Women In Pain

"20 year old male that has had 70-75 surgeries to spine and brain due to pseudo-tumor cerebri. Pain management has finally gotten pain under control (no longer suicidal) and guess what they did just last week? They are cutting his dosage back because he "m"

"I have suffered from chronic pain & fibromyalgia for 5 years now and I am sick and tired of having to go to the extreames that we do to get our pain medication that at least makes us feel half way normal. It is a shame that we here in the US treat our"

"Even with a good pain management physician, I've had difficulty with other health care professionals i.e. nurses, ER staff, EMT's, pharmacy staff, receptionists, lab workers, radiology staff, answering services, etc.. We are moving but I'll keep my pain m"

"At age 69, I have been in pain since elemetary school. Disbelief, chiding and 'psychological pain' are just some of the things I have endured all these years. It needs to stop. Clear, unbiased diagnoses are not an impossibility ... unclear thinking and bi"

"I have been here with doctors and other medical "professionals" who have NO clue to what real pain is. Thank goodness that I currently have a responsible doctor who listens!!"

"As a member of the USAF, I thought that I would have the best treatment possible when I showed up in the hospital in severe pain and like many other women, I was immediately given a test for depression, rehydrated, told to see a psychiatrist and sent on m"

"20 year old male that has had 70-75 surgeries to spine and brain due to pseudo-tumor cerebri. Pain management has finally gotten pain under control (no longer suicidal) and guess what they did just last week? They are cutting his dosage back because he "m"

"I am a woman in pain. I suffer from swelling in face,arms,hands,feet,and legs. My arms and legs stay red like a sunburn, I have had a severe headache that has lasted for over 10 years 24/7. I'm told that it is a migraine.My cervical spine has gone from be"

"Finally someone has spoken out on our behalf! I have suffered from many chronic pain conditions for the past 20 years of my life - and I'm only 28! Not only do women with chronic pain conditions get treated differently, but there is another added stigma f"

"Interstitial Cystitis Sufferer For Years!"

"Doctors need better education about chronic pain syndromes!"

"Fibromyalgia sufferer"

"I have suffered from spinal stenosis and peripheral neuropathy for over 35 years. I have been to countless pain clinics only to be told there was nothing they could do for me, or to go home and meditate, or get a hobby, and then turned away while watching"

"To all who could no longer live in the pain...I wish you peace at last. To all of us who still fight to control it day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute...I pray for us the strength to keep fighting."