Licensed to Treat, Unprepared for Pain

             Licensed to Treat - Pain Foundation

Voluhneeriing Opportunities for Local Hospita land/or your local facility

 Volunteering for your Local Hosptial
I'm volunteering for our local hospital, but many other hospitals could use your skills... and time

   

                         Volunteering Ennis

My hospital has had a long-standing presence of "pink ladies" volunteers who have been around since I was a teenager. They have gotten older, and some are on rolling walkers. They need help. Severak gave already retired, and Several is going to. They are unable to do the things. If you feel compelled, please contact your local hospital. nursing home or other facility that could use a hand..,

National Pain Month - Pain Foundation

NATIONAL PAIN FOUNDATION - SEPTEMBER IS PAIN AWARENESS MONTH

 https://uspainfoundation.org/news/licensed-to-treat-

unprepared-for-pain/

Right Shoulder Nerve Block and Other Issues....

 Keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

I’ve been having a difficult time for several weeks... Much to do with Memorial Day... some know Jim, and I met on Memorial Day 2003.

I have times when it really hits me hard. It did 3 years ago much the same.

I’m supposed to have a “nerve block” out in my right shoulder on Monday. My pain specialist is going to inject the nerve at the hospital. IF I am lucky enough to get 50% PAIN RELIEF OR MORE, they can put a trial of a “PNS.” Percutaneous Nerve Stim”..IF it works, I would have MORE RANGE OF MOTION AND PAIN RELIEF! They do a trial with a wire about 8 inches long, which is attached outside of the body, and use a wireless device that I control to help with the pain. I was concerned about my oacemkaer since they can run on the same frequency!

My Cardiologist said my Medtronic Azure pacemaker is fine. It is the most current one. The only other upper one is now leadless. So, you have no wires running from the device to your heart.

I’ve been attending. a new church the past two Sundays! I love the music and enjoy the people. and LOVE the music!

PLUS!!! I applied to be a “Pink Lady” at our local hospital! I enjoyed being a “Candystriper” when I was a teenager!

I am not online much now. Between lawn work and all these days entail, I am overly busy!

MY ONLY issue is that my pain specialist uses a hospital that is near Waco, in Hillsboro. But they also specialize in pain manage

ment procedures. He uses it only, so I know he has a good reason. I need someone to take me because they will put me out. We are working on that to make sure I have someone to drive me.

I was going to go to the church tonight for a weekly meeting. But, I have run all day long, mowed, done other lawn work, run errands, and honestly, I am exhausted!

Can RA(Rheumatoid Arthritis) be stopped or prevented in early stages

Can RA be stopped before it gets bad or can it be stopped?

 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/1/29/can-rheumatoid-arthritis-be-prevented

"In particular, trials have been performed in people who tested positive for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide, or who have other risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis. These risk factors include joint pain and subclinical joint inflammation, which is when an imaging study, like magnetic resonance imaging, sees joint inflammation that can’t be seen by a clinician examining the joints.

To date, almost all of these trials have used immune drugs that are commonly used to treat full-blown rheumatoid arthritis, such as methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine and rituximab. Researchers have been testing whether a short course of any of these drugs could lead to a lasting reset of the immune system and prevent rheumatoid arthritis from developing"...

The Most Dangerous Drug in Canada ( and probably in the USA)

By the Pain News Network

The MOST dangerous drug in Canada! and probably the USA

 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/2/5/the-most-dangerous-drug-in-canada-is-not-prescription-opioids#google_vignette

Injectable Gel May Be Long Term Solution to Chronic Low Back Pain by Pain News Network

 

Injectable Gel May Be Long-Term Solution to Chronic Low Back Pain 

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/1/25/injectable-gel-may-be-long-term-solution-to-chronic-lower-back-pain

"An experimental hydrogel continues to show promise as a long-term treatment for chronic low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease.

Findings from a feasibility study, recently published in the the journal Pain Physician, show that 60 patients with low back pain had significant improvements in physical function, low back pain, and low leg pain a year after Hydrafil gel was injected into their damaged discs....

Prohibition Medicine and the Collapse of Patient Safety "Pain News Network"

Patients Are Much More Ill, and They Continue to suffer from a lack of Proper Medication

..."For more than a decade, the United States has been running a vast, uncontrolled policy experiment in medical care. Under the banner of “opioid reduction” and “overdose prevention,” regulators have steadily restricted, stigmatized, and in many cases effectively eliminated access to stable, physician-supervised treatment for pain, anxiety, and other chronic disabling conditions."

 painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/1/20/prohibition-medicine

CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS ARE NOT ADDICTS! JUST like INSULIN..YOU ARE PHYSCIALLY DEPENDEBT NOT ADDICTED TO INSULIN! UBAULSIN ANE NEED IT B IRDER TI REPir what the body acks!

Post from Facebook... The difference between PHYSICAL and METAL DEPENDENCE/ADDICTION

I SHARE THIS... THIS MORNING DUE TO A REMARK MADE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT..NOT ADDiCTED TO THEIR MEDICATIONS..THEY MENTALLY DO NOT NEED IT..BUT PHYSICALLY THEY DO! THEIR IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADDICTION" AND "DEPENDENCE"...
It is like someone eith High Blood Pressure needing their medications. They arw NOT ADDICTED, but their BODY IS DEPENDENT on it..same thing!
Furthermore, I would give anything to throw away medications and not need them!

There are ways we can reduce or eliminate the body's need for certain medications. BUT. Some are needed. UNTIL your body is in homeostasis, and things are not balanced due to diet, sedentary lifestyle, lack of sun, lack of some vitamins, and so on...

Here is what happened to me...

PAIN PUMP PAIN DOCTOR AND GASLIGHTING...

I had my pain doctor NOT get my meds called in, time and time again. I had a pharmacy that "shorted" me. The tech was terminated for that one. She was taking a few pain pills from mine, and I bet others. They tried to say I was to blame. Then they caught her after I was shorted 4 months now! There are MANY LEGITIMATE reasons pain patients can be shorted their meds. I appreciate you speaking out.🥰🥰 I had a pain doctor who was GASLIGHTING patients! He would not get our meds sent in as they should. I would have to call their office 5 or 6 times, and they always had an excuse. After research and a stunt he pulled on me on a pain pump surgery that I decided to NOT allow him to touch me".(after my first visit with him, he insisted my pain pump needed to be REPLACED.. he has tried to fill it then reset so it appeared like it was time for replacement but I had another YEAR before it shouod have been reolaced and it was working fine until he messed with it))... (I had a pain pump for 12 years, and I CHOSE to have it taken out after the gaslighting stunt)) I found out he had been in trouble and lost his license in CA for GASLIGHTING!! He comes to TX and does the same thing! After the pain pump stunt, he SUDDENLY EFT THIS AREA!! After I SAID I WOULD NO LONGER HAVE HIM AS A PAIN DOCTOR) He sent me a letter stating I did not follow orders! GUESS WHAT!? He is still practising in TX, less than 75 miles away, under the same darned clinic name! THE ONLY reason I had to go to him is that I had been seeing my Pain Specialist for 20 years, who has retired.🥲🥲 This gaslighting one was the only doctor close enough to refill my pump! HOW THE HECK CAN HE STILL BE PRACTICING again IN TX??? PLUS, it took me 4 MONTHS to find a new pain specialist! I WENT THROUGH ALL KINDS OF NOT MENTAL but PHYSICAL withdrawals from not having my medications!!! My pain level was so HIGH, and I was so ill. Due to that, it set my Lupus, RA, and entire immune system because A GASLIGHTING DOCTOR WANTED MONEY FOR A SURGERY I DID NOT NEED. PLUS, I have heart problems to boot, so you can imagine being in severe pain and setting off my immune system, how ill I was).🥲🥲😡😡😡

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I am happy to receive any comments... if you have something you feel would be crucial for me to talk about, I am thrilled for your input...

MINDSET is crucial for you to remain healthy, ENJOY LIFE EACH DAY, AND BE GLOWING!..

THROW the WORD "DIET" out of your vocabulary. It's antiquated, AND IT gives people a STIGMA, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.

Instead, use the word or words, "change the way you eat" your eating habits"... although the word habit can be a lousy word to use...

You can control when you eat, how you eat, what you eat, and where you eat.

Each of the above affects your health and your happiness.

You may or may not have a weight issue. Again, the word "weight" should be thrown out of your mind. Your goal is to find balance in all you do.

A positive and LOVING ATTITUDE TO YOURSELF and others goes a very long way!

If you are an early riser, step outside at dawn and let the sun shine on your face and body.

Sunshine brings a good feeling, provides Vitamin C, and helps you sleep by setting your internal clock (circadian rhythm)as needed. It allows other supplements and vitamins to work effectively.

"NOTE: I am NOT a Western medical doctor and cannot diagnose diseases. I can do you LAB WORK TO DISCOVER THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR HEALTH ISSUES AND HELP WITH the way you eat, sleep patterns, and how to exercise correctly and not hurt yourself. Over-exercising is as bad as not... YOU MUST MOVE YOUR BODY DAILY.

I'd like to let you know that more TIPS TO COME TO HELP YOU. BE WHOM YOU WANT TO BE IN EVERY WAY!!! Often, I can help better than Western Medical doctors to restore homeostasis (balance of health, mind, and spirit).

"Your Heath cheerleader."