I Am One of the Vulnerable
Many of you reading this already live with extreme physical vulnerability, due to your medical issues. We all work daily to keep our spirits up…
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Set Backs
Living with medical conditions means patients inevitably must confront life on an emotional roller coaster brought on by the fluctuations in their medical conditions. I…
RSDSA Offers Suggestions for CPP Dealing with Coronavirus - What Do You Think?
Our friend, Jim Broatch is the longtime leader of RSDSA which is the organization that drives research and awareness for those with CRPS. He sent…
US Pain to Slow Down In-Person Meetings
This is a note sent by the US Pain Foundation to its thousands of followers. It’s important and worthy of sending to all who are…
National Academies of Medicine “Listening Session” For Clinicians - Caring for Patients with Chronic Pain
On March 10, 2020, the National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic hosted a 90 minute “listening session” to “better understand…
TV Shows on Chronic Pain Do Not Get It
I cannot stay quiet any longer. I have been a chronic pain patient for over two decades: CRPS - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, dystonia, Dysautonomia,…
Cancer “Healthcare” Leaves Me in the Grip of Fear
As many of you know, I’ve had high-impact pain for nearly 40 years and am now fighting triple-negative breast cancer. The only reason I decided…
Don’t Punish Pain Rallies Set for March 20
The growing Don’t Punish Pain Rally movement has set March 20th for its next set of rallies across the country. You can check here to…