Vilified and Coerced, Pain Patients Desperate
In no other medical field are patients subject to such vilification, suspicion, and coercion as in pain management. Chronic pain…
Category: Our Stories
A request to my doctor: Listen, answer, explain
After a recent less-than-satisfactory appointment with my cardiologist, I was troubled by how common poor relationships between doctors and patients…
I am visible. My disease is not.
I am disabled. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a genetic disorder that keeps me in constant pain every minute of…
Beyond pink
By Laura Wells, Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer Fighter When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I found it…
It just doesn’t add up: Saving premature babies only to risk their health later
Each of us knows someone that had a preemie and a tale to tell about the roller-coaster of the early…