Women In Pain

"I suffer from FMS"

"I have lived with Chronic bladder pain since 2003, and mid 2007 chronic arathalgia and severe pitting edema and pain. I have felt mistreated by the medical community. Often being told I am "anxious" or "it will get better with time"-and it hasn't, so you "

"FMS, chronic pelvic pain sufferer"

"I have mulitple pain problems, and have experienced much of what has been said in this petition. Something HAS to be done in this country about severe chronic pain and how attitudes, and treatment are handled."

"as a nurse and psychotherapist as well as friend to many women, I am outraged at the disrespect which is conferred upon women who suffer with chronic pain of any etiology. Whatever it takes to change the behavior of physicians, male and female, is fair ga"

"living and fighting RSD as an UNDERAGE woman...it's even harder to get equal treatment as a female child!"

"Migraines that I suffered from since age 8 (all in my head) turned out to be TMJ, low blood sugar, and misalined atlas."

"10 years in pain is quite enough! I have Fibromyalgia, TMJ, IBS, Osteoperosis and countless other pain induced illnesses. They are not syndromes! It nauseates me to no end how the health care industry has shunned the females in this country after all we h"

"Pain takes almost everything from you and it's not right to be told it's all in your head All it does is break you even more."

"It is well past time to stop discounting women in all areas of life and finally recognizing we are equal to men."