Contents

Book One

UNBELIEVABLE PAIN CONTROL

1. Hope & Possibility
   
   
2. The Chronic Pain Program
• Suzanne
• Ashley
• Sarah
• Mike
  
  
3. An Amazing Story
• Preparation
• Surgery Without Anesthesia?
• Unbelievable Pain Control
  
  
4. Was It A Dream?
• A True Confession
  
• Pain, Stress, and Even More Pain
  
  
5. Our Fighting Spirits
• Another Dead End
  
• Under Attack From All Sides
  
• Stress is a Physical Thing
  
• Unexpected Benefits
  
  
6. Emerging From The Fog
   
• On the Way to Recovery
  
• Finally, Some Pain Relief
  
• A New Plan
  
• Real Control For A Change
  
  
7. One Year Later
• A Budding Romance
• Radical Steps Forward
• New Lives, New Possibilities
  

Notes

• What is Chronic Pain?
  
• What is Fibromyalgia?

Book Two

HEALING AND RECOVERY

Part 1 | Highlights from Ashley’s Journal

1. What is Chronic Pain?
• Two Main Types of Physical Pain
  
• Escalations of Pain
  
• Flare-Ups and Chain Reactions
  
• Mountains of Pain to Climb
  
  
2. The Impact of Chronic Pain
   • Chronic Pain is More Than Just Pain
   • Pain Can Trigger Anger & Powerlessness
   • Chronic Pain Can Change Lives
   • You Do Not Want To Go To War With Your Pain
     
     
3. Hidden Keys to Control
   • Why Fighting Can Feel Like The Only Way
     
   • Pain Control is Not Black or White
     
   • Avoidance Does Not Bring Control
     
   • Tracking Down The Triggers
     
   • Control Over Pain and Life
     
     
4. Hidden Keys to Healing
   
   • Your Body Is Not Your Enemy
     
   • Fear of Pain Can Trigger More Pain
     
   • Panic Flare-Ups
     
   • You Can’t Get Better, Until You Stop Getting Worse
     
   • Sources of Worth
     
     
5. Picking Yourself Up
   
   • First, Stop Falling
     
   • Uncertainties Can Hold You Back
     
   • A Verdict is No Cure
     
   • Searching For A Cure
     
   • Success Can Lift You Up
     
     
6. Faster Roads to Recovery
   
   • Priorities and Recovery
     
   • Moving Forward Instead of Fighting the Past
     
   • Freedom and Independence
     
   • Sometimes Change is Necessary
     
   • Your Comeback Story
     
     
7. Seven Simple Truths about Chronic Pain
   
   

Part 2 | The True Story that Inspired Suzanne

1. A Tribute to Dr. Victor Rausch
   
   
2. What is Hypnosis?
   

 

Book Three

A CALL TO ACTION

Part 1 | People are Helping from Around the World

1. Sarah’s New Found Hope
   
   
2. A Decade of Pain Research and Control (2000 – 2010)
   
   
3. Untying the Knot: The National Pain Awareness Campaign
   
   
4. Create Your Own Pain Advocacy Program
   
   
5. Power Over Pain: A Grass Roots Movement
   
   
6. Lifting the Burden - A Global Campaign
   
   
7. The Patient Pain Manifesto
   
   
8. Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
   
   
9. Women In Pain: Recognition. Respect. Relief.
   
   
10. Never Again: A Dream For Grace
    
    
11. The Pain Care Coalition
    
    
12. Partners for Understanding Pain
    
    
13. Pain Care Minutes: A National Radio Programs
    
    
14. Chronic Pain and The Law
    
    
15. My Pain: A Project From The National Pain Foundation
    
    
16. Your Own Pain Information Library
    
    
17. Brainstorm
    
    
18. Pain Relief Is A Human Right
    
    

Part 2 | Learning From Doctors In Pain

1. Dr. Devin Starlanyl and Mary Ellen Copeland
   
   
2. Dr. Mark Pelligrino
   
   
3. Kristen Thorsen and the Fibromyalgia Network
   
   

Part 3 | Learning from Scientists

1. The Largest Investigation Ever
   
   
2. The World’s Top Pain Researchers
   
   

Part 4 | Learning From a Great Pain Society

1. The International Association for the Study of Pain
   
   
2. The History of Pain Project (UCLA)
   
   

Epilogue

We Have Come a Long, Long Way

• Notes
  
  
• References
  
  
• Index