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Carla Anna Olson

posted 08/27/2008, comments (9)

I don't know what to do from here. I just know I am miserable.

PS- I wasn't going to say anything about my condition, but if you want to skip all of the depressing stuff and go to why I am in so much pain, just skip to "Here it is:" I am a 29 year old woman trapped inside of the body of a 100 year old woman. When I say things like that professionals immediately refer me to... Read more Chevron

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Tommy59

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48 yr old married man with chronic back pain

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posted 08/26/2008, comment (1)

I feel I am not being treated fairly or taken seriously by med clinics, where do I get legal help?

I have been in severe pain from pinched nerves in my back. it's been 8 weeks now. I started with my family dr. who started giving me oxycodone and then later added a fentynal patch. i made appointments for a pain clinic. it was going to take several months to get a first appointment at a pain clinic, and my dr. was responsible for continuing my... Read more Chevron

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Will Rowe

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posted 08/25/2008, comments (2)

Chronic Pain: The Extreme of Evil

In 45 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote a text he entitled "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil). A line from that text has been used since the 1500s by print and typesetters as the standard sample print text which is popularly known as the "Lorem ipsum." When you see a mock layout for a printed text, often it will include... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2008, comment (1)

trying to improve my situation

well i tried to upload a couple of photos but for some reason it says theres problems with my photos so please forgive me.see i have had a total of 33 abdominal surgeries and 27 of them are for foriegn objects due to stabbings.AT DIFFERENT TIMES.last july the worst of them all.i had to have life prolonging surery.(thats whqt the surgeon called it... Read more Chevron

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Denise Coleman

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posted 08/22/2008, comments (2)

My Changing Self-Perception

Over the years my perception of who I am and what my role in life is has changed several times; I went from being a school girl and a daughter living with chronic back pain to wife, then ex-wife, and sole supporter of my own daughter, while still experiencing chronic pain from multiple back surgeries to the mother of a young adult and a... Read more Chevron

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