Essays/Poems in Online Publications
KevinMD
- Blame the pain, not the opioids – Mar 2019
- A patient’s opposition to the anti-opioid movement – Mar 2019
- How the war on opioids has harmed some patients – Jan 2019
- Stop the war against patients with intractable pain – July 10, 2017
- When impossible pain is, in fact, possible (with EDS) – June 28, 2017
- The subtle arrogance of good health – September 4, 2016
- In today’s society, chronic illness is viewed as a personal failing – May 15, 2013
National Pain Report:
- Impossible Pain – November 13, 2018
- Pain Catastrophizing – Sept 19, 2018
- CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline: Unintentional Consequences? – July 11, 2018
- Government Data Versus Government Policy – March 21, 2018
- Pushed Beyond Hope – June 18, 2017
- Afraid to be Rescued – March 15, 2017
- Opioids Blamed for Consequences of Chronic Pain – February 23, 2017
- Opinion: Hey CDC, “I’m not who you think I am!” – August 27, 2016
- Rebutting Media Hype About Opioids – August 11, 2016
- Burnout – August 3, 2016
- Anti-Opioid Propaganda and Profit – June 5, 2016
- Accused of Being an Addict – April 10, 2016
- Pain Awareness and Suicide Prevention – September 18, 2015
- Chronic Pain Behaving Badly – August 27, 2015
- Irritating and Insipid Inspirational Instructions – August 11, 2015
- How Do You Explain Chronic Pain to Someone Who Doesn’t Have It? – July 25, 2015
Pain News Network
- A Misery Too Great to Bear – May 2, 2017
- Pain Pacifist (poem) April 7, 2016
- A Pain Poem: Configurations of Mourning – June 26, 2016
New York Times
The Unbroken Smile
- Pain Pills (Not My Choice) (poem) April 13, 2016
Substance.com
- Why we must not let addiction hysteria kill off Zohydro – May 13, 2014
Occupy Healthcare
- Vilified and coerced, pain patients are desperate – November 11, 2014
- National Pain Day – May 10, 2013
Stanford Scope Blog
- Broken: a poem about coming to grips with chronic disease – November 13, 2012
Articles/Essays in this Blog
- Pain Minimized or Dismissed as Catastrophizing
- Compelling Comments on Opioid Restrictions
- Opioids Blamed for Side-Effects of Chronic Pain* NPR
- The Subtle Arrogance of Good Health
- CDC Formalizes Biased Assumptions
- Anti-opioid Propaganda and Profit
- Pain Awareness = Suicide Prevention
- The Tyranny of Pain Mgmt Contracts
- My Pain in the Butt
- Accusations of Addiction
- CDC Guideline Assumptions are Insult to Pain Patients
- My Response to the CDC Opioid Guidelines
- Burnout
- From Pain to Anger to Depression
- Waiting for CDC Decision: Anger, Nausea, and Fear
- Making a case for the use of opioids
- Vilified and Coerced, Pain Patients are Desperate
- Waiting for the Verdict
- Opioids, Endorphins, and Getting High
- Pushed Beyond Hope
- Harm from Opioids or Harm from Chronic Pain?
- Helpless Rage
- Media Hype About Opioids
- The Shame of Chronic Illness
- Opioid Fear-Mongering
- False Perceptions about Opiates and the Surprising Reality
- Listening to Invisible Pain
- Open Letter to the Media
- Simplistic Moral Solutions to Complex Social Problems
- Suspicious Minds
- Cycles of Hope and Despair
- National Pain Day
Poems in this Blog
- Configurations of Mourning
- Why
- Pain Without End
- Pain Pills (Not My Choice)
- Chronic Pain: End Stage
- Living with Chronic Pain: Broken
- Humbled by Pain
- Photo Album – nostalgia for good health lost
- Homeless – living with chronic pain and illness
- A Different Perspective
- Leaving the House
- Falling Behind
- Too Long
Reviews & Critiques
- Critique of NT Times book review: of “A World of Hurt: Fixing Pain Medicine’s Biggest Mistake” by Barry Meier
EDS and Chronic Pain News & Info 