#dealingwithchronicillness

[painmanagementprincess-blog]

What to say to someone with chronic pain or chronic illness...

I can never understand what you are going through, but if you need to talk I am here to listen.

What can I do to make your life easier?

Let me hold you.

I am here for you no matter what.

You deal with this however you need to, I’m not here to judge.

I know you’re not mad at me, just mad.

I’m here for you.

Explain to me what you go through each day so I can better understand.

It’s not your fault.

[painmanagementprincess-blog]

Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain. . . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily. The quality of mercy is essential to the practice of medicine; here, of all places, it should not be strained.

Marcia Angell

[painmanagementprincess-blog]

Resting is not laziness, it’s medicine!

Glenn Schweitzer