Living With Chronic Pain - How to cope with constant pain, get doctors to take you seriously, get through the days when your life feels over, and build a daily routine that works while the pain is still there #1012470

You have been told to give it time, and time has gone by. Some days the pain is louder than anything else, and the question underneath it is one you may be afraid to say out loud: how am I supposed to live like this? Living With Chronic Pain is a practical, human guide for people whose pain has not gone away, whether it sits in the back, the heel, the jaw or somewhere harder to name. It is about the part that gets less attention than the next treatment: the despair, the feeling that your life is over, being dismissed at appointments, and how to build a workable day when pain is 24/7 and recovery may take years. It is not a recovery program for one condition, a medication guide or a fibromyalgia manual. It sits alongside whatever care you are already getting and focuses on you: your mind, your energy, your days and the people around you. It contains no medical advice, and it points you back to your own clinicians for treatment decisions. Inside, you'll learn: You do not have to wait for the pain to end before your life can start moving again. This book is a place to begin.