by Teresa Shaffer | Sep 24, 2013 | Daily Living, Self-Advocacy |
You know as I do that there is a stigma attached to these words “I live with pain.” The first two things someone may ask you when you tell them that you have chronic pain are, “Do you take pain medication?” and if you say yes, then the next question is often, “Are you...
by Teresa Shaffer | Sep 3, 2013 | News |
The Pain Community (TPC) recently donated a Top 15 trophy along with TPC key chains for the 3rd Annual Friendly Car People (FCP) Charity car show in Morgantown, WV. The event was held was at the Mountaineer Mall in Morgantown, WV in June and raised just shy of $800.00...
by Teresa Shaffer | Mar 21, 2013 | Daily Living |
When you live with pain for 24 years, your dreams become dim, your life is a little darker, and there is so much uncertainly in your life. Please don’t judge me too quickly, all of these things are not what I would have chosen for my life, however, it is my life...
by Teresa Shaffer | Mar 20, 2013 | Daily Living |
Last Saturday I attended a birthday party for my Father. I was having a great deal of widespread breakthrough pain. I brushed it off as being just increased pain due to the ever changing weather patterns we have been having. My Mother then asked this question,...
