Input pain management
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:10 am
Ewan (AKA Yeti..) who is a committee member for the TBPI Group charity here in the U.K. recently attended a residential course for pain management in one of the leading hospitals in London. http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/page614.htm
The course is intensive, and has been set up particularly for people who have been in chronic pain for at least ten years. As Ewan has had a BPI for 30 years, after filling in a few forms and attending an interview, he was welcomed on to the course which lasted for 2 weeks. During his stay there, he took copious notes with the aim of sharing his experiences with everyone, hoping that others will gain something from it as he has done.
We set up a forum on the TBPI Group message board where he could share all he learned, and this can be reached at http://p072.ezboard.com/fadultswithbrac ... uriesfrm10
It is still a work in progress, and as Ewan has very recently had a family bereavement, understandably, he hasn't had much time to update it recently. I personally think he has done a great job so far and am looking forward to more in the next few weeks. I think that something like this, written from the actual personal experiences of one of us, and not by the professionals is of great value to the rest of us. Thanks Yeti!
Lizzy B http://www.tbpi-group.org
The course is intensive, and has been set up particularly for people who have been in chronic pain for at least ten years. As Ewan has had a BPI for 30 years, after filling in a few forms and attending an interview, he was welcomed on to the course which lasted for 2 weeks. During his stay there, he took copious notes with the aim of sharing his experiences with everyone, hoping that others will gain something from it as he has done.
We set up a forum on the TBPI Group message board where he could share all he learned, and this can be reached at http://p072.ezboard.com/fadultswithbrac ... uriesfrm10
It is still a work in progress, and as Ewan has very recently had a family bereavement, understandably, he hasn't had much time to update it recently. I personally think he has done a great job so far and am looking forward to more in the next few weeks. I think that something like this, written from the actual personal experiences of one of us, and not by the professionals is of great value to the rest of us. Thanks Yeti!
Lizzy B http://www.tbpi-group.org