Welcome to the October Pain-Blog Carnival, a selection of great writing related to pain from this past month.  I hope these are helpful and interesting to you!

A new blog to join us, Life with Chronic Pain, has some good writing about his life coping with pain.

Migraine Chick uses humor to cope with pain.  Creativity anyone?

One Big Health Nut reminds us about eating healthy.  Good advice for the upcoming cold and flu season, and important for our bodies which cope with the stress of pain.

The Migraine Girl shares her experiences with mindfulness-based stress reduction.

CRPS/RSD A Better Life informs us about a study of CRPS being done by RSDSA.

Pain Relief Blog of Rebecca Rengo posts about accepting your feelings towards your illness.

4 Angels Momma writes an interesting article about what she feels are the spiritual reasons for her chronic illness.

Going Down Swinging, A RSD Blog asks what nourishes you and makes you happy?  She has some suggestions to be sure to include in each day.

Free My Brain from Migraine Pain explores ending relationships with doctors – when?  why?  what to tell them?  Great post about taking responsibility for your own care and being sure your doctor works with you well.

Rhymes with Migraine shares 30 things about her invisible illness (migraines).  I think hearing about someone else’s illness and struggles helps us feel less alone.

I hope you enjoy the selections.  Next month I’ll be hosting Grand Rounds, a medical-blog carnival, on November 24.  The theme will be any posts related to pain.  Send your submissions here by Sunday, November 22.