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Managing RA Pain in a Post-Opioid World

Pain meds aren’t always available when you need them. In my new olumn for HealthCentral, I share relief strategies can help get you through a rough patch: “LIKE IT OR not (and really, who would?) to have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to know pain—even people in remission may have occasional flares or breakthrough pain. For me…

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65+ Ways to Hone Your Craft and Reach More People for Bloggers, Writers, and Chronic Illness Advocates

If you are doing anything online, one of your goals is to be more effective and reach more people. But let’s face it: staying on top of trends and algorithms while you are producing quality content is exhausting. For those of us who live with chronic illness and limited amount of energy that means cutting…

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For Grace Works to Implement National Pain Strategy in California

Cynthia Toussaint at the 2017 For Grace Summit. For Grace is a wonderful organization that focuses on improving the lives of women who live with pain. I recently interviewed the founder of For Grace, Cynthia Toussaint, about a new project. Last year at your annual Women in Pain conference, For Grace started a two-year program…

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