and how they affect me. Hopefully, these will help you to see what my disability looks like,…

  • Living Online

    Chronic illness has drastically reduced the amount of social contact I have. I rarely get out of the house, and am quickly exhausted when I do. My sleep schedule is mostly nocturnal and fairly erratic which makes it hard to coordinate with others. Furthermore, the unpredictability of my pain makes me unreliable and makes planning…

  • About Me

    My name is Wink Chin. I’m a disabled, Chinese-American, gender non-conforming male. I was born in 1974, married C in 1997, and we are adoptive parents to two kids: P (born in 2003), and F (born in 2005). I have three main topics I plan on blogging about: my health/disability, my former faith, and feminism/gender…