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Oh! No You Did Not Just Say That!: My Nightmare Doctor Visit

by paincomm | Jul 7, 2015 | Advocacy, Communication | 5 comments

by Noki4, TPC Forum/Chat Participant I need to start out with a disclaimer that no healthcare provider was injured during this encounter. Recently I have been having knee pain. I know that my knees are damaged from the degenerative disease that is slowly eating away...

Dear Person With Pain: Help Me Fight Back!

by Teresa Shaffer | Sep 9, 2014 | Advocacy, Self-Advocacy | 0 comments

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...

Now is the Time to Scream, Holler and Shout!

by Teresa Shaffer | Aug 19, 2014 | Advocacy, Self-Advocacy | 7 comments

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...

Enough is Enough! Stop the Stigma Against People Living with Pain

by Teresa Shaffer | Aug 5, 2014 | Advocacy, Medications, Self-Advocacy, Treatment Options | 3 comments

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...

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