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niki lawless

posted 05/06/2009, comments (2)

22 and in pain... My life is frustrating.

I have been miserable since I was about 10 years old. I had a very unstable family life that included alcoholic parents and mental, emotional, and physical abuse- mostly from my mother. To make this story VERY short, after 3 years of things spiraling out of control my mother shot and killed my father. My younger sister and I were... Read more Chevron

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cathpat48075

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posted 04/27/2009, comment (1)

Will the complications ever end?

Hi everyone I been having some very bad days lately. I stareted getting confused and weak a few months ago and all along trying to talk to my pain doc was just as frustrating. About 4 weeks ago I began waking up with severe cramping in my ankle foot areas which then almost overnight transversed up to my left hip. The pain is so intense in the am... Read more Chevron

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Denise Coleman

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posted 04/27/2009, comments (6)

Reunion Ruminations

Saturday was a sunny, warm day on Long Island, New York, which we haven’t had in a while. It seems like it has been raining forever. I live in Manhattan but my friend, Ro, picked me up early on her way from Pennsylvania and we drove out to Long Island for our 40th high school reunion. It was the first reunion I was attending... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/30/2009, comments (3)

chronic pain and pump

I just located this site a week ago, am in the process of being scheduled for a morphine pump after being in pain management since 1997 and after 4 spinal surgeries, which involved a fusion in the cervical area, and most of the lumbar back. Needless to say, both fusion surgeries had complications, that can not be fixed, the cervical fusion... Read more Chevron

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Denise Coleman

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posted 03/24/2009, comments (3)

Community Choice Act: Offering Options to the Elderly and People with Disabilities

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) are introducing the Community Choice Act to Congress today, March 24. This is a major step forward in the effort to allow the elderly and people with chronic illnesses and/or disabilities to remain at home rather than be forced into nursing homes or other institutional... Read more Chevron

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