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It’s tough to wade your way through pain treatments so every little bit helps in trying to navigate your way. Here is a booklet (in pdf format) from the American Pain Foundation (APF): Treatment Options: A Guide for People Living with Pain.
The booklet was written and reviewed by leading pain specialists, and covers:
• Why pain […]
What’s with the “may”?? Pain is very often undertreated in cancer and it’s unforgivable in my opinion. (as my friend would say, “Come on Marijke, tell us how you *really* feel!”) I saw this when I worked in the hospitals and had patients with cancer pain, and I saw it when I worked in palliative […]
Jack Coleman may play a role in the TV show Heroes, but to many women who are living with chronic pain, he *is* a hero. Jack filmed a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) to help raise awareness of the gender inequality in pain and pain management.
To see Jack’s PSA, titled Unsung Heroes, for the organization […]
The authors of an article published by amednews.com, “the newspaper for American’s physicians,” says that American patients are satisfied with their hospital experiences, overall. However, there is still a gap in dealing effectively with pain issues. In fact, one third of surveyed patients said that their pain was not adequately controlled.
You can read more of […]
Pam, who referred to herself as a “Connecticut Yankee currently living in Israel” is another guest who lives with migraine pain. As with most migraineurs, her story is eerily familiar, yet different too.
Can you tell me about when you first started experiencing the pain and what kind of pain it was?
30 years ago, I […]
What do you do when you’re in pain? How do you treat the people around you?
I’m afraid that I’m not very nice when my pain level rises above what I’m used to. If I’m in a clinic or a hospital and my pain level is high, I try hard to play the nice patient role […]
Healthology is one of the many health-related resources on the Internet. It’s also one of the good ones. That’s why I’m glad to tell you about this video, called What is Chronic Pain? that is hosted on their site. In the video, doctors who work with patients who have chronic pain discuss how many […]
Uncontrolled pain makes life very difficult sometimes. Feeling that your doctor isn’t helping manage it properly is frustrating. Besides changing doctors or trying to educate your doctor about what you need, there isn’t much you can do.
One of the problems with doctors and adequate pain control is the fear of using opioids or narcotics. The […]
A quick drive-by post; I thought it was an important issue to bring up.
This article, ER doctors give whites narcotics more often: study, was written based on the findings of a study published in the Jan. 2nd issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. (If you want to read the technical side, you […]
I have been reading articles about the Wii game system. It’s becoming very popular in age groups the designers never imagined – not just baby boomers, but their parents. Who would have thought?
Well, I just broke into that group too. I bought a Wii system on EBay last week and am just waiting for it to […]
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