Chronic Pain
228 posts
The Suicide Disease
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA (TN) OR SUICIDE DISEASE: TN is called “suicide disease” because there have been multiple reports of patients who committed suicide due to severity of this chronic neuropathic pain…
I Am Hurting, Although I Look Ok
Pain patients have a major issue with the gap between how they look and how they feel. Of all the frustrations that I have witnessed patients go through, being judged…
Getting Used To Side Effects! Is It Safe?
All pain medications have side effects. Many may make you sleepy, constipated, itchy, nauseous, dizzy or confused, among other possible side effects. Some can give you abnormal heart rhythms or…
Inflammatory Arthritis
When we suffer from Arthritis it is important to know what is the exact diagnosis of our condition. There are some medical terms that have turned into UMBRELLA DIAGNOSIS, meaning…
Patient Self Management, Why?
We all go to doctors to get better but there is an old saying that says: If doctor is trying harder than the patient, there is a problem. Doctors are…
Don’t Let Your Pain Define You
What defines us? Our genes? Our experiences? Our character, culture or religion? Our abilities or our disabilities? or our Pain? When we think about our body, we think of My…
All My Tests Are Normal, So How Can I Have So Much Pain?
[row cols_nr=”2″][col size=”12″] [/col][/row] We often face this confusing picture when a patient searches through their test results to find the reason for their severe pain. When we have a…
Ultrasound Guided Injections
Ultrasound can be used to help physicians to perform image guided injections. It means that the treating physician would use ultrasound to look at the anatomy of the area to…
I Am a Pain Patient
TRUST ME WHEN I SAY I KNOW HOW IT FEELS BECAUSE I AM A PAIN PATIENT MYSELF. Yes, I am a pain patient like you. Many years ago I had…