Like Millions of Women, I Live With Chronic Pain — and I’ve Had to Learn to Advocate for Myself
For more than 15 years, I’ve struggled to get treatment for multiple types of chronic pain. This journey has taught
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Cindy Steinberg was seriously injured in an accident 20 years ago, but she still lives with pain every day. “I
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An estimated 50 million Americans live with chronic pain — pain every day or on most days over the last
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In 1999, Lisa Schmidt went to see her doctor about headaches. But instead of diagnosing the migraine headaches Schmidt believed
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Every time Jaime Sanders visits an urgent care clinic, she makes sure she brings the three-ring binder that details her
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As told to Diana Whitney My chronic pain journey began suddenly on October 27, 1998. I was at the hospital
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