Women In Pain

"Now is the time to educate, inform and treat all women in pain!"

"As a person sufferring from CRPS II, please help. It took me 2 1/2 years & many Dr's before I found a wonderful Dr. who specializes in RSD & put in a Spinal Cord Stimulator & finally gave me pain meds for the burning fire in my foot & ankl"

"I have chronic pain for over ten years and I am glad to see this website. Maybe you can get together with the health reforms of Obama to effect social change?"

"I have been going thru for the last 14 years...any help would be helpful...I live in Ohio"

"chronic pain patient w/ FMS, AS, OA, Cervical Spondylosis who is tired of being treated like a 'bad' person for taking pain medication.."

"It is about time"

"I have a mother diagnost with M.S. and she went through may doctors. I can relate to many of these stories."

"Yes, I have interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia and chronic headaches. It actually makes these conditions worse when you get a health care provider who dismisses and does not understand how much actual pain you are experiencing. I just moved to a new stat"

"Thank goodness somebody has thought of this. I have been being "blown off" by ALL docs, male and female for the last 7 years! Just hope this is taken seriously."

"in support of my daughter"

"I suffered chronic pain from the age of 20 until the present time. I am now 68 and about 13 yrs ago, I was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a woman doctor. I was subjected to any number of painful tests including one month in the hospital in tractio"

"I have been in serious pain since Aug. of 2001 and it had been difficult for my family including my husband but not discluding my children!!! Everyone pays the price no matter how difficult the role may be!!"

"MYSELF AND SOMEONE VERY CLSE TO ME BOTH SUFFER FROM FIBROMYALGIA AND GET NO HELP FORM OUR DOCTORS ITS REDICULAS THEAT WE HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS"

"IF THESE DOCTORS COULD FEEL OUR PAIN FOR I MINUTE THEY WOULDN'T LOOK DOWN ON US AND SAY IT IS IN OUR HEAD!!!"

"I have had RSD for the past 9 years and I have a daughter with Fibromyalgia. It's bad enough to have to live with my pain, but to see my daughter suffer is so much worse. If you only knew what we and others have had to go through just to try to get better"

"I live with pain around the clock diagnosed with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome and Saphenous Nerve Damage in and below my right knee. It consumes so much of my life and impacts everything I do. People at my workplace just do not understand..."

"I have been diagnosed with several pain disorders, but continually get accused of lying about my pain and doctor jumping for medications. I too have had doctors yell at me that I should be better and they will not give me anuthing for pain. If I were a ma"

"I have battled RSD since I was 18--and the pain, the disparity in treatment of being young and in pain, a woman and in pain...it's wrong, it's unfair and it's rampant!"