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Vegan. Legalize Drugs. Adopt don’t shop.
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A VA tweet recommends spinal cord stimulators as an alternative to "narcotics." Nowhere does the VA mention any of the risks that come with the medical devices. #chronicpain rebrand.ly/tivyxiw
VA Tweet Recommends Spinal Cord Stimulators While Spreading Opioid Phobia — Pain News Network
By Crystal Lindell A recent post on X (formerly Twitter) from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs inadvertently highlights one of the ways that opioid phobia is actively causing a lot of harm...
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January 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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When you already have #ChronicPain, every new ache and pain can be terrifying, says PNN's Crystal Lindell. Will the new pain become permanent? #backpain rebrand.ly/5xs84f8
Why Life With Chronic Pain Makes Every New Ache Extra Terrifying — Pain News Network
By Crystal Lindell Late Sunday night, while putting freshly cleaned sheets onto my bed, I twisted a little weird and threw out my back. By Monday morning, the pain was so debilitating that I was sob...
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January 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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An FDA approved genetic test for opioid use disorder is so flawed it's basically useless, according to a new study. #chronicpain rebrand.ly/z7p3ub0
FDA Approved Genetic Test for Opioid Use Disorder Risk is Flawed — Pain News Network
By Crystal Lindell An FDA-approved test that claims it can identify genetic risk for opioid use disorder (OUD) is so flawed as to basically be useless – at least according to a new study publishe...
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January 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great piece.
“This is what disability advocates have said all along, not that it usually sinks in: The able and the disabled aren’t two different kinds of people but the same people at different times. Last year, I was healthy; this year, I had a breathing ailment.”
Wrote about my 2023, but here’s the tl;dr in handy graph form. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tom-scocca-medical-mystery-essay.html
January 3, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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How can Palestine be the oppressor?
#FreePalestine
October 15, 2023 at 6:26 PM
A blue sky just isn’t really the 2023 fall vibe though.

Blue skies are more of a “2008 President Obama Hope, millennials can fix things, iPhone just gave us apps for that, Buzzfeed” vibe.

The skies today are black & gray.
September 29, 2023 at 1:41 AM