Quotes Tagged "chronic-pain"

Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain. . . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily. The quality of mercy is essential to the practice of medicine; here, of all places, it should not be strained.
Tags: wisdom, mercy, chronic-pain
I often wished that more people understood the invisible side of things. Even the people who seemed to understand, didn't really.
Tags: transverse-myelitis, tm, spinal-cord-injury, sci, run, rare-disease, paralysis, neuropathy, myelitis, motivational, invisible-illness, inspirational, fatigue, disability, dance, chronic-pain, chronic-illness
People who don't see you every day have a hard time understanding how on some days--good days--you can run three miles, but can barely walk across the parking lot on other days,' [my mom] said quietly.
Tags: transverse-myelitis, tm, run, paralysis, neuropathy, myelitis, motivational, invisible-illness, inspirational, fatigue, disability, dance, chronic-pain, chronic-illness