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Neen’s Substack | Neen Monty | Substack
Neen’s Substack | Neen Monty | Substack
Living a non-life - Chronic Secondary Pain
Living a non-life - Chronic Secondary Pain
New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Flawed Approach to Chronic Pain Management - Pain Patient Advocacy
New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Flawed Approach to Chronic Pain Management - Pain Patient Advocacy
CBD oil for high impact chronic pain - my experience so far
CBD oil for high impact chronic pain - my experience so far
DRAFT Opioid Deprescribing Guidelines - open for comment until 3rd April
DRAFT Opioid Deprescribing Guidelines - open for comment until 3rd April
Why I am more concerned about COVID now than at the beginning of the pandemic
Why I am more concerned about COVID now than at the beginning of the pandemic
In short, because people are becoming complacent. People are not abiding by lockdown rules. People are refusing to wear masks, refusing to get vaccinated, refusing to social distance. People are protesting because they no longer believe that COVID is dangerous, or even if it is, they are ready to take their chances. Best of all, […]
When family and close friends gaslight and victim-blame
When family and close friends gaslight and victim-blame
My friends and family have all been purged from my life, and all for the same reason. Broadly put? Gaslighting. Victim-blaming. Bullying. Something my mother said to me as she was yelling once again about how right she was and how wrong I was, was that “EVERYONE says the same thing! How can everyone be […]
Living with rheumatoid arthritis – what is a flare (to you)
Living with rheumatoid arthritis – what is a flare (to you)
I’m going to preface this blog post with some important information: There is NOTHING WRONG with comparing our experiences. In fact comparing is one very important way to learn. I really hate people who say “you shouldn’t compare your disease to other people’s” Bull. Comparing is normal. Comparing is how we learn and understand eachother. […]
Living with complex invisible illness and my endocrinologist – April 2021
Living with complex invisible illness and my endocrinologist – April 2021
Living with high impact chronic pain and pain management – when your GP is sick
Living with high impact chronic pain and pain management – when your GP is sick
The general public has no idea how vulnerable people who rely on opioid pain relieving medicines are now that opioid hysteria has taken hold in Australia. GPs have been sent letters, professional organisations are warning about the “dangers” of long term opioid prescribing, and these directives are not based on the evidence, not based on […]
Living with RA - I can no longer take the only medication that controls my RA
Living with RA - I can no longer take the only medication that controls my RA
Back in January I had my regular monthly bloodwork done, as I do most months. I get slack sometimes, and two or even three months go by and I skip the bloodwork. I won’t be doing that anymore. In January my liver enzymes were very high, over 20 times normal. This has happened before, back […]
Why is it so hard for me to get opioid pain medications?
Why is it so hard for me to get opioid pain medications?
Living with invisible illness - Am I disabled?
Living with invisible illness - Am I disabled?
RA and making friends
RA and making friends
Living with High Impact Chronic Pain and opioid hysteria
Living with High Impact Chronic Pain and opioid hysteria
Yesterday I did an interview for ABC news on chronic pain and the opioid crisis. Even though I am a shy, quiet person, and not at all comfortable on camera, I jumped at the chance because the opioid issue is hugely important to me. On June 1, 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, […]
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