by PAINS Project | Apr 18, 2018 | Carolyn Noel, Living with Pain, News & Updates, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates, Treatment Options |
by Carolyn Noel, Webmaster, PAINS Project Disclaimer: This is a “do as I say and not as I do” blog. April 23rd marks the 16th anniversary of the car accident that changed my life. You would think that after sixteen years of living with pain, I would have...
by PAINS Project | Dec 6, 2017 | Myra Christopher, News & Updates, Pain Policy, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director On Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Senator Claire McCaskill (MO-D) led a roundtable to discuss her interest in repealing the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016. It included three participants: Joseph...
by PAINS Project | Nov 16, 2017 | Carolyn Noel, Living with Pain, News & Updates, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Carolyn Noel, PAINS Webmaster I’m not “just” depressed! As a person who lives with pain, I am well aware that the last thing any of us want to hear is, “You’re depressed.” In fact, we tend to fear that label and avoid it like the plague, particularly because we...
by PAINS Project | Oct 17, 2017 | Advocacy, Myra Christopher, News, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, Director of PAINS Sunday night, I watched 60 Minutes on CBS as they interviewed Joe Rannazzisi, former Deputy Director over Diversion at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Rannazzisi was portrayed as a “whistleblower,” and he blamed drug...
by PAINS Project | Jul 24, 2017 | Book, TV & Movie Reviews, Carolyn Noel, Living with Pain |
by Carolyn Noel, Webmaster – PAINS Project A few weeks ago, I read an article entitled, “The $100 billion per year back pain industry is mostly a hoax” which discussed the release of a new book about back pain. As a person who has lived with back...
by PAINS Project | Feb 14, 2017 | Myra Christopher, Pain Policy, PAINS Monthly Update, PAINS Updates |
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director This morning I was a guest on Central Standard, a program which airs on the local Kansas City NPR station. The program’s focus was chronic pain. Over the weekend the host’s producer called to do a “pre-interview.” One of the...
