Living Well: Painful Changes
I have a cherished friend who is going through a very tough time. She is in her early 70’s and is suffering from the pain,…
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Living Well: Gait, Posture and Pain
We moved to a different part of town recently and I’ve been discovering new places to walk my dog. Since the trails and terrain are…
Someone Like Me: Tips to Maintain Relationships
I am an administrator and member of several support groups relating to chronic illness and pain. I read hundreds of people's stories every month. Generally,…
Living Well: Strategies to Deal with Social Pain
Pain patients often report that one of the hardest trials of dealing with invisible illness is the lack of social support they feel. Their experience…
Living Well: The State of Health Care
When I first got sick several decades ago, I wandered through the health care wilderness for a long time with unsatisfactory results. Lately, I’ve been…
Someone Like Me: Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Twelve years ago I got sick overnight. Really sick. I was over at a friend's house watching a movie and started feeling really hot. And…
Living Well: The Need to Grieve
By Joy Selak, Columnist Over the last two decades, I’ve learned a lot from being sick -- how to make lifestyle changes, access better health…
Someone Like Me: What Doctors Don’t Tell You
(Editor's Note: National Pain Report is pleased to welcome Colleen Sullivan as our newest columnist. As a teenager, Colleen was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, rheumatoid…
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