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Author: Barby Ingle

  • Medicare #StepTherapy Rules

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    Step Therapy Step therapy is a type of prior authorization. With step therapy, in most cases, you must first try certain less expensive drugs that have been proven effective for most people with your condition before you can move up a “step” to a more expensive drug. For instance, your plan may require you to…

  • Respond to CDC proposed guidelines

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    Here is your chance to voice your opinion on how the PROPOSED CDC Guidelines may affect you as a pain patient who needs proper and timely access to care. (this link is the place to submit your comments), there is also a link on the CDC page that brings you to the guidelines, as well it…

  • What is Central Pain Syndrome?

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    “What is Central Pain Syndrome?” Central Pain Syndrome is a lifelong neurological disease of the Central Nervous System, which causes constant, unending, agonizing pain signals of all somatic types simultaneously. It is caused by lesions on the somatic pathways in the brain, brainstem, and/or spinal cord, which can be the result of disease or injury. There is presently…

  • Share Your Story: Emily Ullrich

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    In hindsight, my chronic pain began at around eleven years old, when I started menstruating. My periods were so extremely painful that I would literally pass out from the pain. My mother had painful periods, and so my agony was chalked up to genes, and as I got older, I learned a few tricks to…

  • The Pain Experience: Meeting the Needs of Pain Patients by Stephanie Lynn Christianson

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    The Pain Experience: Meeting the Needs of Pain Patients by Stephanie Lynn Christianson Executive Summary Pain is difficult to define with certainty. Healthcare professionals are confronted with a high degree of complexity which affect the standards of care. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as, “An unpleasant sensory and emotional…

  • Raising Awareness, Building Community by Stephanie Christianson

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    Raising Awareness, Building Community Stephanie Christianson The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) hosted a series of two 5k challenges here in Atlanta, Georgia. My family and I participated in last year’s 5K held on the 19th at Verizon Amphitheater in Alpharetta, GA, my hometown. We participated in this event because of my younger brothers who…

  • Twitter Chat on #Mindfulness

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    On July 29, 2015 the Power of Pain Foundation hosted a twitter chat on #Mindfulness with Dr Lynn Webster, M.D.and POPF President, Barby Ingle. Here is the highlights from the chat. Power of Pain Foundation – Today we will be led by guest host @LynnRWebsterMD, talking all things #mindfulness & #PAIN, To start things off, @LynnRWebsterMD could…

  • Share Your Story: Stephanie Lynn; Arachnoiditis

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    Share Your Story: Stephanie Lynn Christianson; Arachnoiditis One day in May 2006, out of nowhere I was suddenly overtaken by pain in my knee. I saw the orthopedist, whom at the time was on the fence about proceeding with a surgical intervention. I had the surgery, but the pain never really went away. I left…

  • Michigan Pain Survivor—Learning a New “Normal” By Karen Shay

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    Michigan Pain Survivor—Learning a New “Normal” By Karen Shay Editor’s Note: Karen Shay spent 23 years practicing in Occupational Therapy as a treating therapist with patients with multiple types of disorders and diagnoses, as well as a manager. After two cervical spine surgeries and one lumbar surgery, resulting in nerve damage adding to the already…

  • Share Your Story; Donna Corley; Arachnoiditis

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    Share Your Story; Donna Corley; Arachnoiditis Donna Corley is a 43 year old mother and grandmother. This is her story of how she developed Adhesive Arachnoiditis. In 2009, I had a bad fall, and landed hard on my tailbone. Two weeks later, the pain had become unbearable in my thoracic and lumbar area that I…

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