Remember last year I was urging you to contact NICE about the draft chronic pain guidelines?Here, here and here are the postsWell they published them now and they are pretty much the same! These are the guidelines the give to all doctors. No painkillers of any kind for chronic pain! None!No tens or other electrical … Read more
As you know I have severe chronic pain and chronic fatigue. I also have a septal perforation in my nose. I fought for over 3 years to get autoimmune tests after the nose perforation (after trying prior as well) and when I eventually got them it showed 4 positive autoimmune results. What I figured out … Read more
After getting four positive autoimmune tests and seeing as the rheumatologist isn’t any help and my doctor said to me that he doesn’t know about autoimmune issues, I am now stuck as he won’t refer me to an immunologist. I have had chronic pain and chronic fatigue for decades now, but they both got severely … Read more
I chased up my Rheumatology referral today after the deadline that they were supposed to call back arrived and they hadn’t called me. For those that don’t know, I had four positive autoimmune tests, plus I also have my existing chronic pain and chronic fatigue, both with no known cause. (previous blog post) I got … Read more
This is your last chance to give your feedback using the comments form on the NICE website regarding the upcoming chronic pain guidelines that doctors will use for prescribing medication and treatment for chronic pain. You have until 5pm Monday 14th September 2020 to fill it in so do it now. These guidelines remove ALL … Read more
If you have read the draft NICE Chronic Pain guidelines or my article about them and are affected or against this upcoming policy regarding removal of painkillers for chronic pain, you need to take action now and send your comments to NICE before the policy goes live!Anyone can leave comments and you only have until … Read more