Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day of thankfulness, family and good food.  I’m thankful for you, my readers, as well as my fellow bloggers who always contribute great articles to our monthly carnival.  November is no exception to the great submissions.  So with a drum(stick) roll…  the submissions presented as your Thanksgiving feast.

Appetizer:

Fighting a serious infection that left her in the hospital for a week, Lisa at Rest Ministries shares how this Thanksgiving has new priorities and joys that previous holidays didn’t have, and how she’s learning contentment while dealing with the challenges of recovery.

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Soup and salad:

Rosalind at Working with Chronic Illness presents Thanksgiving – Is It About Turkey or Thanks?, with the top 5 things she’s thankful for.

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Main course:

(I’m a vegetarian, so this turkey is still alive!)

HealthSkills writes about the concept of acceptance, a big challenge when you have chronic pain.

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Dessert:

CRPS-RSD A Better Life connects the US president-Elect Obama’s speech Yes, We Can to our own goals of living fully despite pain.

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And to mull over while you stretch or take a refreshing walk in the crisp air (or after your nap

Ordinary Miracles notes our poor understanding of CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) - we’re not sure what to call it, we’re uncertain what causes it, and we’re not great at treating it.

The Back Pain Blog writes about an alternative treatment to steroid injections, in his education series about sciatic nerve pain.

Psychology of Pain links to the Washington Post’s article about the cause of Gulf War Illness, a disease which includes pain, headaches and fatigue.

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Thanks to everyone for all the good reading!

The December Pain-Blog Carnival will be Wed, December 31

Deadline for submissions:  Friday, December 26

Theme:  Looking Back on 2008 on the Last Day of the Year

Send in your submissions here.

Thanks to Sean Dreilinger for the last photo at Flickr.  And if you’re up for more reading on this long holiday weekend, Canadian Medicine is hosting Grand Rounds this week, a medical-blog carnival.