by Dionetta Hudzinski | Sep 24, 2014 | Advocacy, Pain Policy |
As I sat in the jury room listening to my fellow jurors deliberating the case before us, I was suddenly struck with the similarities to how some people with pain are talked about and treated. Before us was a case of a convicted felon who had served his time. The...
by Micke Brown, BSN, RN | Sep 12, 2014 | Pain Policy |
I had an interesting conversation the other day with a journalist. No kidding! I spent about 30 minutes on the phone discussing the recent upscheduling of hydrocodone-containing combination products (HCCP). Here are some of the most common of the 65 brand names and...
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 Jim Stemple | Sep 2, 2014 | Advocacy, Caregivers |
My soul-mate has lived with chronic pain for over 20 years. I am biased but I think she is superwoman. She raised 3 children, took care of our home, cooked, cleaned and now she spends hours playing and enjoying her grandchildren and loves every painful minute of it....
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...
