Welcome to my Chronic Pain Patient Advocate Blog
Hello. I am a chronic pain patient advocate.
I’m an apathetic activist. Every day I scroll through my feed and I’m inundated with news of epidemics, natural disasters, corruption scandals, human rights abuses, and on and on and on. I care. But also, I don’t. The reality is… my reality is unaffected. Every day I still get out of bed, take a hotContinue reading “Hello. I am a chronic pain patient advocate.”
The Opioid Side Effects They Didn’t Warn You About
The media’s coverage of the “opioid crisis” has opened the conversation around pain medication in the U.S. but fails to adequately cover the concurrent “pain crisis” faced by those with chronic and irretractible pain. This post is inspired by the pain patient perspective and reflects the obstacles that my mother as a chronic pain patientContinue reading “The Opioid Side Effects They Didn’t Warn You About”
Chronic Pain Patients Are Fighting for Their Rights
Don’t Punish Pain has organized rallies across the country on March 20, 2020. Find one close to you and get involved:
https://dontpunishpainrally.com/rallies-chart/
Learn more about the pain crisis as a human rights issue:
Human Rights Watch – https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/us-fears-prescribing-hurt-chronic-pain-patients
Contact me:
jennierayer@gmail.com
