Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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free2beme6060 08/18/2014

I have not had time to watch this film, it's about 50 minutes long. But I wanted to share because it looks interesting. Just scroll down on page and click on the picture and it will play.
Evidently it aired in November/December 2013.

http://www.painmattersfilm.com/

Snyeguy 08/19/2014

Thanks - I watched it last night - it provides a broad overview of living with chronic pain through stories of different people, as well as some medical background by professionals - it also had a really good profile on the stress of a caregiver (I think that many people will relate to how it impacts our loved ones who - it opened my eyes a little since my wife has always been there for me) -

The only thing that I didn't think was a fit for our group here is that all of the people suffering from chronic pain had experienced trauma / injuries, (although one woman who was in a car accident was later diagnosed with fibromyalgia) - and it only just touched on those of us with chronic illnesses who experience pain as part of the disease -

The big message was that few doctors understand chronic pain or how to help their patients -

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