That Ugly Monster, Pain
(c) 2019 Linda M. Rhinehart Neas According to studies gathered by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 2016, 20.4% of Americans suffered from Chronic Pain. That means one in every five people has chronic pain from one source or another. Chronic pain is caused from various conditions - disease, trauma, environment. Living with it is hell. Most people with Chronic Pain look healthy. Many of them appear to go through their day happy and content. Usually, if you ask, they will tell you they are fine. They tell the medical community that they "have a high pain tolerance." This means that they have learned to live with Chronic Pain; therefore, until the pain reaches unbearable, they just keep moving forward. People who live with this condition begin and end every day in pain. Their days look something like this: Upon waking, they can't loll around in bed. The weight of the sheets and blankets hurts. Their joints are on fire. The attempt to stand up ...