NACPAC Personal Chronic Pain Stories:
les histoires personnelles de la douleur chronique des membres de NACPAC:

The following personal Chronic Pain stories document the personal challenges and histories of Canadians who face the challenge of living with Chronic Pain. These stories were submissions to the NACPAC Personal Story Website Contest which honoured Chronic Pain Awareness Week, November 10 - 16th in Canada. These stories serve the purpose of educating the public about the plight of Chronic Pain sufferers. Often living with an invisible disability is a significant, challenging and frustrating component of Chronic Pain. Medical Research, treatments and support systems for Chronic Pain require more attention and funding in our society. The economic cost to society is staggering, in medical treatments, lost wages and sick days that cost millions. Often undertreatment of severe Chronic Pain leads to suicide and Chronic Pain can wield a destructive trail of lost jobs, broken marriages, families and lives.

Shai's Fibro Site A website dedicated to a personal story of Fibro.

"Back-to-Back Pain" by Betty Didham, Whitbourne, Newfoundland

"Chronic Pain...A Story of Hope..." by Donald L. Winfield, Caledonia, Ontario

"Yesterday's Dream" by L. B., Alberta

"From the Top to the Bottom" by Reg Hancock, Regina, Saskatchewan

"My Story with Chronic Pain" by Monique Duguay, Ile-Bizard, Québec

"A Plea For Help" by Maureen Black, Thunder Bay, Ontario

"Fibromyalgia and Anger " by Cynthia Webber, British Columbia

"I Can Still Smell The Roses; A Journey Through Chronic Pain, by Sandra Koprowski, Hamilton, Ontario