People who suffer from severe, chronic pain and illness know how it can change life. It is so very cruel making it hard to enjoy even the most simple daily tasks. Chronic pain as illness is still not that well understood. The medical industry used to believe that pain was a underlying injury or disease. With these thought patterns doctors focused on treating the underlying cause of the pain, with the belief that once the injury or disease was cured the chronic pain or illness would also disappear. If doctors found no underlying cause for the illness or pain, then the patient was told that very few treatments would be available, or worse, βthe pain must be in your head.β It’s sad to say, but some doctors still practice these thoughts , having no appreciation for the unique problem of newer theories about chronic pain and illness.
Luckily there is a new community starting to understand that if pain or illness is no longer a function of a healthy nervous system then the chronic illness/pain itself becomes the problem and needs to be treated as the primary point of call.
We the chronic pain and illness patients need to stand as one, to raise awareness so that more conversations are started and more research for information and treatments are given.
Do you walk through life with chronic pain or illness- if so please connect with me! If we all walk together, our global governments and health care departments will need to listen and make appropriate choices and changes.
Connect with me today on one of my social media channels;
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Let’s walk together for our health
Lisa-Raie π
“Wandering Towards Wellness, Globally”
Great post! From fellow chronic pain sufferer and a nurse!
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Thank you π
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I loved reading this post, I agree with everything that you said. The doctors have pretty much run out of medication to give me as nothing has worked but that shouldn’t mean that the pain is all in my head. I started my blog to try and spread awareness as not enough people know about chronic pain conditions.
We do all need to stand together π
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Together we stand & together we will shine raising awareness making a change to how the world sees chronic pain and illness ππ»
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Bless you (fibroloveaffair) ππ» No, your pain is certainly not just in your head, your pain is real. You started your blog, for the same reason as I and together we will keep blogging and raising awareness. π
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