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This site provides resources for support group facilitator and others with chronic pain, as well as an area for communications and support. This site is not approved by ACPA management.

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Friday Morning Inspiration – 1/26/2022 – Marian Griffey

Good morning, everyone ~It’s shortly after 4:00a.m. as I start this week’s Group message. Outside, the 58 degree temps under mostly cloudy/still dark skies blankets the sleeping neighborhood with a promise of pending rain. Barometric pressure is building.  For some of us, that building pressure can be felt in our bones/joints. For others, it’s the

Posted by paintom Posted on January 22, 2022January 22, 2022
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Friday Morning Inspiration – Marian Griffey

Good morning, everyone ~ How quickly the days melt from the calendar! And yet, how slowly we seem to be moving through this pandemic! The mirror of Time has two ‘faces’ … each with a muddled mind. I begin to speak/write/think in that language I once considered the voice of “old folks”; the one that

Posted by paintom Posted on January 15, 2022January 15, 2022
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Mental Illness – Drugwatch

HealthMental Health  Mental Illness Mental Illness https://www.drugwatch.com/health/mental-health/mental-illness/ Mental illnesses are medical conditions involving changes in behavior, thinking or emotions that interfere with a person’s ability to do daily tasks or care for themselves. Common mental health disorders include anxiety disorders and mood disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and ADHD. Other disorders include autism, borderline personality disorder,

Posted by paintom Posted on January 12, 2022
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Friday Morning Inspiration – Marian Griffey

Good morning, everyone ~ Wow! Sixty-five degrees at 2:25a.m. on the 17th day of December!  or ? Or is this just another “is” in a long list of things we need to adjust to?  Speaking of adjustments, the process of adjusting to changes/challenges can be made a little easier by developing a flow chart — either starting

Posted by paintom Posted on December 17, 2021
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Stepping Out of the “Happiness Trap:” From Pain to Pandemic to a Valued Life – Stanford Pain Science Lecture Series

Posted by paintom Posted on December 4, 2021
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Get the Facts About Migraine – and Take Control – For Grace Migraine Info Page They’re No Joke! Migraine is the third most prevalent illness and sixth most disabling illness in the world – yet there’s still much misunderstanding and lack of information about this serious chronic pain condition that impacts one billion people across the globe. Learn more about migraine – and see what you can

Posted by paintom Posted on December 1, 2021
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CRPS Awareness Month – November 2021

It’s CRPS Awareness Month! CRPS awareness month 2021 has finally started! Throughout November we will be sharing facts and information about CRPS across our social media channels, we also have our 7th annual national CRPS Conference on 21 November and don’t forget our Silent Auction in aid of Burning Nights CRPS Support.What’s Going On in November?Beril, are you

Posted by paintom Posted on November 8, 2021
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Slideshow: Physical Symptoms of Depression – WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/depression/ss/slideshow-physical-symptoms-depression?ecd=wnl_emw_101321&ctr=wnl-emw-101321_lead_cta&mb=X9BGobA7BYgwk8%2FQ26MRUWdEpmNqbUHL5ZWpoSEk9GU%3D Depression   Slideshows Slideshow: Physical Symptoms of Depression Medically Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on September 11, 2019 Sleep Problems 1/12 Depression can affect your body as well as your mind. Trouble falling or staying asleep is common in people who are depressed. But some may find that they get too much shut-eye. Chest Pain 2/12 It can

Posted by paintom Posted on October 13, 2021
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Tell Congress What You Think About the Updated Draft CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline – US Pain Foundation

https://uspainfoundation.org/news/tell-congress-what-you-think-about-the-updated-draft-cdc-opioid-prescribing-guideline/ Tell Congress What You Think About the Updated Draft CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline by US Pain Foundation | Aug 3, 2021 | News Note: Click here to submit your statement to your Congressional Representative. On Friday, July 16, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)’s Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) met to review a report on the new draft

Posted by paintom Posted on October 7, 2021
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How Having PTSD can Impact Chronic Body Pain – The Mighty

Posted by paintom Posted on June 26, 2021
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Friday Morning Inspiration – April 29, 2022 – Marian Griffey

Good morning, everyone ~ We’ve all heard the saying: “The only constant is change.” At this point, we’ve lived out the truth behind those five words. More, we have experienced the dichotomy of them — that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Today’s news-feed is so similar to yesterday’s (and how many

Posted by paintom Posted on April 29, 2022
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Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? – New York Times Magazine

V.R. treatments may provide relief similar to intravenous opioids — a tantalizing prospect for the millions of Americans living with chronic pain. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. After an hour-and-a-half bus ride last November, Julia Monterroso arrived at a white Art Deco building

Posted by paintom Posted on April 26, 2022
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You are invited to participate in a survey for chronic musculoskeletal disorders

https://uhasselt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_etl78e58y2YeUDQ Dear potential participant, Thank you for your interest in our research project. You are invited to participate because you are a person with one of the following chronic musculoskeletal disorders: chronic low back pain, chronic neck pain, chronic shoulder pain, osteoarthritis, chronic Temporomandibular Disorder, or fibromyalgia. This research project is conducted by Principal Investigator Prof. Dr. Annick Timmermans at

Posted by paintom Posted on April 22, 2022
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Friday Morning Inspiration – Marian Griffey

Good morning, everyone ~ It’s 4:30a.m. as I start this week’s mass email. Except for the ticking of the clock, the hum of my computer, and the tapping sounds of my fingers on the keyboard, all is quiet in this house. Crickets are churring in the darkness outside. If I listen intentionally, I can hear

Posted by paintom Posted on April 12, 2022
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Statement from U.S. Pain Foundation on Draft Guidelines for CDC Opioid Prescribing – Cindy Steinberg, Director of Policy and Advocacy, U.S. Pain Foundation

Dear Pain Warriors, You may have heard by now that the CDC released an updated draft version of the Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids – 2022. This new Guideline will take the place of the 2016 version. You can read the full version here.The document is 200 plus pages which I am currently reviewing and will draft a formal comment to

Posted by paintom Posted on February 26, 2022
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CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids–United States, 2022

Posted by paintom Posted on February 26, 2022
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Comments to the 2022 Draft Revised CDC Guidelines on Prescription of Opioids – Richard A. Lawhern, Ph.D. – Email

For friends and colleagues Comments to the 2022 Draft Revised CDC Guidelines on Prescription of Opioids  Richard A Lawhern Ph.D.  February 25, 2022  To the writers and peer reviewers of the 2022 draft revised CDC guidelines on prescription of opioids:  My name may be familiar to some addressees.  I speak and write widely as a non-physician

Posted by paintom Posted on February 26, 2022
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Comments to the 2022 Draft Revised CDC Guidelines on Prescription of Opioids — Filed This Morning – Richard Lawhern – Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/comments-2022-draft-revised-cdc-guidelines-opioids-filed-lawhern/ Comments to the 2022 Draft Revised CDC Guidelines on Prescription of Opioids — Filed This Morning Published on February 25, 2022 Richard Lawhern Subject Matter Expert in public policy for regulation of opioid pain relievers and physicians who prescribe them. 25 years experience and thousands of contacts in social media support groups for people

Posted by paintom Posted on February 26, 2022
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Enjoyable Things to do When Living with a Chronic Illness – Me, Myself and Chronic Illness Blog

Me, Myself and Chronic Illness Blog Personal experience of living with chronic illness when life is beginning HOME ABOUT ME CONDITIONS FIBROMYALGIA/M.E UCTD PCOS MENTAL HEALTH TOURETTE SYNDROME CONTACT ME DISCLAIMER ACTIVITIES · CHRONIC ILLNESS · MENTAL HEALTH Enjoyable Things To Do When Living With a Chronic Illness 26th Feb 2021memyselfandchronicillness I am not going to lie to you, the

Posted by paintom Posted on February 24, 2022
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Preparing Your Medicine Cabinet for an Emergency: A Checklist – CDC

Posted by paintom Posted on February 24, 2022
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