Understanding Chronic Pain: A Doctor Talks to His Patients

by Robert T. Cochran Jr.

This is a personal narrative, a record of my passage among victims of chronic pain and the discoveries that have come from those encounters. I write for physicians, nurses, therapists, and caregivers, but mostly, I write for you who suffer the disease. I know you very well, perhaps as well as anybody in the world. I have listened to your stories with patience and attention, and I have been greatly rewarded. You have trusted me with the deep recesses of your thoughts and fears, and the memories of the dreadful experiences that are so often the origin of chronic pain. I have treated thousands of you and I believe I have some understanding of your illness. I offer a series of essays about people like you who suffer chronic pain. From their case histories, I derive certain conclusions. Some conclusions are bold and imaginative. Some are disturbing and frightful. Not all of them will apply to you, but some certainly will. My wish is that you gain greater understanding of you.

200 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2007

Reviews

[Lara H · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thought it was a five star book back when i first read it. All ive learned since and my actual diagnosis of M.E. gives me an unfavorable opinion bc this is what The US has done to us got decades and decades...labeled us as just head cases when our disease has a truly physical origin...and when your doctors you trusted tell you that for a decade, you dtart believing it but even finally in the face of undeniable proof from a specialist, they will not stand up and say 'we screwed up, we were wring, let me help fix it and save your life'. No, they will just CYA and ignore you or refuse to treat tou or acknowledge the diagnosis bc the sad truth is, at least where i live, you are just a number. Even with PROOF bc the correct specialists bloodwork and DNA CANT lie but our CDC and FDA and oversight agencies and dictors do. #Forgotten Plague 2015, #MILLIONSMISSING, Jennifer Brea's 'TED' talk (Wikipedia) - Unrest movie to be out early 2018
Wishing all my fellow sufferers, of all INVISIBLE illnesses, especially Rheumatological, and my on, your children and grandchildren HOPE got better medical research, education and care in the future !!My Facebook: Lara Dawn George Henderson

[Stacy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I knew when I started this book that the doctor was either brilliant or totally nuts. I've decided he's nuts - and dangerous.