As someone who has done this twice, I am truly astonished by those who are able to raise more than a few hundred dollars. It makes me question what I did wrong. 😦

Care, Monitoring Opens Motherhood To Women With Lupus

Link 2018-08-172018-08-31 Miss Poison Duke University, Lupus, Pregnancy Duke University, Health, Lupus, Motherhood

https://www.wral.com/care-monitoring-opens-motherhood-to-women-with-lupus/17709486/

Chronic pain patients says they’re ‘treated like criminals’

Link 2018-08-132018-08-26 Miss Poison Articles, Chronic Pain Articles, Chronic Pain, Patients

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/other-side-of-the-epidemic-chronic-pain-patients-says-they

Please Don’t Roll Your Eyes at Me When I Tell You I Have Fibromyalgia

Link 2018-08-072018-08-19 Miss Poison Fibromyalgia Articles, Fibromyalgia, Wendy Jess Pinder

https://themighty.com/2018/05/sharing-about-fibromyalgia-people-rolling-eyes/

Opioid Prescribing Has Not Changed

Link 2018-08-032018-08-14 Miss Poison Chronic Pain, Opioids Articles, Chronic Pain, Opioids

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/8/3/mayo-clinic-opioid-prescribing-has-not-changed

Bull-fucking-shit. I don’t know a single person who is being prescribed their medication, unless they exhausted other options first, most of which involved unnecessary surgeries. 😦 It’s an absolute travesty, what they have done to legitimate patients who are suffering.

The longer pain goes untreated, the sooner the body deteriorates internally. I have gone with no pain treatment for six years, despite being diagnosed with multiple pain disorders and permanent Central Nervous System damage. In that time, my body has shown stress and inflammation in my blood work. It has manifested problems that aren’t serious, yet my doctor jumped on one issue like a dog with a bone and made me INSANE for nearly six months straight, to the point where I was barely eating (I’m still not eating a whole hell of a lot, but that’s a different story, entirely.). I can only hope that things will change immensely, and/or that my treatment at another facility will be better.

This Is A Cry For Help

Link 2018-07-312018-08-09 Miss Poison Pain, Pain Articles Arianne Grand-Gassaway, Articles, Pain, Pain Patients

http://nationalpainreport.com/this-is-a-cry-for-help-8836857.html

Researchers Were Able to Predict ME/CFS With 84 Percent Accuracy

Link 2018-07-282018-08-06 Miss Poison Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Erin Migdol, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

https://themighty.com/2018/07/me-cfs-blood-test-do-i-have-it/

Twitter Calls Out Practice Exam Question for ‘Medical Misogyny’

Link 2018-07-272018-07-30 Miss Poison Chronic Pain, Unbelievable Crap Elizabeth Cassidy, Medical Exam, Medical Misogyny, Munchausen syndrome, Twitter

https://themighty.com/2018/07/medscape-exam-question-women-chronic-pain/

Nearly $300,000 of medical school education (more or less), and this is what they’re being taught. This explains A LOT about certain types of doctors. As a woman, I KNOW I’m not taken as seriously as my male counterparts. I find that disgusting and disrespectful. I’ve also found, over time, that female doctors are a lot less compassionate and caring, and genuinely don’t listen to me as well as they should. Obviously, some of that might depend on other factors, but overall, this is an important article.