The Pain Code: A Pain Patient’s Instruction Book To Communicating With Healthcare Professionals

by Barby Allyn Ingle

When it comes to living, the best life you can when faced with a chronic care condition every person has choices. It is a matter of finding the right fit for you. The patient can either let the disease run them or sort through the system and take control of the disease. Coping with a chronic condition takes hope and self-awareness. Through the author?s struggles and finding her way through the health system for the past 10 years, she gained knowledge that she passes on to the readers of this book. Getting organized is very important. It will take work in the beginning but it gets easier as you go. You can also save yourself more pain and challenges down the road by being organized with your approach to treating your chronic medical issue. Topics covered include types of pain, depression, become an expert on your illness, organize your healthcare, treatment options, financial challenges, disability resources, challenges with insurance, finding community, create your oasis, and living well with chronic pain.

122 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2011