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Why Pain Goes Crazy in Fibromyalgia
"In fibromyalgia, small things like wearing clothes hurt a lot because the nerves that sense pain are super sensitive... This happens because the body's alarm system sends signals that make the nerves extra sensitive."
@FIBROINDIANGIRL
#PainAwarenessMonth #PAM2025
Why Pain Goes Crazy in Fibromyalgia "In fibromyalgia, even small things like wearing clothes hurt a lot because the nerves that sense pain are super sensitive. It's like the volume on a radio being turned up too high. Normally, your body can turn down this "volume" when it's not needed, but in fibromyalgia, it stays loud. This happens because the body's alarm system, called the fight-or-flight response, keeps sending signals that make the nerves extra sensitive. Also, too many pain signals from muscles and tissues overwhelm the body's control system, making the pain worse." @FIBROINDIANGIRL #PainAwarenessMonth #PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #ChronicPainIs
September 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
caden-recad.bsky.social
Free webinar! Join Yannick Villeneuve & CADeN committee member Louise Papillon-Ferland for a deep dive into designing & implementing effective medication discharge plans to enhance med. safety & transitions of care. #PAM2025

Learn more & register here: cshp.ca/Site/Content...
Webinar: Guiding Principles for the Design and Implementation of MDPs for Hospitalized Older Adults
Join us on March 13 at 1 pm ET!
cshp.ca
February 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
"No one tells you when you get ill, the pain & side effects are one thing, but the psychological torture of not being able to do perfectly normal things is something else entirely &
how painful it is to watch everyone else do these things effortlessly."
@Carlynotcarley
#PainAwarenessMonth #PAM2025
"No one tells you that when you get ill, the pain and side effects are one thing, but the psychological torture of not being able to do perfectly normal things is something else entirely. And how painful it is watching seemingly everyone else just be able to do these things effortlessly." Credit: @Carlynotcarley #PainAwarenessMonth #MySeveralWorlds #PAM2025 #ThisIsPain #ChronicPainIs
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
"There is a severe shortage of pain specialists with approximately 30,000 Americans in pain for every board certified pain specialist. This shortage is caused by a difficult path to specializing in pain treatment plus negative public scrutiny."

#PAM2025 #PainAwarenessMonth #MySeveralWorlds
"There is a severe shortage of pain specialists with approximately 30,000 Americans in pain for every board certified pain specialist. This shortage is caused by a difficult path to specializing in pain treatment plus negative public scrutiny." 🔗 Carrie has long brown hair and grey eyes. She is wearing a pink pullover. Her logo for MySeveralWorlds.com is a multi colored hummingbird #PAM2025 #PainAwarenessMonth #MySeveralWorlds
September 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
Pain patients give up everything to fight pain. From a mental perspective, #ChronicPain is a battlefield. It's easy to lose your sense of self & your purpose. I'm not afraid to talk about my life with pain. If my story reaches one person, I've succeeded.
#MySeveralWorlds
#PainAwarenessMonth
#PAM2025
LIFE WITH CHRONIC PAIN #PainAwarenessMonth "Pain patients give up everything to fight pain. From a mental perspective, pain is a battleground. It's easy to lose your sense of self and your purpose. That's why I'm never afraid to talk about my life with chronic pain. If my story reaches one person, I've succeeded in my mission to help others." -Carrie Kellenberger Founder, #MySeveralWorlds #PAM2025 #ChronicPainIs a battleground
September 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Happy #PAM2025 🫶🏻

#pharmacy #pharmsky #healthsky #healthcare #healthcareheroes #healthmatters #gratitude #pharmacyappreciationmonth #PAM
actionade.bsky.social ActionADE @actionade.bsky.social · Mar 3
It’s #PAM2025 💊

#pharmacy teams are #healthcareheroes who work tirelessly to ensure #patientsafety. Let’s show them some love this month & celebrate their incredible contributions! ❤️

#pharmsky #healthsky #healthmatters #gratitude #pharmacyappreciationmonth #PAM
March 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
deprescribing.bsky.social
March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month!

The deprescribing.org team is proud to be led by #pharmacists, and to have collaborated with many interdisciplinary healthcare providers and researchers, including pharmacists worldwide. 🌎

Thank your local pharmacist today!

#PAM2025
#PharmacyCan
March 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
It's the last day of #PainAwarenessMonth so #LetsTalkAboutPain.

Tell me what your number is on this pain scale.

My numbers are 10-13 every single day all month .

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Credit @PinkyAndThePain

#PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #ChronicPainIs
It's the last day of #PainAwarenessMonth so #LetsTalkAboutPain. Tell me what your number is on this pain scale. I'll start: My numbers are 10-13 every single day all month with 💩 hitting the fan in the late afternoon and drilling me through until 'bed time'. I'll be honest: I have suffered these past five weeks since my flight. Every day I've wondered how much more I can take! Let's move on to our more realistic chronic pain scale: 0-2 Really?! I didn't know this even existed. 3-4 My normal every day / lower normal. Can almost function as a normal person and very easy to hide. 5-6 Annoying. Also my normal on the medium day or after a busy day. Can normally continue every day things and can be hidden pretty well. 7-9 Angry. Irritable. Can be my background during high pain days. Often a warning of what is to come and when the mask starts to slip. Should plan to be home or close to home. Will be around close friends who understand only. 10-12 Nope. Intermittent crying. This is high background pain with multiple spasms / shocks an hour. Will need to go home now and will only be around those closest to me. Probably in bed resting. 13+ No words to describe. Uncontrolled. Inconsolable or silent. Unable to move. Should probably see a doctor but I never do. It will pass! Credit @PinkyAndThePain Other than talking about being outside my home and around other people I'd say this paint scale is pretty accurate. #PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #ChronicPainIs uncontrolled this month.
September 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
"Experiencing #ChronicPain & complex medical issues often become complex traumatic stressors. They also increase the risk of developing medical #PTSD (trauma inflicted or exacerbated by repeated negative experiences w/ docs, hospitals, or medical procedures)." @drdoylesays.bsky.social

#PAM2025
Living with complex, painful, and progressively worsening and disabling diseases has really messed me up. Two decades of surviving! What about you?❓Did you know...? "Experiencing chronic pain & complex or prolonged medical issues often become complex traumatic stressors-- & they also increase the risk of developing medical #PTSD (trauma inflicted or exacerbated by repeated negative experiences w/ docs, hospitals, or medical procedures)." Credit: Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle #PAM2025 #PainAwarenessMonth
September 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
apainprincess.bsky.social
Ways #ChronicPain Changes You:
*It affects every aspect of your life
*It limits your ability to work
*It can affect your confidence
*It can change relationships
*It makes you fearful
*It requires a superhuman power of pain tolerance

via #MySeveralWorlds @carriekellenberger ♥️ #PAM2025
RobinReach
September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
"Chronic pain is considered a disease all on its own by the WHO with 2 classifications:
Chronic Primary Pain &
Chronic Secondary Pain.
Since 2018 Fibromyalgia has been referred to as Chronic Primary Pain."

Credit: FibroFit Community

#PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #PainAwarenessMonth
"Chronic pain is considered a disease all on its own by the World Health Organization with 2 classifications: Chronic Primary Pain & Chronic Secondary Pain. Since 2018 Fibromyalgia has been referred to as Chronic Primary Pain." Credit: FibroFit Community #PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #PainAwarenessMonth
September 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
pharmacy.utoronto.ca
Fourth year #PharmD student Alina Montgomery reflects on her APPE rotation on Manitoulin Island, expressing the importance of pharmacists in northern Ontario communities. #PAM2025

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Northern Ontario rotation inspires new perspective on pharmacy practice
Alina Montgomery’s rotation on Manitoulin Island demonstrated the importance of pharmacists in northern communities
www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca
March 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
EXERCISE & ARTHRITIS PAIN

STOP ACTIVITY WHEN:
🔴Pain is sharp or intense
🔴Joints become swollen/hot
🔴Joint feels unstable or unable to support your weight
🔴Persistent fatigue or discomfort after exercise

Arthritis Foundation
#PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #PainAwarenessMonth
#ArthritisAwarenessMonth
Here's a good reminder from Arthritis Foundation to keep in mind with exercise and arthritis pain. The reason I post this today is because in 2009 when I experienced knee swelling and pain just before I got my axSpA diagnosis, I thought a gentle walk might help. I got myself into a situation where my legs gave out and I could not get home. That is when I realized I needed medical attention and the ER doctors I saw in Taiwan immediately suspected inflammatory arthritis. That urge to move is strong because arthritis patients know 'motion is lotion'. If we don't use it, we lose it! But we also need to remember our joints can only handle so much and often 'rest is best'. As we wrap up September and this huge awareness month, I hope you found my posts helpful! EXERCISE AND ARTHRITIS PAIN STOP ACTIVITY WHEN: 🔴 Pain is sharp or intense 🔴 Joints become swollen or hot 🔴 Joint feels unstable or unable to support your weight 🔴 Persistent fatigue or discomfort after exercise Credit: Arthritis Foundation #PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #PainAwarenessMonth #ArthritisAwarenessMonth
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
thevicwinnipeg.bsky.social
It is Pharmacy Appreciation Month, so we want to share a few facts about our amazing Pharmacy team...besides the fact that they have fantastic team spirit and highly coordinated wardrobes! Thanks you team for your remarkable impact on patient care! #PAM2025, #PharmacyCan
March 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happy Pharmacy Appreciation Month! Thank you to all my colleagues at BC Cancer, across the country and around the world! You are inspiring and you make a difference. #PAM2025
March 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
bchsfoundation.com
March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month! Thank you to all of the hard-working Pharmacists, Technicians, and Assistants at the BCHS who help to deliver quality care every day!

#PAM2025 #PharmacyAppreciationMonth #Brantford #BrantCounty
March 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
caden-recad.bsky.social
Join us in celebrating pharmacy professionals this #PAM2025, as essential players in the med. optimization & deprescribing process.

They are a large part of CADeN's membership & leadership, helping us champion med. appropriateness with their peers and patients!
www.pharmacists.ca/news-events/...
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
boycottteva.bsky.social
This Pharmacist Appreciation Month, we appreciate all the pharmacists who have helped patients to boycott Teva. Have you talked to your pharmacist?
#BoycottTeva #PAM2025
March 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
alaurx.bsky.social
Happy Pharm Awareness Month #PAM2025 to my incredible pharmacy colleagues in Canada & around the🌏! Proud to be a pharmacist alongside such dedicated colleagues. The work we do isn’t always easy but it matters...every💉💊, every💬, every🤒we help. Grateful to be in this with all of you🙏 #pharmsky #RxSky
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March 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
I smile through the pain…nausea…exhaustion…I have really bad days and those far outnumber the good. They can be absolutely awful… I’d give anything for a cure but—I play the hand I was dealt.”
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via @apainprincess.bsky.social

#PainAwarenessMonth #PAM2025
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September 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
actionade.bsky.social
It’s #PAM2025 💊

#pharmacy teams are #healthcareheroes who work tirelessly to ensure #patientsafety. Let’s show them some love this month & celebrate their incredible contributions! ❤️

#pharmsky #healthsky #healthmatters #gratitude #pharmacyappreciationmonth #PAM
March 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
CHRONIC PAIN CYCLE LOOKS LIKE

Credit @chronicallymehs.bsky.social

This is what it looks like. I know because I've lived every stage of this cycle for 16 years. It's like groundhog day over and over again. #ChronicPain destroys lives.

#PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #PainAwarenessMonth
CHRONIC PAIN CYCLE LOOKS LIKE ➡️ I will confirm that this is exactly what the cycle looks like because I've lived it for 16 years! Starting with pain at the top and going clockwise 😣 PAIN 🔥 Gaslighting, fight to be taken seriously 🤔 difficulty in finding the right treatment (HA!) 🚫 avoiding physical activity (because it creates more pain!) 😭 loss of muscle strength and overall fitness 🫩fatigue, insomnia 😭 realization over life lost 🤬 anger, fear, grief, frustration 🤒 medication side-effects ⚖️ weight loss or gain 🫥 low confidence and low self-esteem 💰cost of treatment 💸 financial instability ☹️ negative thoughts ⛔ unemployment 😨 fear for future 🥺 lack of validation and support 🥲 impact on relationships 😫 Depression, anxiety, stressful event Credit: @chronicallymeh #PAM2025 #MySeveralWorlds #ChronicPainIs #PainAwarenessMonth
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
carriekellenberger.bsky.social
It is estimated that nearly 10 million adults in #Taiwan aged 18+ are affected by #pain. The 3 most common types reported are muscle soreness, headache & joint pain, according to the latest survey on pain perception & behaviors in Taiwan. #ChronicPain
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english.news.cn/20240904/ad8...

#PAM2025
Half of the surveyed in Taiwan experience pain weekly
english.news.cn
September 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
apainprincess.bsky.social
“Never assume a #ChronicPain patient is not experiencing pain when they say that they’re fine… Recall a time you were in pain, multiply the intensity and try to imagine that pain’s 24/7—without any relief in sight.” https://buff.ly/lvzu9pt #PainAwarenessMonth #PAM2025 #Disability
RobinReach
September 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
apainprincess.bsky.social
“On a regular day I’m in more pain than most people could ever imagine, but I’m very good at hiding it… The more I push myself the sicker I get.” 5 things not to say to people with #chronicillness https://www.chronicmom.com/2017/02/5-things-not-to-say-to-people-with-chronic-illness.html/ #PAM2025
September 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM