By Richard C. Dujardin
Staff Writer
Providence Journal
NORTH PROVIDENCE – He’s only hours away now from embarking on a trip many hope will give him his life back and free him from excruciating pain.
For Matthew Irving, the 21-year-old former North Providence honor student, who has become the focus of so many prayers these days, tonight’s flight from [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Providence Journal: Gambling on experimental treatment for pain
Posted in CRPS Fundraising, CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Germany, ketamine, ketamine coma treatment, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS, Schwartzman on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Itch – Its mysterious power may be a clue to a new theory about brains and bodies
Posted in CRPS Distractions, Pain Management News, Pain Management in the Media, health, tagged constant itching, itch pain pathway, Neural itch, numbness itch, severe itching, shingles, shingles rare complications on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Atul Gawande
The New Yorker
June 30, 2008
It was still shocking to M. how much a few wrong turns could change your life. She had graduated from Boston College with a degree in psychology, married at twenty-five, and had two children, a son and a daughter. She and her family settled in a town on Massachusetts’ [...]
Study Currently Recruiting: Cerebrospinal Fluid Repository (CSF)
Posted in Announcements, CRPS and Pain Management, Pain Management News, health, tagged Cerebrospinal Fluid Repository, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, CSF, Drexel University, pain research, recruiting study, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, research, RSD, RSDS on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cerebrospinal Fluid Repository (CSF)
**This study is currently recruiting participants**
Verified by Drexel University, July 2008
Contact and Location
Christine Barr, RN
Tel: 215.762.5186
E-mail: cbarr@drexelmed.edu
Principal Investigator: Terry Heiman-Patterson, MDMDA/ALS Center of Hope
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Purpose
The purpose of a CSF repository is to collect samples of spinal fluid from controls and patients with neurologic disorders including but not exclusively ALS, Dementia, CRPS, [...]
2008 Quench the Fire Run/Walk/Roll
Posted in CRPS Fundraising, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, CRPS events, RSD, RSDS on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello Everyone,
For all you early birds, online registration for the 2008 Quench the Fire Run/Walk/Roll is now available on Active.com. The run will take place on December 7th, 2008 at El Dorado Park. For those of you who know that you want to participate, go ahead and sign up now.
Your online and offline friends can [...]
One of Those Days!!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Does anyone else want to argue with the cranky women in pain and with a annoying headache?
LOL – First off the rank was the major phone company over here - They set up my home phone account without my pension discount and I called them again before it was connected! They wanted me to pay the full connection fee [...]
I am Back……
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone,
I am at my new residence, and slowly getting things unpacked!
Soon I will be back into regular daily posts when I have my computer on the desk LOL. I am currently lying down and no this is not a lap top!!
I have approved the comments from when I was offline, and I have tonnes [...]
DEA Raids Aurora Medical Marijuana User
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, medicinal Marijuana, pain treatment, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Ari Armstrong
On the afternoon of May 27, around 20 armed agents from the DEA, the Aurora PD, and possibly other agencies stormed the home of a licensed medical marijuana user and provider and confiscated small amounts of marijuana and around $3,000 worth of gardening equipment, according to the license holder and his lawyer.
Dana (he [...]
Pain doesn’t sideline determined animal lover
Posted in CRPS Fundraising, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS, RSDSA on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BETHANY – Judy Rettig’s name has long been synonymous with animal rescue and care, first as animal control officer in West Haven, then for the Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge animal control district.
But these days, although she still helps animals any way she can, Rettig’s name has been attached to something less cheerful – a nerve [...]
Musicians Band Together to Help ill Stage Tech
Posted in CRPS Fundraising, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By BROOSE TULLOCH, SUN MEDIA
This project has the seeds to grow.
So says Howard Mandshein, director (and Friday night emcee) of the Musicians Help Project, capturing the vision, the optimism and the need for a non-profit group that can assist local musicians, crew members and roadies with temporary support for their health related issues.
The [...]
Help Raise Funds for a Young Man’s Fight Against CRPS/RSD!!
Posted in CRPS Fundraising, CRPS and Pain Management, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, ketamine, ketamine coma treatment, pain treatment, patient, reflex symapthetic dystrophy, RSD, RSDS on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thu, Jun 26 08
By RUSSELL J. MOORE
On a constant basis, Matthew Irving suffers from an unbearable amount of pain that civil people wouldn’t wish on their worst enemies.
In 2003, at the age of 16, Irving excelled at North Providence High School. He was an honor student who participated in the academic decathlon and Science Olympiad, [...]
