Took 7 years… but I won!
I won but why did I have to fight for pain treatment in the first place? This is typical treatment for an injured worker in Australia. What was the real point of [...]
April 4th, 2018
10:21 am
March 16th, 2018
12:52 pm
GPADD 2018 Dealing with Addiction Conference – I’m Presenting!
GPADD 2018 Dealing with Addiction Conference – I'm Presenting! It's a topic that needs serious attention and I'm honoured to be invited to speak and share my personal experience. My aim is to share the resources that I've found that have helped me avoid dependency, and to share resources that have helped me understand my complex chronic health issue. Education is key for both the patient and the professional in the management of chronic health issues.
March 9th, 2018
5:13 pm
Get Behind me! Mark my 11 year Anniversary
March 1, 2007 my life changed in a massive way. I’m not one for getting tense about anniversaries – it’s all too emotional and I feel it holds me back allowing pain [...]
February 16th, 2018
10:12 am
Pain Train featured in the AMA Victoria’s VICDOC magazine
Pain management has come to me in various forms. It’s a pretty special feeling that my 11 years of experience with chronic pain may be useful for [...]
January 20th, 2018
4:14 pm
Pain Revolution 2018
(Cut to the chase, I want to support the Pain Revolution 2018. Image: Lorimer and Soula at the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia Melbourne launch) I’ve got a soft spot for Professor [...]
December 15th, 2017
4:23 pm
Marking the beginning of another year…
Thank you for your patience while I updated my website. I feel refreshed now…! I’m really happy to not only have updated my website but to be reporting on my positive progress. [...]
November 16th, 2017
4:20 pm
When It Pays to be Dumb
The effort my insurer makes to appear stupid and ignorant in their daily work, and the effort they make to voluntarily communicate their ignorance, today, for some reason (let's call it this fab new medication) made me want to laugh.
November 3rd, 2017
11:45 am
Treatment Reimbursement Fight Continues
I'm still fighting for reimbursement of my peripheral and sacral stimulation implants. Insurer X (let's call them that but really what I call them is irrelevant - they're all the same!) are [...]
November 2nd, 2017
2:31 pm
Married 20 years today
Theo and I celebrate our 20 year anniversary today. 10 of those years we’ve had to unwillingly share with chronic pain, 5 of which, I can totally admit I was not really [...]
November 1st, 2017
2:48 pm
Trust me, I’m a patient: pain education for professionals from a lay perspective
Unfortunately, it is all too common for the professional not to listen to the patient and not to believe in their pain. The focus on the ‘relief of suffering’ has almost got lost in modern medicine’s search for diagnosis and cure. It is hard enough to be coping with pain, but terrifying not to be believed when one goes for help. It should not take months of suffering and inadequate (or no) pain relief before a patient finally gets to a pain clinic.