Well folks, the more things change, the more they remain the same.
This "journey" covers 40 or more years of observation, reading anything
(relating to pain) in books, magazines and newspapers.
My "pain journey" began watching my mother's pain, while growing up.

MP3 players should carry warnings that users risk damage to their
hearing by having the volume too high, a deafness charity says.
A Royal National Institute for Deaf People poll of 10s of MP3 users at
one London station found eight out of 10 had machines at more than 80

Saw gastro folks on Tuesday and I don't need a feeding tube. The crazy
nutritionists probably need one going to their brains. The nice
nutritionist who is working with me now undrestands that  there are
differences in metablolisms. I have lost 3 pounds since my first day at

Hello ppl, I have been lurking n reading the various posts and answers so I
know a few of the ppl here .. J big respect for you. My very close friend
was diagnosed with leukemia about 8 months ago. I don't know the full
details of her illness or the treatment she received but I do ...

Participants Wanted: Improving Pain Management in Cancer Treatment
Inflexxion, Inc, a behavioral research company based out of Newton, MA,
is developing a telephone-based system that will help people with
cancer learn to deal with their pain and symptoms.

my mum was been diagnoised with secondary liver cancer last tuesday
originally from her having breast cancer 4 1/2 yrs ago, she has been
told she has a considerable number of spots on her liver so many so
that surgery is out of the question.

This is a wonderful support site. And there are others on Google,
Yahoo, MSN, as well as at Johns Hopkins Hospital and elsewhere. My
experience with the support group has really been limited to the
sharing of my mother's story, and the possibilities of alternative

I posted the route to my mother's amazing cancer story last week.
Several readers responded with some doubt about her story. What can I
say? I was there. Her oncologist is a very well-respected man at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (great place). If you were one

You can personally help find a cure for cancer without spending much
more than a few minutes of your time to set up your computer to donate
its spare power (like when a screen saver would start) to do medical
research for a non-profit organization.  This has been set up by IBM,

Dear Friends,
I invite you to read this remarkable story of hope. My 92 year old
mother beat
stage 4 cancer. Her gynecological oncologist at the University of

Those whom
have been touting alternatives would not be upset that it's being
seriously attempted/explored
by the establishment.

I've read that cancer cells tend to be limited in their channels for
energy uptake and require greater energy compared to their normal
counterparts.   Several studies from 2001 concluded anaplastic
astrocytoma in mice were stabalized and in some instances reversed by

A very good friend of mine got the bad news a few days ago, 5% chance
of survival, 2 weeks to 2 years.  Surgery is not an option, neither is
radiation or chemotherapy.
There is no cure but they have given her some hope with a new cancer

A friend of mine just recently had a port put in that caused her a
great deal of pain.  The port didn't work during the Chemo and it was
discovered that the port had a problem and when they went to remove the
port the tubing came apart and they had to go up through the groin to

I have no semi-coherent comment to inflict; while I think this 21st
century NY TIMES major article's subject is certainly of the general
interest & will be of future controversy.
free registration for most NY TIMES articles