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Seven voices, ages 10 to 77, share how chronic pain shapes different stages of life and what they wish others better understood.
This Pain Awareness Month, Let’s Change Pain
This Pain Awareness Month, join #OneVoiceForPain as we unite all ages, diagnoses, and stories to build greater understanding, better care, and change.
Turning the Tables: Becoming a Caregiver to My Caregiver
After years of relying on her husband’s care, Ellen Lenox Smith finds herself becoming his caregiver—and discovers new strength, creativity, and comfort in accepting help along the way.
How to Protect Your Long-Term Disability Benefits After Approval When You Live With Chronic Pain
Learn why long-term disability benefits may still be reviewed after approval and how people living with chronic pain can help protect their benefits.
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Restarting the GPS: How Volunteering Can Enhance Your Life
Dec 2, 2024| News
This is the second installment of a three-part series leading up to the exciting re-launch of the U.S. Pain Foundation Volunteer Network. You can read the first part here. Envision the screen of a GPS going blank in the middle of a journey, showing...
Exploring the DPN Pipeline: Insights, Innovations, and Hope
Nov 22, 2024| KNOWvember 2024, News
This November, the U.S. Pain Foundation has dedicated its efforts to helping people get to #knowDPN. Through our KNOWvember campaign, we’ve explored diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in-depth—from understanding and preventing diabetic nerve pain...
7 Myths and Facts About DPN
Nov 13, 2024| KNOWvember 2024, News
Myth: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is only a concern for people with long-term diabetes. Fact: DPN can develop in individuals with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, regardless of how long they’ve had the condition. It can also start to show...
Take Steps Today: Preventing, Detecting, and Slowing the Progression of DPN
Nov 6, 2024| KNOWvember 2024, News
Being diagnosed with diabetes raises a variety of concerns, but one many people aren’t aware of is this: Up to half of those with this metabolic disorder will go on to develop another condition in their lifetime, a progressive nerve disease called...
The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Finding Hope Through Volunteering
Oct 30, 2024| News
This is the first installment of a three-part series leading up to the exciting re-launch of the U.S. Pain Foundation Volunteer Network. You can read the second part here. Imagine driving with the top down on a warm, summer day with your favorite...
Get to #knowDPN this KNOWvember
Oct 30, 2024| KNOWvember 2024, News
The complications associated with diabetes are numerous—and overwhelming. But in the flurry of managing diabetes and its potential comorbidities and symptoms, one is often forgotten: nerve damage and pain. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN),...
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