Life in pain

Recently the National Pain Report did a survey on women in pain. I was one of the 2400 some participants... You can read the results here if you wish.

I have a few takeaways from the survey:

• If you aren't happy with your doctor, for example they tell you your pain is all in your head, it might be time to find a new doctor.
• If you have problems with the side effects from your pain medication (constipation is common with opioids, for example), it might be time to find a new medication. I am on an opioid pain patch and do not have constipation issues (if you must know) but I get a lot of pain relief with it.
• It is nice to know I am not alone with multiple pain issues
• Women do feel pain differently then men.

But then it is sad to know that women still feel discriminated by the medical system.

But we are all still here....