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• Chronic health issues >> Chronic Pain >> Age 61-80 >> Interview CP30 >> Recommends nutritional approaches and massage as part of a broader coping strategy.

Back pain since 1970s. Surgery: Removal of benign tumor 1983. Treatments: Spinal injections. Pain management: Out-patient NHS patient pain management programme. Current medication: None.

• Chronic health issues >> Chronic Pain >> Age 41-60 >> Interview CP07 >> Uses medication as part of her plan of managing a flare-up of pain but disciplines herself not to take too much.

Back pain since 1981. Failed back surgery syndrome. Diagnosed with Arachnoiditis, 2001. Surgery: laminectomy, correction of laminectomy and spinal fusion. Pain management: Learnt through support group and books. Current medication: distalgesic, co-proxamol, maprotoline, oxycodone (Oxycontin) during recent flare-up.

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• Chronic health issues >> Chronic Pain >> Chronic Pain

Publication date: March 2005          Last updated: November 2010.

Review date: November 2012

 

Chronic pain can have a wide range of causes and symptoms. We interviewed 47 people about their experiences of chronic pain. Select from the key topics below, choose from the full list of topics, or explore all the interviews.

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• Chronic health issues >> Chronic Pain >> Coping with flare-up >> Coping with flare-up

Coping with flare-up

• Chronic health issues >> Chronic Pain >> Coping with the emotional impact of pain >> Coping with the emotional impact of pain

Coping with the emotional impact of pain

• Chronic health issues >> Chronic Pain >> Coping with work and study >> Coping with work and study

Coping with work and study