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Christmas anecdotes

December 18 , 2024
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Andy is a writer. Negotiating life with pain and fatigue has meant discovering new ways to celebrate Christmas. In this series of anecdotes, Andy shares how difficult yet joyous that journey can be. 1. “The Christmas Light Dilemma” Every year, the twinkle of Christmas lights feels like a promise ...

“You’re never alone”

December 10 , 2024
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Beth Evans in conversation with Jason Wilsher-Mills  Jason Wilsher-Mills is an artist from Wakefield. His exhibition ‘Jason and the adventure of 254’ is being shown at the Wellcome Collection until 12 January 2025. At the age of eleven, Jason was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that paralysed him ...

Book review – The Chronic Pain Couple

December 14 , 2023
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The Chronic Pain Couple, by Karra Eloff. Review by Tim Atkinson Tim Atkinson is an author, freelance writer and Vice-Chairman of the British Pain Society Patient Voice Committee. "No man is an island" wrote John Donne. To which we might add man, woman, and child. But for the chronic ...

Book review – Zoe and Zak’s Pain Hacks

December 14 , 2023
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Zoe and Zak's Pain Hacks by Dr Joshua Pate. Review by Tim Atkinson Tim Atkinson is an author, freelance writer and Vice-Chairman of the British Pain Society Patient Voice Committee. Contrary to the long-held (and, thankfully, long-discredited) notion that babies "can't feel pain" we now know that, just like ...

Airing Pain 141: Living with Childhood and Young Adult Cancer

December 20 , 2023
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This edition of Airing Pain sheds light on the unique challenges of living with cancer as a child or young adult, and the later impacts of the cancer treatment they underwent during the critical formative years. Airing Pain speaks to experts on the longitudinal impacts of cancer ...

Airing Pain 140: Childhood Pain – Adverse Experiences and Parental Relationships

November 15 , 2023
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Listen to Airing Pain 140 to hear about the links between adverse childhood experiences, pain and parental mindset.

Walk Your Dog Month

January 19 , 2023
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While #WalkYourDogMonth is an attempt to encourage people to exercise their dogs regularly, the team at Pain Concern reckon that it's a great opportunity to consider the positive effects that regular dog walks can have for the owners too – whether living with pain, or not. It goes ...

Airing Pain 132: When Children Have Arthritis

May 03 , 2022
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How do you identify illness in young children and coping as a family. This Airing Pain was recorded at the Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children SNAC’s 2022 Family Weekend at Crieff Hydro, which brings together families recently affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis and some of the country’s leading ...

Airing Pain 106: Pain Education For Doctors, Patients And Parents

September 04 , 2018
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What can be done to implement better pain education for doctors, patients and parents, and trusting your pharmacist when in doubt This edition has been funded by Pain Concern supporter and cyclist Ade and The Sackler Trust. According to the British Pain Society, doctors and other healthcare professionals (HCPs) ...

Transcript – Programme 103: Pain and Relationships

June 11 , 2018
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How pain’s unpredictability can affect interpersonal relationships, and recognising help when it appears To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition of Airing Pain is funded by the JTH Charitable Trust and the Persula Foundation. With between one third and one half of people living with chronic ...

Airing Pain 99: Transition Services for Adolescents with Chronic Pain

February 12 , 2018
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Exploring the challenges and successes that patients, parents and healthcare professionals encounter when pain in adolescents This edition was funded by a grant by the Agnes Hunter Trust. Going through adolescence can be a difficult process for anyone, but for young adults with chronic pain the difficulties of these ...

Airing Pain 84: Cancer pain

July 11 , 2016
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How cancer survivors can manage long term pain and creating a home from home at the hospital This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust. More people than ever before survive cancer, but the disease and treatment can have long-lasting effects on health, including chronic pain. In this ...