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July 18th, 2008

Living with pain can be costly

People who live with chronic pain or chronic disease in the United States know how costly it can be. As the costs add up, they may often wonder how they will be able to afford all their necessities.
The American Pain Foundation has put together some helpful information on this topic, Financial Issues. According to the […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

July 3rd, 2008

Top 10 June posts at Help My Hurt

I like to see what posts bring the most traffic here - what people are interested in reading. Sometimes, I think I’ve got a post that will be incredibly interesting and everyone will want to “Stumble” (use stumbleupon.com to spread the news) and then very few people read it. Other times, I think it’s an […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

June 30th, 2008

The ABCs of pain

 
A - B - C - D …
 
Starting tomorrow, July 1, and for 26 days, Help My Hurt is covering the ABCs of pain: living with pain, causes of pain, chronic pain - you name it. What does that mean? July 1st, we’re talking about things that begin with the letter A, the 2nd is for […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 1 comment

June 22nd, 2008

Help My Hurt housekeeping

Even people who live with chronic pain have to do a little housekeeping once in a while, right?
Last month, I had a give-away for the book, How-To Guide for Medicinal Marijuana (Author of How-To Marijuana, Step-by-Step Guide to Medical Marijuana). Unfortunately, the winner didn’t respond to my emails nor my announcement so I […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

June 11th, 2008

Poetry to ease the pain? (and a poetry book give-away)

Chronic pain is not easy to live with - it can get into your very being. Sometimes, it helps to sit back and meditate or find some way to help your mind relax, allowing your brain to help ease the pain. Even if it only for a short while, the respite can do wonders to […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 27 comments

June 10th, 2008

June: Living with Pain Blog Carnival

It’s that time of the month again - blog carnival time. I received some wonderful posts so I hope that you find them as interesting as I did.

If you would like to participate in a future blog carnival, just check out the information the on side bar and it will tell you the date […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

May 8th, 2008

8 Help My Hurt posts on IBD/IBS/Crohn’s disease

Do you live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or Crohn’s disease? Then you know what living with chronic pain is like and with the added problem of having a disease that people don’t like to talk about or hear about. If you haven’t had a chance to see what’s been posted […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2008

The difference between migraine and headache

When is a headache just a headache and when is it a migraine? Although sometimes it’s glaringly obvious if you have a migraine, sometimes it’s not so clear.
This video discusses the difference between headaches and migraines. Just click on the TV screen:

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Technorati Tags: migraines,headaches,difference between headache and migraine

Tags: Chronic Pain, chronic pain blog, living-with-pain, […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

May 5th, 2008

National Arthritis Month: Joint quiz

We often don’t know as much about our body as we likely should. The better we know our body, the better we can take care of it or notice when something is wrong.
The AARP.org has put together a short quiz: Assess Your Joint Health. Why not go over and see what your risk for developing […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

May 5th, 2008

Company’s calling: sudden onset of rheumatoid arthritis

It’s National Arthritis Month, so it’s only fitting that today Karen Smith joins us here for Help My Hurt’s Company’s Calling feature to talk about her sudden onset of rheumatoid arthritis. Karen is a software support consultant, from Keswick, Ontario, Canada, a very small town north of Toronto.
Can you tell me about when you first […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments

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