by Teresa Shaffer | Oct 7, 2014 | Pain Policy |
Recently I read an article titled, “Drug-Test Physicians? Docs Say ‘No Way”. I was lost for words. I could do nothing but sit and shake my head. Then, I wanted to scream so loud that all the physicians who were quoted in the article could hear me: “You’ve got...
by Teresa Shaffer | Sep 9, 2014 | Advocacy, Self-Advocacy |
This is the final entry of a three part series (part one | part two) that I have written regarding the stigma that we as people living pain face daily. I have lived with pain for nearly half of my lifetime. I would love to be able to say that things have changed for...
by Teresa Shaffer | Aug 19, 2014 | Advocacy, Self-Advocacy |
I recently wrote a blog titled, Enough is Enough! Stop the Stigma Against People Living with Pain. This is the second entry sharing the frustration that I, along with other people living with pain, face every day. I am angry, fed up and I am not afraid to talk about...
by Teresa Shaffer | Aug 5, 2014 | Advocacy, Medications, Self-Advocacy, Treatment Options |
It seems like just about every media article talking about pain medications has become a feeding frenzy which reports one side of the story. They take advantage of the uninformed and promote fear with biased and unsubstantiated claims that everyone who is prescribed...
by Teresa Shaffer | Jul 8, 2014 | Daily Living |
Summer time can be a glorious time when the sun is shining so brightly and the blue skies have big fluffy clouds floating by (when it’s not raining). There is no cold white fluffy snow, ice or harsh wind to keep us pinned in the house. We are free to play, work or...
