For Grace: Women In Pain

“People who are #chronicallyill have learned to put up with the symptoms of illness, including terrible pain… Please don’t assume a person who’s laughing is pain-free or otherwise feeling good physically.” Misconceptions About #ChronicIllness buff.ly/40yIvLk

Happy May, #Women In #Pain Nation! Here's a new video from HQ. WIPN leaders Cynthia Toussaint & John Garrett share how tough #caregiving can get, especially if you're the legs of the operation & it's #springcleaning time. Yikes! tinyurl.com/3bvdme42 #chronicpain #CRPS

Dr. Forest Tennant says there are several pain conditions that cause the "worst pain" imaginable. Unfortunately, many of those patients are given the same treatments and opioid doses as patients with less painful conditions. bit.ly/4wJGv2k

A lawsuit blames ChatGPT for the overdose death of a California college student. The chatbot allegedly gave bad advice to the teenager about taking with kratom with Xanax. bit.ly/4v4xAqG

Check out the new vid from #Women In #Pain Nation! WIPN leader Cynthia Toussaint shares getting a good night's #sleep with #chronicpain ain't easy - and wonders why she can't zzzz more like her cat tinyurl.com/nhzy65rh #slumber #purrrfect

Check out @ForGrace's May Comeback Story of the Month! Glenna McPartland's life was great until her body broke down with #EhlersDanlos. Instead of packing it in, Glenna became a write, poet and #EDS advocate tinyurl.com/47um6aza #chronicpain

Here's a new video from Women In Pain HQ! Shaazam! WIPN leader Cynthia Toussaint is worried about losing her mind. Not because of maddening #chronicpain, but because of the emerging research that's connecting #dementia to it tinyurl.com/4f42nu6k #anotherlogonthefire #OMG

Acute pain is the body's alarm system, telling us of injury, infection & more. But if you don't shut it down, it can become something worse. Check out @ForGrace's #AcutePain Campaign to make your plan of action tinyurl.com/mvrec2s3 #stopthepain

#Women In #Pain Community! Check out this phenomenal 2000+ word article about #chronicpain in Canada's National Post, their leading legacy media outlet. @ForGrace championed the piece that features real-life people with real pain tinyurl.com/y6ddm6xu #CRPS #healing #RA #hope

A must-read for those who’s life has been turned upside down by #chronicpain - the #memoir @BattleForGrace forgrace.org/women-pain/bat… #CRPS #RSD #fibromyalgia #migraine #hope

Must see film if you struggle with #chronicpain - "Pain Matters" Great to share with friends & family tinyurl.com/2f7k477r #painmatters #spoonie #opioids #RSD #fibromyalgia #endometriosis #migraines #pain #crps #lupus #womeninpain #hope

Check out this feature piece by @ForGrace founder Cynthia Toussaint for Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper. Cynthia shares how childhood trauma led to #chronicpain, #familydysfunction almost ended her, and #estrangement is the only choice sometimes tinyurl.com/yxx8243m #Survive

Women In #Pain, check out this groundbreaking article by @HealthyWomen and @ForGrace founder Cynthia Toussaint that explores #childhoodtrauma as a driver for #chronicpain. Yes, the body does indeed keep the score. tinyurl.com/56w46y4w #CRPS #trauma