The American Chronic Pain Association was founded in 1980 by Penney Cowan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . After many years of living with chronic pain, Penney had taken part in the pain management program at the Cleveland Clinic and was eager to maintain the skills she had learned there when she returned to her daily life.
Ex Navy and that's not what I wanted but sometimes we can't help what happens. I like to keep active as best that I can but being that my knee is what is wrong and why I was kicked out of the Navy but I try. I have had one surgery but things got worse and now I'm going back to school to learn something new that I can make a living from.
During the birth of my second child in 2003, my epidural went wrong. Every day after that - wonderful day - my pain changed in severity, degree and symptoms. My symptoms did not present as "Normal" to any specialists - so I was given the loose diagnosis of Chronic Neuropathic Pain.
This journey has led to much frustration, discrimination, hurt, discovery and sadness - I had to find a...
Rest Ministries, Inc. began in 1996 and became a 501(c)[3] in '97. It was founded by Lisa Copen.
Lisa was diagnosed a few years earlier with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 24 and life had changed dramatically. She searched for some time, but was unable to locate the kind of Christian support that she desired to help her along this unexpected detour of chronic illness.
Surely she couldn't...
