For some chronic pain conditions, there are few or no medications to help treat the condition. For other conditions, there are medications..but the pain persists on one level or another. Adding complementary pain management techniques can help you to get the fullest relief possible. Seek to control pain on three levels: mind,body and soul! This is a story about Summer Suleiman, a blogger and contributing writer for CNN…(based on the source below…) Years of dreaded episodes of fatigue, nausea and dizziness had come and gone. They would last for days at a time, haunting as a ghost, then disappearing without a trace. This began at age 5. At 24, she was still battling the debilitating symptoms that wreaked havoc on her body. And no one knew why. Finally, two years ago, a doctor provided the answer. The diagnosis: a rare genetic disorder called Familial Mediterranean Fever, a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by frequent attacks of fever, stomach and chest pain, a
This blog is for chronic pain sufferers and their families. My intent is to help everyone who is affected on some level by chronic pain. I research and present news and ideas to help improve quality of life and minimize suffering and downtime!