Many of you may know I am recovering
from pneumonia, so in an effort to care
for myself, I have not been blogging, but this is perhaps the most important advocacy topic of this month. Holding the CDC accountable for questionable behavior and making our voice heard!
Why We Should Hold the CDC Accountable
We deserve to be heard, but
the CDC tried to slide their guidelines under the radar, calling them "guidelines" knowing they would be
embraced as a policy without having to undergo the rigorous process of establishing a policy. As
taxpayers, we have a right to transparency, which they did not provide. Please
take a moment to read my dear friend, Myra Christopher’s blog on why this is important to those of us living with chronic pain.
PROPOSED CDC GUIDELINES FOROPIOID PRESCRIBING COULD UNINTENDEDLY MAKE THE BURDEN OF CHRONIC PAIN GREATERFOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS by Myra Christopher
Holding the CDC accountable and
providing this opportunity to comment is in large part due to Myra and the PainAction Alliance to Implement a National Strategy.
You can read my comment,
which was kindly shared by the National Pain Report. My Story: Has the CDCConfused Addiction and Tolerance?
How to Comment
Commenting on the CDC Opioid
Guidelines as part of the docket is a valuable opportunity to protect our
rights as people living with chronic pain. So please, I am begging you, and I
seldom do that, leave your comment, get your docket number, your comment only
counts when you do this. Use the link, just click on the comment
button IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. You can remain anonymous.
As of this writing, January 5, 2016, of the
100 million people who live with chronic pain in America, only 1,793 have commented.
Open
Comments
Another opportunity has arisen, an open conference. My
friend Myra Christopher has to say. "It is important for CDC to get this right, and they need our help to do so.”
The following provided by the National Pain Report.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting a public conference call on its controversial Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Thursday, January 7, 2016, at 9:00 am ET. The public can participate via a conference call. The dial-in number is: 1-888-395-7561, and the Participant Code is: 3954121.
I
may be weak, but I am not done! We the People-ALL the People
Since our Congress questions
the CDC’s authority to infringe on our Constitutional rights as stakeholders in
this issue, and as citizens of these United States, shouldn’t we too! Read the
National Pain Report article, Congress Questions CDC: Who Drafted Controversial Opioid Guidelines?
No one understands the effort
it takes better than I do, and what I also know is that under no circumstances
is procrastination our friend. Please do it today.
The deadline is January 13th.
We are not alone. Read the comments within the article Pain Advocates Urge Patients to Comment on CDC Opioid Regulations
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"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see
opportunity."
Celeste Cooper, RN
Learn more about what you can do to help your body function to its
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