by Teresa Shaffer | Apr 28, 2015 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
I have lived with pain for half of my lifetime and I will live with pain until I die. Living with pain due to an illness, disease or syndrome and utilizing pain medications as a part of my pain treatment does not make me, or others like me, a drug abuser, addict or...
by Janice Reynolds | Apr 23, 2015 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
See also – On the Record: I Must Get This Off My Chest! – Part One I am so tired of professionals, the media, and the public constantly linking opioids and addiction with little evidence to support this. There may be correlation; however correlation does...
by Janice Reynolds | Apr 14, 2015 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
Recently, there was a discussion on a listserv about functionality, the assessment of it, and an emphasis on the NRS (numerical rating scale-0 to 10). One letter provoked some strong feelings in me which I did respond to; however it is still distressing me. It was...
by Micke Brown, BSN, RN | Jan 13, 2015 | Advocacy |
Finally, Hollywood is talking about chronic pain. Or is it? Coming Soon—January 23, 2015, Cake will be showing in theaters. Jennifer Aniston is receiving accolades for her portrayal of a woman battling the demons of ongoing pain from an accident and the suicide of a...
by Mark Maginn | Oct 22, 2014 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
I never met John Jay “Bill” Hays even though he lived not far from me in California. He was just a year younger than me and had we met we most likely would have been friends. It’s one of life’s strange coincidences that several years ago, in his home town of...
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...
