Featured Pain Art: “Fibromyalgia Pain Body”
Diagnosed in 2002, I drew this figure out of frustration about my fibromyalgia pain. No one can see the agony inside of me. This is…
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Living with Pain: Pet Therapy
The central California sun beat down relentlessly on the parking lot. Most of the curious and a few buyers confined their browsing to the shade…
My Story: Treated Like a Junkie
I am one of the chronic pain patients who battled pain for decades due to multi-level degenerative disk disease; ruptured, bulging and slipped disks, and…
Study: One Third of Knee Replacement Surgeries ‘Inappropriate’
Over a third of the total knee replacements in the U.S. are inappropriate, according to researchers who found that many patients had pain and other…
Pills for Breakfast: Countdown to the Mayo Clinic
So I’m going to the Mayo Clinic in a little less than two weeks. In 13 days I’ll be on my way to what many…
Ask the Pharmacist: Where Can I Complain When I’m Denied a Pain Medication?
Most of the people in the chronic pain community have three things in common other than their pain: they are emotionally, physically, and financially exhausted.…
My Story: The Dark Side of the Anti-Opioid Campaign
I suffer from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a congenital connective tissue disorder, of which tissue fragility and chronic pain are common symptoms. I have consulted 22 different…
Living with Pain: The Search for Meaning
There comes a point in the struggle with chronic pain when the person under assault begins the search for meaning. This isn’t to say that…