hi! i suggest EVERYONE to got to will rowes' post about...sept. is pain awareness month!! there are some things we all can do to help advocate for pain management! thier is an "I COMMIT" petition , (easy to sign), i suggest everyone of us to sign among other things, you may be able to do!! we so NEED to be heard, and here is our chance!!! so let us all go to either will rowes site or to the "AMERICAN PIAN FOUNDATION" site, you would be amazed at how easy some of the things , we can do, to BE HEARD!!! and this being the most important step to next, hopefully, being treated with the upmost respect when we visit a dr. or a pain clinic. then to hopefully being treated more aggressively for our pain. i encourage everyone to PLEASE visit thhis site...some of us are always wondering what WE, as people, in chronic pain can actually do, well, here is a chance for you to be able to do something!! i know, i am going to do as many things possible, to be HEARD!!!...go to the site!!!..cindi