Chronic Pain
Compassion & Choices understands that severe chronic pain changes everything. Some days the pain or the fight to maintain health and well-being is overwhelming, and those who suffer chronic pain may turn to our organization because they believe they wish to die.
We encourage those suffering chronic pain to work with their primary care physician to develop ways to manage the pain, and to ask for a referral to pain specialists if the pain is not being controlled. Keeping a pain diary is an important step in this process.
There are many excellent organizations that provide information, support and referrals to those in chronic pain.
We do assist patients facing pain associated with terminal illness that is not being well managed. We also provide assistance to survivors of a terminally ill patient who did not receive adequate pain and symptom management.
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