Hi! I was pointed to a booklet given out by The American Pain Foundation, a highly respected organization, written by a doctor who treats intractable, ie; chronic pain. It's about 60 pages long.

I learned a lot from this, even though I already knew a lot! I especially why we don't want to just live with pain, or tough it out. For example, one chapter is titled "Pain is the enemy, not the symptom".

Here is a sample of some chapter titles:
complications of chronic pain
treatments to reverse damage
Anabolic Therapy
how to speak to doctors
Potentiators, what they are and how to use them
diet, re; protein is your friend
preventing dementia and mental deterioration
tooth decay, and osteo
travel tips
how to deal with family and friends

This is just a sample of chapters, not the complete booklet listings.

The title of it is: Intractable Pain Patient's Handbook for survival @2007
by Tennant, Forrest MD DrPH

Here is a link to download it.

pain-topics.org/pdf/IntractablePainSurvival.pdf

I just googled that title to find a link as it's been some time since I received it.

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