Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Chronic Pain, The Huffington Post, and Comments Elsewhere

gracefulagony posted two interesting links: a HuffingtonPost article written by a doctor experiencing chronic pain for the first time. The doctor used a mix of traditional and non-traditional therapies to deal with his cancer-caused pain. His hypothesis that people in chronic pain are “situational narcissists” caused a stir when posted to a fibromyalgia community live journal site.  I’m curious about the:

I have also used an interesting technology for pain and anxiety management called The New Reality, Personal Achievement Device wich [sic] uses a combination of audio and visual stimulus to relive pain and control anxiety.

mentioned in Dr. Lipsenthal’s article. What exactly is this device? What does it do? 

Any thoughts, reactions, or comments?

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