Welcome to our October Pain-Blog Carnival… the best articles of the last month. This is the first of our monthly carnivals. Hope you enjoy the articles!

Fighting Fatigue writes on the Biochemical Origin on Pain, which proposes that pain disorders be classified by their inflammatory profiles. An important idea because classifying is one of the 1st […]

This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  what are your choices?  how do various medications work?  what are the pros and cons?  how about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas with your doctor.  Don’t make any changes to your treatment by yourself.)

The medication we’ll look at today is Ketamine, an anesthetic.  Anesthetics are […]

~ Today’s the last day to submit to our October Pain-Blog Carnival ~
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is one of my favorite painters.  So when a friend recently invited me to see an exhibit of Renoir’s landscape paintings at our city’s art museum, I jumped at the chance.  I had also done a report on this French Impressionist […]

3 new projects coming up here at How to Cope with Pain…

1.  Pain-Blog Carnivals
To date, we’ve had 2 great pain-blog carnivals (a “carnival” is a collection of articles published by other bloggers, gathered for readers in 1 place), one on Pain and Work and one on Pain and Independence.  Because this has been a popular feature, […]

This article is one in a series on Medications for Pain…  what are your choices?  how do various medications work?  what are the pros and cons?  how about side effects?  (Discuss these ideas with your doctor.  Don’t make any changes to your treatment by yourself.)
The class of medication we’ll look at today is Anesthetics, which […]

I came across a great blog on meditation and self-improvement through a writing project at Daily Blog Tips, and asked one of the writers his thoughts on pain.  Tejvan Pettinger lives in Oxford, England where he works as a teacher.  He practices meditation and offers free meditation classes on behalf of the Sri Chinmoy Centre.  […]

What do you and Paris Hilton have in common?  With so many parties to go to, Paris Hilton may not have time to exercise regularly.  And I bet there were no personal trainers available to help keep her motivated during her jail time :)  Exercising for us non-celebrities with chronic pain may be challenging too, because of […]

This blog is, of course, mostly about pain.  But every now and again, I’ll write about a good cause.  Blog Action Day is one of these worthwhile ventures, focusing on Environmental Awareness.

Today is Blog Action Day, designed to have thousands of bloggers (last check… over 7,000 blogs) unite for 1 day, to talk about 1 issue.  “Will that […]

Ummm.  Errr.  Unfortunately I’m not as eloquent as Plato or Buddha, whose words were submitted for our Inspirational Quote Contest.  Our contest winner was Brian V., who submitted a quote from Viktor Frankl on the freedom to choose your attitude towards adversity.
Thanks to everyone who submitted entries!  Here are your top 10 inspirational quotes!

10.  Submitted […]

People in pain need inspiration and hope.  Our Inspirational Quote Contest entries may provide that for you.
 
And now for the winning entry…
Everything can be taken from a man but the last of human freedoms, the right to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances - the right to choose one’s own way.
~   Dr. Viktor Frankl
Dr. […]