The Cost of Pain: Shedding Life, Shedding Love
This week on MyRACentral, I muse about the cost of pain - financial, sure, but primarily social:
"If you live with chronic pain, you are not alone. Pain affects more than 76 million people in the US, more than cancer, diabetes and heart disease combined. It is estimated that conditions involving chronic pain cost the US economy more than $100 billion a year in healthcare expenses, lost income and lost productivity. And that's just the money part of the equation."
The rest of the post is here.
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I also enjoy your humor. I tell my friends about your blog. Thanks for doing this.
So thank you for helping me take the first steps.
I am so blessed in my life to have my partner, Oscar, but all the rest of my friends drifted away. I have a few, very good and very valued friends in my life, and the potential for more. And I am grateful.
Thank you for saying all the things that I wish I could say. I love your blog and recommend it frequently.