#Truth #Pain #ChronicPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorture #WithholdingPainMedsShouldBeCriminal #OpioidsAreLegitimatePainMeds #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #MyBodyMyChoice #MyLifeMyChoice #MyDeathMyChoice #DeathWithDignity
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#99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleIllness #InvisibleDisability #ImFine
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(Screenshot of my/Todd M. Stein’s recent Facebook post) “I am so beyond tired of being sick. Being chronically ill is living a nightmare. My excruciating to debilitating chronic pain is absolutely terrible and has been flaring a lot lately. My family and I deserve a break. I have other/new-to-me health issues now along with the multiple chronic pain conditions and the subsequent accompanying health problems like obesity, type two diabetes, heart disease, little to no strength or stamina as far as mobility goes, I'm battling so many things that are trying to kill me yet what bothers me the most, of my health things, is the pain. It's triggered everything else and it's ruined/ruining my life. I don't know what else to say right now. I am miserable and I am tired of not only me being miserable but seeing what my health is doing to my family is so very hard. Here's hoping for a better 2026...”
#ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #99ProblemsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorturePerTheUN #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleDisabilities
#ChronicPain
#MyPainMatters
#PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything
#99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne
#UntreatedPainIsTorturePerTheUN
#UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ButYouDontLookSick
#MedicalGaslighting
#MedicalTrauma
#PTSD
Screenshot of my post on my Facebook page… “Tomorrow/Monday, I will attempt to act well enough - pretending that the nonstop chronic pain and fatigue and weakness and burnout and anxiety and depression and negative self-talk and self-doubt and stress and confusion and everything else that comes with being chronically ill and in excruciating to debilitating chronic pain - so I can get up, get cleaned up and get to my local pain management appointment so we can discuss the same things that have been discussed numerous times before and I can leave the appointment knowing nothing new and having no new concrete plans for achieving true, meaningful pain relief. I’m not being negative. I’m being real. I sure hope tomorrow’s appointment proves this wrong. I would absolutely love to be wrong about this…”
“No Expectations, No Disappointments.”
Scene of a patient and a doctor sitting across from one another at the doctor’s desk talking about pain management…
#Pain #ChronicPain #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorture #Fibromyalgia #MenGetFibromyalgiaToo #PainManagement #INeedRelief #YourPainMatters #MyPainMatters #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleIllnesses #InvisiblePain
“Shout-out to disabled people who aren't "inspirational", who are unemployed or stuck with a job they don't like, who didn't do well academically and/or had to drop out of school, who aren't in a position to live and take care of themselves independently even if they would like to, who don't "just get on with things without complaining", whose lives didn't work out in the way they were hoping for, who haven't "overcome" their disability in the way that society tells us we're supposed to. You exist, you're worthwhile and you matter.” (Credit: “Bendy Bunny”)
#ISeeYou #YouMatter #Disabled #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #ChronicFatigue #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorture #LifeHasShatteredMyHopesAndMyDreams #ButYouDontLookSick #InvisibleDisability #InvisibleIllness #InvisiblePain #ImFine
“Untreated pain is tantamount to torture,” per the United Nations.
#UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness
#MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything
-Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social
#LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #Fibromyalgia #ChronicFatigue #OccipitalNeuralgia #Migraine #Osteoarthritis #DiabeticNeuropathy #TMJD #IBS #ButYouDontLookSick #ImFine
#HowAreYou #IHurt #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #Fibromyalgia #ChronicFatigue #OccipitalNeuralgia #Migraine #Osteoarthritis #DiabeticNeuropathy #TMJ #IBS #ButYouDontLookSick #ImFine
Screenshot of a facebook group, “Fibromyalgia Association” sharing a meme. Their post above the meme reads: “This Memorial Day weekend, we honor the military service members who gave their lives to protect our nation and uphold our freedom. We also extend our gratitude to the veterans who continue to carry the burdens of service, including those living with life-altering fibromyalgia and chronic pain. Your sacrifices are seen, remembered, and appreciated. #fibromyalgia #fibromyalgiaawareness #memorialday” The meme shared has a purple background with “FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS MONTH” on top in white text. An American flag banner follows with the following text next: “Nearly 40% of U.S. service members seeking PTSD treatment also suffer from Fibromyalgia. VA research shows Gulf War vets face a higher risk. Fibro is one more invisible wound many veterans carry.” Credit for the meme, per the meme, goes to: “ManageFibro.org”
#MemorialDay2025 #MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #MemorialDay #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #AmericanVeteransWithFibromyalgia #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #PTSD #MoreThanJustPain
(White background. Purple awareness ribbon. Light purple butterfly. Black text.) “LIVING WITH Fibromyalgia” (Credit to unknown artist/creator/owner.)
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanJustPain
“MEN GET FIBROMYALGIA” “FIBROMYALGIA IS NOT JUST A WOMAN'S DISEASE!” “GET THE FACTS (credit to:) FB.com/MenWithFibromyalgia www.MenWithFibromyalgia.com” (I am not the owner of this meme or the facebook group or website cited above.)
#MenGetFibromyalgia #FibromyalgiaIsNotJustAWomansDisease #MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #LyricaAdsAreMisleading #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanPain
Meme has image of male figure squatting down on the left side of the screen. He’s wearing blue jeans, brown jacket over untucked white dress shirt only partially buttoned over a white tshirt and a necklace of some sort. Has a “stubble beard” and black hair. Appears to be wearing black footwear. (The title) “Fibro Hits Men Too!” (is in the center of the screen in purple font over grey background.) (Below the title, in white font on grey background, is the following credit:) “FB/FibroEA Fibromyalgia english/afrikaans” (On the right side of the screen is white font text on grey background reading:) “Doctors may not even consider fibromyala in a male patient, and some doctors speculate that only 10% of diagnoses are men because men are less likely to complain about pain. “In a study, men tended to have: “Lower reported pain intensity Lower tender-point count Lower depression rates Longer duration of symptoms when making the first complaint to a doctor Higher overall disability due to symptoms Also, ongoing pain in men was especially linked to pressure-triggered hyperalgesia (amplified pain) in the neck.”
#FibroHitsMenToo #MenWithFibromyalgia #MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanPain
“Fibromyalgia … “Pain that makes you want to walk away from your body!” (Source:) “Facebook.com/FibroColors”
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanJustPain
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#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain
“not every disability is visible” (purple awareness ribbon next to a standing human figure; below they are shadowed by human in a wheelchair) “Fibromyalgia Awareness”
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #MoreThanJustPain
#InvisibleDisability #Exhausted
“One of the most difficult parts about living with chronic illness is how motivated I am and have lots of plans but I am trapped in a body that is constantly fatigued, in pain and in need of rest. Some days I can only do the bare minimum but experience maximum guilt.” (Source: post on) “Fibro Colors Fibromyalgia Awareness” (group on Facebook.)
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanJustPain
“FIBROMYALGIA CAN TAKE SOMEONE WHO IS FULL OF LIFE, EDUCATED, AMBITIOUS AND HARDWORKING... AND TAKE AWAY THEIR ABILITY TO WORK, BE INDEPENDENT, THINK CLEARLY, AND LEAVES THEM FEELING DEBILITATED!”
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanJustPain
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#ChronicPain
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(Meme with grey background; right side shows people wearing hoodies with the hoods up and their faces covered by pitch black shadows.) “Sometimes people won't understand how you feel until it happens to them, until they experience the pain.” (“how you feel” and “pain” are in bold print; “pain” is also in a larger size font) (Credit per the meme: “~Brigitte Nicole” and “-EmilysQuotes.Com-“)
#LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #Fibromyalgia #ChronicFatigue #OccipitalNeuralgia #Migraine #Osteoarthritis #DiabeticNeuropathy #TMJD #IBS #ButYouDontLookSick #ImFine
(A sign with blue background and white lettering suspended from the ceiling inside Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, ~2015.) “Fibromyalgia Clinic Receptionist”
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ~2015
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
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“FIBROMYALGIA “It not only affects our body with pain, it also affects our emotions. “SAD IRRITABLE ANGRY ENVIOUS DEPRESSED EMOTIONAL CRYING MEAN ANXIOUS RUDE TEMPERMENTAL LONELY MOODY” (Credit per the meme: “©FibroColors”) (Note: quotes above are direct copy/paste from the pictured meme. Typos/errors are as found in the original pictured meme.)
#MaylsFibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth #FibromyalgiaAwareness #Fibromyalgia #FibroFog #Fibro #LifeInPain #MyPainMatters #YourPainMatters #PainChangesPeople
#ChronicPainChangesEverything #99PrescriptionsButAPainPillAintOne #UntreatedPainIsTorture
#ChronicPain #MoreThanJustPain