Re: Great Pain Websites and Info

[Guest guest]

I know that you posted this months ago, but I just found it now (trying to play

catch up). I wanted to take a moment to thank you for posting this, it looks

pretty useful. Dr. Tennant's Intractable Pain Patient's Survival Guide is still

one of my favorite publications, but the publications from the British site look

very promising.

British Pain Society- Patient Publications

bit.ly/BPSpub

Dr. Forest Tennant's Intractable Pain Patient's Survival Guide

bit.ly/PainGuidePDF

Steve M in PA

> Bennie wrote:

> Oh Boy, our British friends have a great British Pain Society and some great

publications.

[Guest guest]

> Steve M wrote:

> I know that you posted this months ago, but I just found it now (trying to

play catch up). I wanted to take a moment to thank you for posting this, it

looks pretty useful.

Steve,

Research and self empowerment is our best friends. Yes that and paintopics.org

(the resource page has over two hundred contacts) are the ones besides what I

listed. I am so sad that the American Pain Foundation disbanded , that happens

without donations and our economy the way it is, it happens. There are people

still lobbying for the laws and the laws are getting so strict, we have to be

like a prisoner checking in.

Fortunately, I am at the stage that no one can argue (well, the can) with what

is wrong, it is there in black and white. I feel for those starting out trying

to tell their doctor something is wrong.

I made copies of all the publications that the American Pain Foundation had and

listed them here so they should be in the archives.

If anyone doesn't know, this group archives are listed at the bottom of our

posts and you can search what was written about. The moderators are better at

explaining how to access but it is nice to know that the information is not lost

forever as the brochures the American Pain Foundation made before disbanding,

are great. The National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain disbanded when my

Doctor who founded it died and he and Dr. Tenant started it.

There are so many Doctors dedicating their life's to assisting pain patients, I

would like to give a moment of silence of gratefulness to them for taking the

time to write the Free Guides being selfless and you can tell they care about

the patient. I for one, appreciate it and as I said PainTopics.org lists those

resources http://pain-topics.org/patient_resources//

That link lists the problem by disease, disorder, or subject and has an large

listing on alternative and holistic medicine. I also like the Cancer Center of

America, immediate specialists that will chat with you if you ever have

questions on cancer and advanced treatments.

I will be out for several weeks, my darling Sister stole over seventy-thousand

dollars from my invalid Dad and I have to go through legal avenues and I have a

blocked ear and infection and I have to deal with my gambling Sister that has

threatened to kill herself if we turn her in and she has been caring for my Dad.

She did this four years ago stealing nine thousand dollars and was placed in a

psych facility but got out.

My Dad was paying her to keep her as caregiver as she stated she wanted to and

on Father's Day my Dad called and stated she left a letter stating " She wanted

her inheritance now and she forged over seventy-thousand dollar checks, and she

would kill herself if he put her in jail " I found out from her daughter that she

also one fifty-thousand dollars gambling last month and lost most of it all.

She was siphoning thousands at a time and my Dad had put a note on her account

before not to cash checks on her. I know many here have family situations they

have to deal with and have to deal with pain is so unfair but self-centered

people drive me nuts. I can only as for prayers, thoughts, zen, or whatever you

can send my way that I make fair decisions to protect my Dad so he can get

bonded care rather than the selfish needs of my sister that has to be watched as

letters on file she cannot gamble at casinos.

Please pray for me. Bennie