Nip Pain in the bud & let your Soul blossom: March 2015

Time for Tuesday-Newsday! The Featured Blog Posts this week are all related to being hospitalized.

Let Me Know: If you’d like me to watch for articles on your pain condition, just drop me a note in the comments section below.

WARNING: My goal is to provide the most up-to-date news I can, which you can then take to your personal doctor and debate the merits of before you try it. I do not endorse any of the docs, treatments, info, and meds in anything I post nor can I guarantee they are all effective, especially not for everyone. As is the case with any health info, ALWAYS get your doctor's opinion first!

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*MEDICATION NEWS

FDA OK of 1st 'Biosimilar' Drug May Mean Cheaper Options for Patients: Zarxio is a stand-in for a cancer drug Neupogen

Consumer watchdog takes Nurofen drug company to court over claims its products treat different forms of pain... but they all have the SAME ingredients

Analysis of research finds Acetaminophen is 'not a benign drug' if used long term and in larger doses

Pain management official thinks he knows why patients with legitimate prescriptions are being denied their opioid pain medicines

Pharmacies pressured to limit pain meds: Amid federal crackdown, retailers wary of filling prescriptions

A New Approach to Prescribing Narcotics

opinion: The New York Times On Drugs - Wrong, Naive Or Misleading?

opinion: How do you treat pain when most of the world's population can't get opioids?

Graduate student explains pain research in two-minute video

*CHRONIC PAIN NEWS

Power of Pain Foundation seeks pain patients for online survey

Pain is a significant challenge when it comes to Americans' sleep, a new poll by the National Sleep Foundation finds

Women Hurt More Than Men, Due to Both Biology and Bias

Bias in Pain Treatment, an infographic from National Institutes of Health

A Q&A with Paul Gileno of the U.S. Pain Founation

Chronic Pain Comes To Twitter

How to Manage Your Tolerance for Physical Pain

How the power of touch reduces pain and even fights disease

British Scientists Spot Brain's Pain Center

Optogenetic stimulation of the brain to control pain demonstrated in study

Exercise Helps Battle Depression in Rheumatic Diseases Such as Fibromyalgia, OA, RA, and SLE

Most Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease May Experience Long-Term Pain

Good news for patients suffering from the severe pain of Shingles

When medical system fails to diagnose him, a mother's helps cure son's misdiagnosed illness through internet research

Having a chronic illness like rheumatoid arthritis can put a lot of stress on a relationship — it could even lead to divorce

People With 'Invisible Disabilities' Fight For Understanding

Social Media Is A Lifeline For Patients With Rare Diseases

Kickstarter campaign for ChronicBabe 101: Craft an Incredible Life Despite Illness

*DIABETIC NEUROPATHY

Diabetes nerve pain can be treated with cheaper drugs just as effectively

No Clear Winner for Relief of Diabetic Neuropathy Pain

Experimental gene therapy shows promise for treating painful diabetic neuropathy

Prediabetes carries 1 in 2 risk of peripheral neuropathy

New Eye Scan Predicts Peripheral Neuropathy in Diabetes

*FOOT PAIN

PET/MR can effectively diagnose cause of unclear foot pain

Ultrasound Treatment May Be Option for Plantar Fasciitis

Foot orthotics may help relieve pain caused by plantar fasciitis

Minimally invasive Achilles tendon surgery reduces complications

*GERIATRIC PAIN

Pain in Older Adults Can Contribute to Insomnia

Many Americans Face Pain, Depression in Their Final Year: More Focus Needed on Pallative Care

Extra-depth shoes may help alleviate foot pain for older people

Muscle pain in older adults may be polymyalgia rheumatica

Pain in the Elderly: When Someone You Love Is in Pain

Chronic Illness, Loneliness May Go Hand-in-Hand for Some Elderly

*FEATURED BLOG POSTS

Even if a Featured Blog Post is written specifically with emphasis on one chronic pain condition, it may still have information and ideas which can help people with any type of chronic pain/illness. I always select posts which I think can provide help for the widest audience.

Top 10 ways to “Vacationize” your hospital visit or inpatient stay: PART ONE and click here for PART TWO

by Jessica Gimeno of Fashionably Ill

Things To Bring When Admitted To The Hospital (video)

by Kelly Patricia, visit her YouTube page

#Hospitalglam shows body-positive campaigns work for chronic sickness too

article about Karolyn Gehrig

"A good Garden may have some Weeds."

I like to think of Life as a Garden... with the blossoming flowers as our souls fed by the happiness we cultivate.

Chronic Pain is like a persistent weed that threatens to take over our garden when we have chronic pain/illness.

Although we may not be able to stop the invasion of weeds, we can find ways lessen their impact in our lives: to remove the weeds we can, to obstruct their growth by treating them, or to step over them & choose instead to focus on 'stopping to smell the roses'.

This blog is about living a joyful life despite chronic pain: by being educated on your pain condition, becoming a smart patient, finding inspiration, and then opening yourself up & finding creative ways to experience life.

Nip Pain in the bud & let your Soul blossom

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Tuesday-Newsday #185

Leading Autoimmune Patient Advocacy Group Survey Finds Majority of Patients Lack Understanding of Biosimilar Drugs

AARDA to Host Summit During National Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Tuesday-Newsday #184