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July 15th, 2008

A blogger tells how leg pain signaled ovarian cancer

The worlds “ovarian cancer” can be frightening. Unfortunately, it’s often one of those cancers that is usually detected only when it has progressed so far that the prognosis is less than one would hope for.
Sure, we read of the signs and symptoms, but they’re so vague that they can be easily brushed off as something […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

July 14th, 2008

July Headache Blog Carnival - How Spirituality Helps Us Cope with Migraine Disease

Diana Lee over at Somebody Heal Me is hosting this month’s Headache Blog Carnival.
Generally speaking, a blog carnival is a collection of links to a variety of a blogs on a central topic. The Headache & Migraine Disease Blog Carnival has been created to provide both headache and migraine disease patients and people who blog […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

July 12th, 2008

Aching shoulders? Article here about causes and treatments

There’s a good article over at DukeHealth.org about the causes of and treatments for shoulder pain. There’s also a video presentation on shoulder pain.
If you’d like to learn more about shoulder pain, go to My Aching Shoulder: Shoulder Pain Causes and Treatments.
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By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

July 12th, 2008

Story on a surgery that may help diabetic neuropathy at Diabetes Notes

Neuropathy is pain from the nerves - the most common types that we hear about are postherpetic neuralgia, which can happen after shingles, and diabetic neuropathy, a complication of diabetes.
Unfortunately, there aren’t really any effective treatment for neuropathic pain yet, and the chronic pain can really affect a person’s quality of life. I saw an […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

Check out Disaboom: Fibro and sex

I’ve written about how chronic pain can affect your sex life, (Have chronic pain? You can still have sex. and Sex & chronic pain - the two can go together) but Disaboom, a great blog, has another article in it: Fibromyalgia and Sex.
Disaboom is a great site that discusses all stuff that can be related […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 24th, 2008

Creaky joints - sounds like an old-age rock band, doesn’t it?

And now… please put your hands together for…. the CREAKY JOINTS!!!!!

 
 
Ok, maybe Creaky Joints isn’t the follow-up to the aging Rolling Stones, but it is a great website for people who do have creaky joints and do have chronic pain.
I received an email today from someone who works with CreakyJoints.org.  She wrote, […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 3 comments

June 23rd, 2008

How to find free health/medical care in your area

If you live in the United States and can’t afford medical care, there may be free or low-cost options for you, depending on where you live. Living with chronic pain is difficult enough - but not being able to afford the care just makes it that much worse.
I found this information at the Reflex Dystrophy […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 3 comments

June 15th, 2008

5 new places for you to visit

I found some interesting places for you to visit; I hope you can use them.

Chronic Pain Lifestyle is a blog that isn’t updated very often but it’s very well written. You should read Anne’s post on childhood, Catching Childhood. It’s a good read.
I have to admit, the name of this blog took me aback for […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 12th, 2008

5 ways to help a child with a migraine

Yes, children can have headaches. And yes, children can - and do - get migraines. The problem is, often the migraines aren’t recognized, the child isn’t believed, or the child is believed and it is recognized, but no-one knows what to do.
If you know of a child who has migraines, I want to point you […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 11th, 2008

Pregnancy and migraines

I figured it would happen sooner than later and it did: a post on Womb Within is just as appropriate here on Help My Hurt.
Unfortunately, chronic pain doesn’t always take a break when a woman is pregnant, although sometimes it does lessen. On the other hand, some pregnant women experience problems they never had […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments