Drug dependency lessons from Pharma ads and my two mothers
I can’t stand TV as it hurts to sit or lie back and watch but recently, while tuning in to one of the very few shows I do watch, I caught a [...]
April 18th, 2016
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May 8th, 2015
12:05 pm
Appearances can be Deceiving
Frida, ...a woman who used fashion to channel her physical difficulties into a courageous statement of identity, strength and beauty. Exhibition by ISHIUCHI MIYAKO
December 5th, 2014
9:40 am
Melbourne Leader story, Soula bares soul over pain
The following story was published in support of the current National campaign: Nerve Pain is Different. Please help us raise awareness for those with debilitating invisible pain. If you think you have [...]
November 24th, 2014
2:54 pm
Robert J. Echenberg, MD
I don’t think I need to write an introduction for Dr Echenberg or Bridge for Pelvic Pain. The only explanation I feel I need to give is that I was drawn (pardon [...]
June 30th, 2014
7:21 am
My Documentary: The Hurting Strings – An Artist’s Story on Pain
Handmade Films - The Hurting StringsLet's watch The Hurting StringsI'd like to express my biggest thanks firstly to Peter Lamont for taking this project on and for communicating my invisible message with [...]
June 16th, 2014
9:25 pm
National Pain Week 2014
(Excerpt from Chronic Pain Australia’s nationalpainweek.org.au) Welcome to National Pain Week 2014 This year we celebrate National Pain Week by creating awareness that PAIN IS AGELESS. Thank you to everyone who has [...]
June 14th, 2014
10:51 pm
Stepping into an ANZCA ad to help raise awareness for chronic pain
(Update: July 18, 2014) Yep, I’m one in five… Watch the full ad at: www.anzca.edu.au/fellows/foundation (June 14, 2014) Chronic pain insists on presenting me with the unexpected. Today, I found myself on [...]
April 15th, 2014
9:21 am
National Pain Report, My Story: A Pain in the Coccyx
(http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/my-story-a-pain-in-the-coccyx-8823596.html) The National Pain Report, my story. April 14th, 2014 by Soula Mantalvanos I begged my neurosurgeon to do anything, even to chop my coccyx off. But after getting opinions from other surgeons, he suggested not to go the invasive path as we had the option for an implant called a peripheral stimulator, a treatment that was reversible. It made more sense.
March 31st, 2014
1:19 pm
Formal Complaint to WorkSafe Victoria
21st May, WorkSafe’s Andrew calls My long wait was over, or so I thought, when on 21st May I received a call from a Service Review Analyst working with WorkSafe’s Capability & [...]
March 6th, 2014
3:32 pm
Theo, and his ‘carer’s’ perspective
The post many of you have been waiting for… Theo’s thoughts, sacrifices and life experience of his daily ‘caring’. I should add that Theo and I have [...]