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@nanab2010.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@cpprincess.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@cpprincess.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
#Pain #ChronicPain #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorture #Fibromyalgia #MenGetFibromyalgiaToo #PainManagement #INeedRelief #YourPainMatters #MyPainMatters #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleIllnesses #InvisiblePain
Screenshot of my post on my Facebook page… “Tomorrow/Monday, I will attempt to act well enough - pretending that the nonstop chronic pain and fatigue and weakness and burnout and anxiety and depression and negative self-talk and self-doubt and stress and confusion and everything else that comes with being chronically ill and in excruciating to debilitating chronic pain - so I can get up, get cleaned up and get to my local pain management appointment so we can discuss the same things that have been discussed numerous times before and I can leave the appointment knowing nothing new and having no new concrete plans for achieving true, meaningful pain relief. I’m not being negative. I’m being real. I sure hope tomorrow’s appointment proves this wrong. I would absolutely love to be wrong about this…” “No Expectations, No Disappointments.” Scene of a patient and a doctor sitting across from one another at the doctor’s desk talking about pain management…
September 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
#ISeeYou #YouMatter #Disabled #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorture #LifeHasShatteredMyHopesAndMyDreams #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleDisability #InvisibleIllness #InvisiblePain #ImFine
“Shout-out to disabled people who aren't "inspirational", who are unemployed or stuck with a job they don't like, who didn't do well academically and/or had to drop out of school, who aren't in a position to live and take care of themselves independently even if they would like to, who don't "just get on with things without complaining", whose lives didn't work out in the way they were hoping for, who haven't "overcome" their disability in the way that society tells us we're supposed to. You exist, you're worthwhile and you matter.” (Credit: “Bendy Bunny”)
September 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@stephanieflynn.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
September 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
“Untreated pain is tantamount to torture,” per the United Nations.
#UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness
#MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything
-Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@bbctbm.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
September 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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@wandamocats.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@wandamocats.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
September 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
#ChronicPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #ChronicPainAwareness

www.acpanow.com#/
“Chronic Pain is Like a Car With Four Flat Tires “It's hard to know how to move forward once chronic pain has entered your life. “It helps to think of a person with chronic pain as like a car with four flat tires.”
September 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
I wonder what kind of reaction I’d get, if I replied this way on medical questionnaires or to healthcare workers…
Never mind…
I know…
They’d probably drop me as a patient/refuse to see me again.
#TrueStory #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything
September 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@juliedelikat.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
August 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
#ChronicPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything
August 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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@sarikaarina.bsky.social
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@michanko.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
August 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@girlrebuilt.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@girlrebuilt.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
August 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
Day 37 post-op update:
I'm in the early weeks of recovering from multiple #NeckPain, #Migraine & #Headache #NervePain head surgeries on 6/25/25, at @osuwexmed.bsky.social. I'm working hard to reclaim my life.
#ChronicPain #LifelnPain #ChronicPainChangesEverything
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(Screenshot 1/3 of my update post as shared on another social media platform.) “I still haven't slept since Monday night (I woke up Tuesday morning and have been awake since then - insane mix of chronic fatigue & insomnia) but for some crazy unknown reason I got a burst of energy and the solar system must've been in rare perfect alignment this afternoon because I actually got some things done in the house and even went outside and checked some things off my years long lists - and then I showered. Yes, I showered, after all that — and I am proud of that seemingly simple act. You see, simply showering can be a serious challenge when you live in chronic pain. I really don't think the vast majority of people who may see this post on any of my social media accounts will ever completely understand what a major accomplishment today has been - or what a major hell l've been trapped in for over a decade. (Of course, I'm kind…” (Screenshot 2/3 of my update post as shared on another social media platform.) “…of "paying for it now" - but it was so worth it!) I'm in the early weeks of recovering from multiple #NeckPain, #Migraine and #Headache #NervePain head surgeries on June 25, 2025, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. I'm working hard on reclaiming my life. #Pain #ChronicPain #LifelnPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorturePerTheUN #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintO ne #OccipitalNeuralgia #Fibromyalgia #DiabeticNeuropathy #TMJD #Tinnitus #ChronicFatigue #HiatalHernia #IBS #Chroniclllness #SpinalArthritis #Osteoarthritis #Hyperhidrosis #HeartDisease #Type2Diabetes #Depression” (Screenshot 3/3 of my update post as shared on another social media platform.) “…#LegallyDisabledWithoutDisabilityBenefits #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisiblellIness #YourChroniclIlnessIsNotYourFault —TMS.” (Meme with printed credit to “@RAREVISIBILITY” - meme’s text is below) “your chronic illness is not your fault” “You didn't choose to be sick & you didn't cause your sickness” “It does not define you, you are more than your illness” “It is completely beyond your control, you are doing everything you can” “your illness is not a punishment and you don't deserve it” “you are doing your best even on your worst days” “It does not make you weak or a failure”
July 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@frigyacrowmother.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
July 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@crycepaul.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
July 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@crycepaul.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with free postermywall.com account.)
July 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
#This is #TheTruth!

#Pain #ChronicPain #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorturePerTheUN #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #ExcruciatingPain #DebilitatingPain #Disabled #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleIllness #ThisIsntLiving
July 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@cpprincess.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with free use of postermywall.com)
June 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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@alexianortonjones.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with postermywall.com)
June 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
todd-m-stein.bsky.social
@cpprincess.bsky.social
(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with postermywall.com)
June 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM