thank you Mary, the pain unit is doing there best but they have been badly affected by funding cuts! they had 5 Doctors originally, they were cut to 2...

so sorry you are still having a tough time, i have no doubt that the degree of pain and frequency of flare ups is being made worse by the lack of acce...

i can relate too, i started with a painful right lower leg after an accident and subsequent surgery - this dragged on for years til i eventually had t...

i know that here in south australia it used to possible to get respite for carers for a couple of weeks per year, it was aimed those caring for people...

well, i survived christmas relatively unscathed, i had a productive day with the sewing machine so that i kept myself too occupied to start getting mi...

thanks Mary, i have been thinking about things a great deal and in fact i was invited to an event the other day that was attended by people working in...

imust admit that i tend to struggle at christmas. it was always a big family event but i have no family left now. i have also worked most christamses ...

johnno, if you look on the online database of the independent living centre in your state, under the bathroom/hygeine section you will find that there...

so sorry about everything you are going through but especially sorry about your Dog! its tough to put your pet down nomatter what the age of the pet e...

sydney person, i have just caught up on your story and i really feel for you, your condition is certainly very painful and to have a simple medicatio...

i have been taking lyrica 300mg morning and night for several yrs now for phantom pain ( i had my right leg amputated 17 yrs ago)- it certainly has be...

Reyne, i think many of us can understand the idea of the pain speaking for us instead of our more rational brain, its a kind of survival technique eve...

i am on a consumer invlovlment committe at domicillary equipment service and we meet every month, as wel as consumers there are senior staff reps from...

hopefully no news is good news, i suspect tha even if they have realized that as you have not only a long term GP but a pain specialist supervising yo...

that would be great, i still get nerve pain across my butt from a trapped nerve and ften when i get up in the morening there is and intense itching se...