Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain: Issue 6

Celeste’s periodic blog “Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain” honors the collaborative spirit of fellow bloggers, advocates, and the many friends who share this journey. You inspire me.

SATURDAY SALUTES

Dovepress: Safety concerns with the Centers for Disease Control opioid calculator.

Comment: Morphine equivalents are not created equal. @JeffreyFudin ..." the CDC’s promotion of a flawed App for opioid conversion, which may have the potential to cause more overdoses than careful manual conversion when transitioning therapy between opioids!"

Practical Pain Management: A Model to Incorporate Functional Medicine into Chronic Pain Care

Comment: Do you know there are "Seven Nodes of the Functional Medicine Matrix?" I didn’t.

Pain News Network: 12 Myths About Opioid Pain Medication

Comment: The truth revealed.

PAINS Project Brief 11: Understanding Chronic Pain and Suicide

Comment: Is someone you love at risk?

CELESTE’S TOP TRENDING PUBLICATIONS

ProHealth: Is There a GERD—Fibro Connection?

HealthCentral: The Role of Family History in Pain Management

Blog: The FM/a® Blood Test and Campaign 250: Participation in Fibromyalgia Exome and Treatment Study

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

*Celeste on Health Central

*Fibromyalgia at ProHealth

*The Advocates Corner – Blogs of Interest at CelesteCooper.com PAINS Project page

ON THE WEB       

Follow along on my Facebook Page

Find me on Twitter, Linked-In, Google+, and Instagram

Find previous SATURDAY SALUTES in the archives calendar on My Blog

Thank you guests and fellow pain survivors

October 2017 blog visits - 13,269   website visits – 14,820

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"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Freelance Writer at Health Central & ProHealth —Advocate

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about Celeste’s books at her website or find links here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

All blogs and comments are based on the author's opinions and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain – 5th Issue

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Celeste’s "Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain" honors the collaborative spirit of fellow bloggers, advocates, and the many friends who share this journey. Your encouragement is an inspiration to me.

SATURDAY SALUTES

NPR: 2017 Gift Guide for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Lyme

Comment:  Refreshing share, Donna Gregory Burch's 2017 gift guide for fibromyalgia and chronic lyme @National Pain Report.

News Five, Johnson City, TN: Congressman Phil Roe comments on veteran's opioid policy

Comment: Reduced or eliminated too quickly, Congressman Roe? You still don't get it! Robert Rose this must be a very difficult and trying time for you, but know you represent millions of Americans who find opioids improve their quality of life.

The Nerve to Be Heard - iPAIN PoP by Lacy Fowler

Comment:  I couldn’t be more proud of Lacy for her advocacy on Arachnoiditis at the International Pain Foundation – See my interview with Lacy on HealthCentral

CELESTE’S TOP TRENDING PUBLICATIONS

Celeste’s Blog: The FM/a® Blood Test and Campaign 250: Participation in Fibromyalgia Exome and Treatment Study

ProHealth: Is There a GERD—Fibro Connection?

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

*Celeste on Health Central

*Fibromyalgia at ProHealth

*The Advocates Corner – Blogs of Interest at CelesteCooper.com PAINS Project page

ON THE WEB       

Follow along on my Facebook Page

Find me on Twitter, Linked-In, Google+, and Instagram

Find previous SATURDAY SALUTES in the archives calendar on My Blog

Thank you guests and fellow pain survivors

November 2017 blog visits – 10,786   website visits – 12,737

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"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Freelance Writer at Health Central & ProHealth —Advocate

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about Celeste’s books at her website or find links here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

All blogs and comments are based on the author's opinions and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain – 4th Issue

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Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain honors the collaborative spirit of fellow bloggers, advocates, and the many friends who share this journey. Your encouragement is an inspiration to me.

SATURDAY SALUTES - A busy week!

​Keeping Together by Myra Christopher, Director of PAINS Project

Comment:  “Coming together is a beginning.  Keeping together is progress.  Working together is success.” Henry Ford. " It is our goal to ‘keep together,’ ‘work together’ and to be successful." Myra Christopher

Chronic Pain, Loneliness, Depression and Suicide by Carolyn Noel, PAINS Webmaster

Comment: An honest account of depression, chronic pain, isolation, support, purpose, and hope.

Business Wire: FM/a® Test Provides Objective Proof of Fibromyalgia for Gulf WarVeterans; CHAMPVA Insurance Coverage for FM/a® Test Now Available

Comment: The FM/a® Blood Test and Campaign 250: Participation in Fibromyalgia Exome and Treatment Study

The Hill: We have a drug overdose crisis, not a prescription opioid crisis by Lynn Webster, MD

Comment: A profound message. Labels and accurate data matters. Get it right, people. Report accurate information, politicians. Speak the truth for all, media.

Pain News Network: DEA Raids Dr. Forest Tennant’s Pain Clinic

Comment: “I’d be worried about every pain patient right now, not just mine,” says Dr. Tennant.

CELESTE’S TOP TRENDING PUBLICATIONS

Celeste’s Blog: Can Aerobic Exercise Reduce Fibromyalgia Symptoms?

Celeste’sBlog: The FM/a® Blood Test and Campaign 250: Participation in Fibromyalgia Exome and Treatment Study

Health Central: Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

*Celeste on Health Central

*Fibromyalgia at ProHealth

*The Advocates Corner – Blogs of Interest at CelesteCooper.com PAINS Project page

PREVIOUS SATURDAY SALUTES

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain – Maiden Issue

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain – 2nd Issue

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain – 3rd Issue

Thank you guests and fellow pain survivors

November 2017 blog visits – 10,786   website visits – 12,737

~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~

"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Freelance Writer at Health Central & ProHealth —Advocate

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about Celeste’s books at her website or find links here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

All blogs and comments are based on the author's opinions and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain, 2nd Issue

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Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain honors the collaborative spirit of fellow bloggers, advocates, and the many friends who share this journey. Your encouragement is an inspiration to me.

In healing,,Celeste

SATURDAY SALUTES

Healthline: America Is Losing the War on Chronic Pain

Comment: Fair and balanced reality

Pain Network News: Senators Pressed DEA to Cut Rx Opioid Supply

Comment: Decisions at the top are being made by special interest. Make no mistake.

IndyStar: They live with chronic pain. They're treated like addicts.

Comment: "We are relief Seekers."

Fibro Warrior Living Life: That was Then…This is Now Life with Fibromyalgia

Comment:  An honest account is necessary to turn trials into triumph.

CELESTE’S TOP TRENDING PUBLICATIONS

ProHealth - Pitfalls and Pleasures of Therapeutic Massage for Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

*Celeste on Health Central

*Fibromyalgia at ProHealth

PREVIOUS SATURDAY SALUTES

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain – Maiden Issue

Thank you guests and fellow pain survivors

October 2017 blog visits - 13,269   website visits – 14,820

~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~

"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Freelance Writer at Health Central & ProHealth —Advocate

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about Celeste’s books at her website or find links here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

All blogs and comments are based on the author's opinions and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain

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In 2012 and early 2013 I published KaleidoPain News: Changing Colors of Chronicity, a monthly blog newsletter that highlighted articles of particular interest to me. I started the newsletter because I believe in the power of collaboration, I believe our perceptions are based on what we know and that considering other points of view can motivate and educate. I believe embracing change sustains relevance. So change it is.

Thanks to the collaborative spirit shared by fellow bloggers and advocates who share my work, I was motivated to create Celeste’s Saturday Salutes to Chronic Pain.

 In healing,,Celeste

SATURDAY SALUTES

Chicago Tribune Commentary: The opioid crackdown is making life untenable for chronic pain patients like me

Health Rising @CortJohnson: Cellular Energy Production Takes Big Hit in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Study

Pain News Network: The Secret Role of Insurers in Medicare Opioid Policy

Sarah Anne Shockley @ThPainCompanion: Why Loving in Little Ways is Big in a Chronic Life

NFMCPA @FibroAndPain: Lady GAGA Fibromyalgia Announcement Gives Voice to Millions of Patients

CELESTE’S TOP TRENDING BLOGS

FM/a® Blood Test – “How To” and My Results

Update Oska® Pulse – PEMF for Chronic Pain and Cellular Healing

Chronic Pain Disease and the Opioid Crisis: Myra Christopher Changing the Narrative

Commanding Language, Conquering Dialogue: Perceptions and Pain

THANK YOU TO MY GUESTS AND FELLOW PAIN SURVIVORS

October 2017 blog visits - 13,269

October 2017 website visits – 14,820

"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."

~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Freelance Writer at Health Central & ProHealth —Advocate

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about Celeste’s books at her website or find links here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

All blogs and comments are based on the author's opinions and are not meant to replace medical advice.