Kaatje Gotcha
Lockdown Loneliness
Lockdown Loneliness My very first lockdown and its’ twin companion, loneliness, took place from 2015 through 2020. I found myself stuck...
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Kaatje Gotcha
- Sep 30, 2020
- 13 min
End the War on Pain Patients
In 2012, life was great: I proudly wore a white coat with a stethoscope around my neck and finally felt useful to humanity. Two decades...
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Kaatje Gotcha
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
Life as a Disabled, Heartbroken Artist
At what point, do we give in to despair? Several times, the last few years, since becoming disabled, or rather, much worse disabled, I...
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Kaatje Gotcha
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
Good Grief: Disability & Death
The last blog was about the loneliness of disability, or bad decisions, or both. This was supposed to be part 2. Well, I lost my dad this...
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Kaatje Gotcha
- Jun 30, 2020
- 6 min
The Brutal Truth about Isolation & Loneliness
Part One: This may be my most dire blog yet, about the near death from total isolation that I suffered for the last half-decade. It's not...
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Kaatje Gotcha
- May 31, 2020
- 4 min
The Inhumane Lockdown and Covid-1984
Politicians, social media companies and journalists are responsible: The deaths from collateral damage are on their conscience.
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Kaatje Gotcha
- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Surviving Five Years of Isolation, and Five Weeks of Covid-19 Lockdown
The cold and, for me, always painful winter had barely retreated when the first signs of lockdown arrived in downtown Albuquerque. I...
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Kaatje Gotcha
- Mar 6, 2020
- 3 min
Spinal Cord on Fire? Your Dad Dying? Cook a Kickass Curry!
The weeklong ketamine infusion is wearing off, and my eternal companion, the severe nerve pain is returning while my dad is dying. What now?
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