Do You Live With Chronic Pain? Your Right to Adequate Treatment is Under Attack!
Decisions about medical treatment belong in the hands of the patient and their healthcare providers, NOT in the hands of politicians or voters who have no conception of what it is like to live with...
View ArticleHospitals, Unfamiliar Doctors, and Fibromyalgia: What’s Your Experience?
Some of the fireworks I missed while in the hospital. I just had the most awful holiday weekend EVER, thanks to my fibromyalgia, not having had insurance in two years, and the prejudice in the medical...
View ArticleThe Medical “Establishment”– Thanks; but No, I Don’t Think I Will
Image by Getty Images via @daylife The next ChronicBabe carnival topic is “how do you deal with the medical establishment.” Since I lost my insurance two years ago, I hadn’t dealt with them at all...
View ArticleChronicBabe Blog Carnival #10: “How do you deal with the medical...
Image via Wikipedia The latest ChronicBabe carnival is up and ready to go . . . Lots of points of view and helpful information about dealing with doctors, etc. is available for your . . . → Read More:...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform – Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
Image by Torley via Flickr Are you confused by the whole healthcare reform hoopla, and what it will mean to you as a person with a chronic illness? Most of the articles I’ve read about it have been...
View ArticleReview: The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
Have you ever wondered how safe the medications you take really are? Dr. Bremner's book is a scary expose' of how far pharmaceutical companies will go to protect their profits. . . . → Read More:...
View ArticleHypocrisy in Medicine? Yep, I Think So.
Why is it that clinical trials and studies of prescription medications are considered trustworthy, even though they're paid for by the very companies that have the most to gain from a positive result?...
View ArticleBook Review – Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating...
This is a book that I consult constantly. It's been an awesome resource, and solved a long-standing physical issue for me (actually, two of them.) . . . → Read More: Book Review – Herbal Antibiotics:...
View ArticleDeath Panels? We Already HAVE Them!
The solution is to make people more important than profit margins and six figure bonuses for CEOs. It's making people more important than cutting costs by cutting hours, reducing benefits and wages,...
View ArticleOpiophobia, Restrictive Laws, and the Torture of Chronic Pain Patients
Albert Einstein said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, but isn't that exactly what we're doing now? . . . → Read More: Opiophobia, Restrictive Laws,...
View ArticleDeadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is...
This book is required reading for anyone who wants to make informed decisions at the voting booth, as well as those who have any contact with health insurers, especially through employer-sponsored...
View Article