 | | SHARDA KHAN
Location: Milton, ON
Hi, my name is Sharda Khan. I have been living with severe to excruciating pain since September 2003. Because of pain, I cannot walk very much and haven’t been able to lose the weight. It’s a vicious roller coaster cycle I cannot control. |
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 | | DIANE ROBERT
Location: Montréal, QC
La douleur laisse sortir cri spontané, même à sa millième manifestation.
La crampe elle, paralyse le muscle qui se contracte et se décontracte
Laissant paraître sur le visage la grimace de la crispation, de la douleur.
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 | | GAETANE GROSSINGER
Location:
La douleur chronique qui m'habite depuis 26 ans a de nombreuses conséquences sur ma vie personnelle. J'ai fait le deuil de plusieurs activités que je faisais avec mon mari, mes enfants et mes amies. |
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 | | SYLVIE MANSEAU
Location:
La douleur c’est une sangsue qui s’accroche à toi et qui ne veut pas décrocher. Elle est là, permanente, lancinante, dérangeante, détestable, haïssable, mais elle est là, et elle est là, et je n’y peux rien. |
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 | | MARIE VANIER
Location:
A 18 ans, on m’a diagnostiqué chondromalacie aux 2 genoux. J’ai commencé mes nuits d’insomnie à cause de la douleur.
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 | | TERRY BREMNER
Location: Halifax, NS
On the outside all looked good, but under the surface there were stabbing, burning, and piercing pain with muscle spasms in at least two areas most of the time. How do you explain to others why you aren’t working or doing chores around the home?
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 | | BARBARA FANNING
Location: Oakville, ON
From this difficult journey, I have learned to treasure my accomplishments, my friends, our good times. With dedicated doctors, meds and occasional treatments, I am proud to have built a life worthy of the young adventurer I once was.
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 | | SUZANNE DODGE
Location: Prescott, ON
I worry often if someday my arthritis will confine me to a wheelchair, but the love of my mother and daughters keeps me focused at trying to live a healthier lifestyle.
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 | | LUCIE MOISAN
Location: St. Eustache, QC
J’étais une fonceuse et rien ne m’arrêtait, mais la vie me bouscula et m’amena sur un chemin que je n’avais pas choisi. Jamais quelqu’un ne pourra comprendre cette détresse tant qu’il ne l’aura pas vécu et je ne le souhaite pas à personne.
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 | | LYNN COOPER
Location: Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
I developed my “bag of tricks” or coping strategies that most often work but sometimes fail. I came to the realization that “living well” in spite of the pain requires a shift in attitude and an adaptive lifestyle that acknowledge the pain but are not ruled by the pain.
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GEOFFREY JOHNSON
Location: Manotick, ON
A few of us are lucky. We find a pain specialist ready, willing and able to tackle the problem from our perspective. What we need is a wider understanding that pain is sometimes something unto itself, not merely a direct by-product of injury or illness. |
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