While there are many issues facing our country right now that cause great concern to everyone, from the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the serious fiscal crisis facing us on a national and individual level, for those of us with Multiple Sclerosis there are some new directions that are a cause for cautious optimism. I say cautious... Read more
In several of my past Share Posts I have referred to the National Pain Care Policy Act, which passed the House of Representatives during the last session and was expected to be introduced to the House of Representatives and Senate again this session for a vote. If approved by both Houses of Congress or Committee, in which any differences... Read more
In my last Share Post I discussed the issue of Health Care Reform, an important and long overdo process that President Obama is committed to achieving, and the critical need for a variety of perspectives to be included in this process. In that Post I discussed some concerns in regard to the early debate on the high cost of... Read more
President Obama spoke to a Joint Session of Congress this past week, during which he outlined to the members of the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the American people, about the alarming direction this country is moving in and presented some bold ideas for turning this direction around. Personally I found his proposals to... Read more
While the use of opioids has often been found to be the most effective treatment for chronic pain, it has also been a controversial issue. Over the past few years the conversation about opioids has risen in both volume and frequency and in the past few days it has taken on a new and frightening dimension, frightening that is to anyone who lives... Read more