2013 Edition Participants Articles

Nicole Spink

Nicole Spink has been living with a chronic neurological syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, since she was ten....

At 42, Gina Libby has lived with chronic pain for more than 20 years. Yet it hasn’t stopped her from making an impact;...

Last year, fifty-year-old Julie Dye never imagined she would be a cancer patient, and more important, a cancer...

Like so many people who live with chronic pain, 27-year-old Sandy Do of San Francisco inhabits a complicated situation...

For decades, Radene Marie Cook had two complimentary careers: she was a professional actress, dancer and singer in...

As a little girl, Jenni Prokopy was told her aches were a result of growing pains. With periods of intense pain and...

Dennis Kinch lives by the motto, “Do what you can, when you can.” These seven words have carried him through hardships...

Julian Phillips has battled chronic pain for over 30 years. In his early 20s, Julian was athletic and active. He...

On June 11, 2006, Michaela O’Connor experienced an extreme, sudden pain along the right side of her face. Being only...