Information and opinions on Chronic Pain from Lorie Stransky at ChronicPainConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/91271/what-i-going Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:19:59 -0400 Lorie Stransky I have been living with chronic pain for 34 years, had many ups and downs, lived with pain meds and lived without pain meds. I am currently seeing a pain specialist every 2 weeks and he will not listen to me!! I have had a lot of increased pain in the last couple of months and have tried Lyrica (side effects), increased neurontin, increased zanaflex and nothing he tries works. He basically says just live with it. I am so darn frustrated and... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/91271/what-i-going http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/90677/heal-support Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:37:42 -0400 Lorie Stransky Dear friends,   My name is Lorie and I have only been on this site a very short time. Last night I started to get such a great sense of joy after attending a new support group for those who want to bring healing into their lives from the ravages of divorce. I had been married 28 years when I decided that my life was worth more than the verbal, emotional and mental abuse my ex husband was doling out to me on a daily basis. I thought... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/90677/heal-support http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/85576/fibromyalgis Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:20:11 -0400 Lorie Stransky Hello my name is Lorie and I have only been on this site for a couple of months. I have learned a lot of valuable information and most importantly I have had the oppotunity to chat with some of you. I hope everyone is doing great and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday week-end. My pain specialist started my on a new medication for my fibromyalgia called Lyrica. Unfortunately, my ankles and feet are really getting swollen, so I guess I won't... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/918619/85576/fibromyalgis