#PainCareCrisis
I paint when I'm sad, or lonely, or both.
#art #PainIntoArt #PainCareCrisis
May 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
BONUS ROUND! #PainCareCrisis
#DelayDenyDefend
This knee has needed replacement for a decade.
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Conversely, if you unavoidably need a procedure soon (like me), try to get it done ASAP while there's still a #fentanyl supply in the hospitals. Same for animals in your care.
#NEISvoid #PainCareCrisis #OpioidHysteria #medsky
You may want to put off any upcoming surgeries if you can avoid it.
This is not what you think it is, nor is it what they’re telling you it is.
#PainCareCrisis
The Senate just passed the HALT Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule 1 drug and ensure law enforcement has the tools they need to stop its flow into the US.
March 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You may want to put off any upcoming surgeries if you can avoid it.
This is not what you think it is, nor is it what they’re telling you it is.
#PainCareCrisis
The Senate just passed the HALT Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule 1 drug and ensure law enforcement has the tools they need to stop its flow into the US.
March 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is rich coming from an org that just published another sheer fabrication from Andrew Kolodny & PROP declaring #chronicpain patients on LTOT, who take their legitimate Rx opioid pain medications exactly as directed, without misuse or risk, "overlooked addicts".
#PainCareCrisis #ChronicIllness
In a new editorial, NEJM Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, comments on the effects of the raft of executive orders from the current administration on scientific research and public health. Read the full editorial: nej.md/4gXeRFW

#MedSky
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today's creative endeavor.
Been in my room as once again I overdid it; at least today it's not a dark room like yesterday.
I'm still going a little stir crazy though.
#PEM #MEcfs #painintoart #PainCareCrisis
March 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#PainCareCrisis = Suicide #mecfs
From 1989:
The Evening Herald, Plymouth, England. 17th February 1989.

"The ride is in memory of William Rudd, who last summer took his life after nine years of suffering from ME."

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #cfsme #myalgice #mecfs
February 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The struggle is real.
#NEISvoid #PainCareCrisis
January 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pain Care Crisis awareness ribbons are available in my Etsy shop.
Red: A symbol of PAIN & the urgency for proper pain care.
Yellow: For those imprisoned by pain and providers imprisoned in jail.
Black: For those we've lost.
#PainCareCrisis #ChronicPain #SilentNoMore
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Pain Care Crisis Awareness Ribbon - Etsy
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January 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For anyone being affected by the #PainCareCrisis, and who are also on Facebook, please check out my new awareness campaign page and give a follow.
Here's to making 2025 the year that people with #chronicpain are finally seen, heard, and helped.
#SilentNoMore
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January 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When pain is treated appropriately, life blossoms. People are able to connect with one another, take care of themselves and be with those they love. This is what life can look like when compassionate care meets chronic pain and opiate medicines are an option. #PainCareCrisis #LivingWithChronicPain
January 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Imagine a world where those in great pain could garden, create art, and play with their grandchildren again. Thanks to appropriate pain management, this can happen! Let's work together to ensure that those who need opiate medicine are supported, not stigmatized.
#PainCareCrisis #RedandYellowRibbon
January 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
People who require strong medicines like opiates are often accused of being 'drug seekers', or we 'just want pills to get high'.
The truth?
When pain is treated appropriately with opioids, people can once again function, cook, create art, garden, work, and participate in their lives.
#PainCareCrisis
January 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
January 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Exactly.
After 40 yrs of this, the list of symptoms I don't have is very short.
Not sure why I keep trying to educate people.
Almost no one who is healthy cares or even tries to understand what facing every day with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis is all about.
#MillionsMissing
#PainCareCrisis
#pwME
December 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
December 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Untreated/undertreated pain drives tragic acts of despair, not managed pain. The 'opioid crisis' response has left many in agony without proper care. It's time to restore needed pain medicines/care and prioritize compassionate treatment. #PainCareCrisis #HealthcareReform #TheOutlawAdvocate
December 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Everyone thinks that it will never happen to them.
Whole lot of people are in for a painful awakening.
#PainCareCrisis #IYKYK #chronicillness
December 10, 2024 at 2:54 PM
🌟 "In the shadows of chronic illness and pain, your perseverance shines brightest. Keep the faith, find joy in the little things, and know that your courage inspires others. Together, we rise. 💪✨ #InvisibleIllness #UnbreakableSpirit" 🌟
#PainCareCrisis
a person is holding a light in their hands with the words " when things feel dark take my light with you "
ALT: a person is holding a light in their hands with the words " when things feel dark take my light with you "
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December 2, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Just because you don't need opiate medicines doesn't mean they should be made unavailable to those who do need them to maintain QOL.
Tens of millions of people are being harmed, many dying, due to current restrictive prescribing policies and 'opioid' stigma.

#ProhibtionKILLS
#PainCareCrisis
November 30, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I don't want to hear anyone shouting about rights and bodily autonomy if you're not also fighting for the sick, injured, and elderly to be able to CHOOSE opiate class medicines to mediate their chronic/intractable pain.
These are medicines allow tens of millions quality of life.
#PainCareCrisis
November 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Drugs don't destroy lives or cause addiction.
Medicines that save tens of millions of lives every year have been taken away from the sick, injured, and elderly because of opioid panic and the opioid litigation narrative.
It's time for sanity and compassion to return to the table.
#PainCareCrisis
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Women are 80% more likely to get painful #autoimmune issues-health conditions that may also take their lives but not until many decades later.
Do people really think that the fact more women have painful health conditions doesn't factor into the atrocities of the #PainCareCrisis?

#WomensHealth
November 27, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Referring to individuals as "pain patients" diminishes the complexity of their experiences. These people face severe injuries or lifelong chronic illnesses such as Sickle Cell, MS, Lupus, RA, Crohn's, ME, Cancer, and more. They endure far more than just a headache or minor back pain. #PainCareCrisis
November 26, 2024 at 2:08 PM