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The Experience of Living with Pain

The Experience of Living with Pain. Heather Divine. 20 minutes a month with my healthcare provider leaves-. 43,180 minutes before my next appointment. So, the rest is down to me!. Health Care Providers 20 Minutes. Suggestions for a starting point for the healthcare provider

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The Experience of Living with Pain

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  1. The Experience of Living with Pain • Heather Divine

  2. 20 minutes a month with my healthcare provider leaves- 43,180 minutes before my next appointment So, the rest is down to me!

  3. Health Care Providers 20 Minutes • Suggestions for a starting point for the healthcare provider • "I believe you and together we can try to reduce your pain and increase your activity so you can do more of the things that are important to you" • Reducing your pain by 30% might be all we can do. • Medication is a very small part of pain management. • There are many areas to work on so let's work on them one at a time.

  4. Helpful Insights • When your patients says their pain is a 15/10 • It is a combined emotional and physical rating of their pain • It may include fear that you won't believe them. • It will reflect all the negative responses they have had. • When they start to trust that you do believe them you will get a more accurate score. • It reflects the experience of living with pain not just the pain.

  5. In those 43,180 minutes every month I had the enormous task of accepting what has happened before learning new ways of: • doing my every day activities • thinking • adding meaning and purpose • arranging my environment. So during the 43,180 minutes, • I Need to adjust my: • Body • Mind • Spirit • Environment

  6. The 43,180 Minutes is about Self-Management. • Self-management is learning to adjust: • Body • Pacing • Prioritizing • Movement • Relaxation • Rest

  7. The 43,180 Minutes • Self-management is learning to adjust: • Mind • Difficult emotions • Negative thoughts • Difficulty concentrating and with memory • Health care provider to help with difficult thoughts and feelings • Understanding what is happening with persistent pain • Planning • Action

  8. The 43,180 Minutes • Self-management is learning to adjust: • Spirit • Meaning and purpose • Laughter and joy • Mindfulness • Creativity

  9. The 43,180 Minutes • Self-management is learning to adjust: • Environment • Make tasks easier • Have equipment to help • Ask for help to organize tasks • Communicate needs

  10. The 43,180 Minutes • Support and Education • Take a pain self-management program • UVic CDSMP has a CPSMP • People in Pain Network, (PIPN) • BC wide network of support groups that are using the Canadian Pain toolkit CPSMP • Join a support group or organization • People in Pain Network,(PIPN) • Pain BC • Communicate needs to important people • 4 "P's" • Plan for bad times • Practice new skills • Patience • Persistence

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