Self Help for the Chronic Pain Sufferer

[Guest guest]

Despite the claims that " there comes a time when there is nothing more to

be done " , I still find behind all the premise that chronic pain can be dealt

with once and for all -- phrases like " to recover from " and " this is your pain

and it is going to be you who changes it " keep cropping up. Yes, you have to be

" open to further improvement " , but I find I have to protect myself from blind

hope.

I'm not questioning the validity of the suggestions. The " relinquishing of

personal power...[to] family and professionals " is one of the points that most

struck me, as I recently discovered I had done so myself, despite specifically

guarding against it.

Still, the semantics of " recovery " group versus " support " group are masking

an underlying supposition that you can figure out how to deal with chronic pain

and get your old life back...

....course, I'm kinda touchy on the subject ;-)

Mark

[Guest guest]

You have very valid points here Mark!

Jill

[Guest guest]

You have very valid points here Mark!

Jill

[Guest guest]

You have very valid points here Mark!

Jill