Welcome to April’s Pain-Blog Carnival…  the best posts of this month.  Bloggers were busy this month writing excellent posts.  Enjoy!

 Somebody Heal Me writes about being Weary of So Many Daily Medications.

Laurie at A Chronic Dose explores Summer Camp, Sick Style.  (Laurie’s new book is coming out soon!)

The Sassy Lime shares Tips and Tricks I’ve Learned From 3  1/2 Years with Migraines.

The Migraine Girl looks at Missing Out on All the Fun.  “It’s frustrating, it’s sad, it’s annoying - but sometimes you have to say ‘no’ to what you really want to do, so you can take care of yourself.

Psychology of Pain shares a story by former BBC Iraq correspondent, Andrew North, whose personal journey with pain led him through, “Why me?  Why is this happening?  Will it ever end?,” to discovering how his own experiences are reflected in other people’s lives.

Working with Chronic Illness shares some suggestions for paying attention to your body’s signals in When It’s Time to Take Charge of Your Body and Your Schedule.

Health Skills discusses a research study about Reducing Pain-Related Fear in CRPS.

Living with Fibromyalgia shares a wonderful list of 50 Ways to Help a Chronically Ill Friend, inspired by Lisa Copen’s National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week website.

Going Down Swinging:  A RSD Blog writes about the Dangers of “Should.”

Coming up on May 12 is International CFS Awareness Day.  Fighting Fatigue shares What You Can Do.

CRPS-RSD A Better Life is promoting Awareness of CRPS (RSD).  A worthwhile endeavor!

Thanks to everyone for their submissions!
May’s Pain-Blog Carnival will be Wednesday, May 28
Deadline for submissions:  Friday, May 23
Send in your submissions here.

Thanks to Jim-AR at Flickr for the photo.  The here’s the link to this week’s Grand Rounds, a medical blog carnival.

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