Tagged: pain control
Pain, physical and mental
First a quick update on the cancer front. There is new pain in my ribs. The diagnostic radiologist didn’t see anything on the ultrasound, so she’s recommending a PET-CT as the next step. I haven’t been able to reach my oncologist (who is the one who has to order it)...
Pain is in the brain
Pain is much on my mind lately. As recently as last November I wrote a post (Pain) in which I talked about my reluctance to use narcotic pain relief. Recent readers of Telling Knots will know that I have since agreed to take the stuff in spite of my objections....
Better living through chemistry?
It was only about four or five months ago that I wrote Pain, a post about my decision to put off taking opiate pain relievers. I was – and still am – very ambivalent about it. The difference being that now I’ve taken the plunge. This is a lot more...
Wednesday Video: Cancer Pain
In this short video, Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, a neurologist on Sloan-Kettering Pain and Palliative Care Service provides a sobering fact: about half of all cancer pain is not treated. In the current state of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge this is inexcusable.