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Tag: Chronic Pain

  • Tips for Finding Providers Who Can Help You

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    Tips for Finding Providers Who Can Help You by Barby Ingle Finding a highly qualified, competent, and compassionate physician to manage your specific illness or condition takes a lot of hard work and energy, but it is an investment that is well worth the effort. I have met over 90 healthcare providers, including hospital staff,…

  • Taylor Duane Interviews iPain President Barby Ingle for Thesis Paper

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    These answers were completed by Barby Ingle specifically for Taylor Duane’s senior thesis. I’m investigating the question, “Should opiates used to treat cancer pain be rescheduled for cancer patients who are suffering from chronic pain?” What is your position on this and why? International Pain Foundation (iPain) believes that all options should be on the…

  • 10 ACTIONS TO MAKE LIFE MORE POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING FOR YOURSELF

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    by Barby Ingle Choose happiness. Create goals and more towards accomplishing them. Get involved in projects that you can be interested in and successfully complete. Keep yourself surrounded with happy people. Look at the bright side of challenges. Motivate yourself. Practice meditation and controlling your thoughts. Smile big and often. Visualize success. When anxiety and…

  • TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING HOW THE PATIENT IS DOING

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    TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING HOW THE PATIENT IS DOING – by Barby Ingle Are they able to communicate? Are they able to stay focused and remember things? Are they frequently grimacing, crying, groaning, or otherwise indicating extreme distress? Are they maintaining proper grooming practices? Are they sleeping at night for the…

  • New Year, New Goals

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    RESOLUTION: DEAL WITH YOUR CHRONIC PAIN THIS NEW YEAR by Barby Ingle If you’ve been living with chronic pain, New Year’s is the perfect time to make a few simple changes to increase positive daily living. Below Barby Ingle, explores tips for 2017 resolutions when you are the one in three Americans living in pain.…

  • My Life Is Not My Own

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    My Life Is Not My Own By: Michell Freeman   My name is Michell Freeman, I am from a small town in Bennettsville, South Carolina and this is my story. On November 4, 2013 I was in an automobile accident that involved a fatality. I was hit by a car that had ran a red light.…

  • Study for severe to very severe COPD patients

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    New Study for People with Severe to Very Severe COPD This research study is testing whether a new investigational drug that targets eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) could help patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) control symptoms and reduce exacerbations (flare-ups) that lead to hospitalizations. The new investigational drug will be compared to…

  • Share Your Story; Jan Marie Moore

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    After 15 years of suffering (docs cut a nerve in my c-spine during neck surgery), I have been diagnosed with CRPS. My spine is on fire 247. My body has atrophied terribly. I can barely walk or use my arms. Doc put me on Nucynta and a muscle relaxer. Its only helping a little. I’m…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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