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When Acceptance Isn’t Giving Up
After years of searching for a cure, one mother discovers that acceptance doesn’t mean surrender—it means choosing to live fully despite chronic pain.
Storms Bring a Painful Reminder of Our Disability
When storms roll in, many people with chronic pain feel the effects long before the first raindrop falls. One advocate reflects on weather-related pain flares and the challenges of living with a disability.
Growing Beyond the Lines I Thought Pain Drew: What Leading a Daily Support Group Has Taught Me
What happens when we step beyond the boundaries chronic pain seems to create? Michele Rice shares how community, purpose, and peer support changed her perspective.
It’s Only One Mile: What I’ve Learned About Pacing
What does “pace yourself” really mean when you live with chronic pain? A heartfelt reflection about limits, recovery, and self-awareness.
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Read U.S. Pain’s comment to the CDC
Approximately 5,400 individuals and organizations responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s call for public comment on acute and chronic pain management and whether the CDC should update and expand its 2016 Guideline for...
Good news for patients in Lousiana
U.S. Pain is pleased to share that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law House Bill 819, which expands the discretion of physicians so that they can recommend cannabis therapy for “any condition” that they consider “debilitating...
The need for migraine and headache awareness doesn’t end in June
Throughout June as National Headache and Migraine Awareness Month (MHAM), the U.S. Pain Foundation and fellow patient organizations focused their efforts on educating patients and the public about the realities of life with headache diseases. (And...
Continuing to represent the patient voice–virtually
While most in-person conferences and meetings have been canceled or postponed as a result of the pandemic, U.S. Pain Foundation staff were able to participate in three important virtual events recently. IPRCC meeting On June 16, Gwenn Herman, LCSW,...
#MHAM2020: Two upcoming events, state advocacy campaign
June is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (#MHAM)! A large percentage of our community lives with migraine and headache diseases, whether as the primary cause of their pain or a comorbidity. Nationwide, headache and migraine diseases affect 47...
Health care disparities in migraine and headache care: A panel discussion
Jun 18, 2020| News
In honor of Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, on June 24, Jaime Michele Sanders (aka The Migraine Diva) will lead a diverse panel of fellow INvisible Project participants in tackling the issue of health care disparities. Nim Lalvani (Executive...
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