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Patient Letter Archive

Below you will find an archive of the letters we have received from patients and families. Each have been reproduced exactly as they were written and received. These stories are true examples of why NFTP is trying to raise awareness for appropriate pain management.

2009

March

• 3/24/2009 Two more Victims of Opiophobia

February

• 2/28/2009 ECT for Headache - Another Patient Driven to Suicide

2008

December

• 12/20/2008 Ex-police officer driven back into pain

January

• 1/6/2008 Dr.Juette's nightmare in Arkansas

2007

November

• 11/30/2007 A BIG Success
• 11/26/2007 This has nothing to do with Dr. Hochman
• 11/19/2007 I hear this story constantly

June

• 6/12/2007 Need to Do Something About Indifference
• 6/11/2007 Why he's Joining NFTP

May

• 5/30/2007 Mistreatment in California
• 5/4/2007 Doctor Certification for Pain Treatment

April

• 4/24/2007 Massachusettes - medical murder
• 4/12/2007 Trigeminal Neuralgia - Magnet Therapy Case

February

• 2/9/2007 INCOMPETENT pain management

January

• 1/26/2007 Part D abuses the disabled

2006

December

• 12/16/2006 How to Treat Back Pain

November

• 11/25/2006 Son's death and her back pain

August

• 8/10/2006 Incompetent doctors

July

• 7/4/2006 Revisited - ruptured discs and migraines

June

• 6/16/2006 Fed Ex Calls the DEA

May

• 5/29/2006 Semper Infidelis - VA Hospital
• 5/29/2006 More Drug War Collateral Damage
• 5/15/2006 Medtronic Pump Malfunction

April

• 4/17/2006 The one person at a time Holocaust

March

• 3/30/2006 Pleasing the Lord
• 3/8/2006 Sick of Pain "undermanagement"

February

• 2/5/2006 Victom of Propaganda

January

• 1/27/2006 We Need to Do something

2005

November

• 11/29/2005 Block Shop Horrors
• 11/17/2005 Pill counts in Alaska

October

• 10/28/2005 Alaskan Doctor Abusing Her

September

• 9/9/2005 Child Custody

August

• 8/29/2005 Lost her brother
• 8/18/2005 Migraine
• 8/13/2005 "Drug-Seeker" Label
• 8/5/2005 Avascular Necrosis HURTS!
• 8/4/2005 There are sometimes Alternatives to Opioids

July

• 7/21/2005 No suicide! You AREN'T ALONE!
• 7/19/2005 The NFTP Phorum

June

• 6/8/2005 High Achiever
• 6/3/2005 Divorce and Pain Management

May

• 5/23/2005 The Club
• 5/21/2005 Why, Indeed, must she suffer?
• 5/14/2005 Crohns Disease and Opiophobia
• 5/12/2005 Success Story
• 5/11/2005 Arkansas Again

April

• 4/21/2005 He Found Out About Pain
• 4/5/2005 His Sister sabotaged his medical care

February

• 2/24/2005 Cruelty? Yes.
• 2/18/2005 Need Patients for Her Letter to Congress
• 2/5/2005 Another Abused Pain Patient
• 2/3/2005 Success in Finding a Competent Doctor
• 2/1/2005 Patient Letter to the Phorum

January

• 1/29/2005 Intolerance of pain meds - Alternatives
• 1/25/2005 Paul Writes
• 1/21/2005 Pain Doctors

2004

December

• 12/21/2004 Cymbalta relieves Peripheral Neuropathy!
• 12/15/2004 Dr. Walter Responds to Dallas Newspaper

November

• 11/21/2004 Another Death
• 11/21/2004 Understaning the Situation
• 11/20/2004 Suicide by Cop

October

• 10/14/2004 Criminal Physician Behavior

August

• 8/24/2004 Sharon's History - Reynaud's in Michigan
• 8/21/2004 Another Successful Treatment
• 8/9/2004 Why can't we Hear this Story a million times?

July

• 7/29/2004 Choosing Your Medical Care; the Myth of Detox
• 7/28/2004 Why We Are; The Little Red Pin
• 7/16/2004 A Hero Writes the Foundation
• 7/13/2004 The Myth of not treating Migraine Pain
• 7/13/2004 Continuing Fallout from the Prosecution of Dr. Hurwitz
• 7/12/2004 Treatment Gave Her Life Back
• 7/9/2004 Massive Fraud and Pain Mismanagement; Congress replies with propaganda
• 7/7/2004 His Doctor is in Iraq; the clinic abandons him.
• 7/3/2004 Can a Pharmacist Abuse a Patient?
• 7/3/2004 How do we define Hero?

June

• 6/30/2004 Another Lyme Victim?
• 6/27/2004 Patient talks about NFTP
• 6/20/2004 Difference between addict and physical dependence
• 6/18/2004 Inspiration
• 6/16/2004 Substance Abuse and Pain Treatment
• 6/12/2004 Disabled Nurse - choices?
• 6/4/2004 Effective Migraine Care
• 6/4/2004 Pain Patient; not an Addict

April

• 4/3/2004 Migraine - Enough is Enough!

March

• 3/20/2004 Suicide without his OxyContin
• 3/14/2004 Welcome to the NFTP
• 3/13/2004 Medical management or Invasive Procedures?
• 3/12/2004 Rods in the spine
• 3/11/2004 Lots of answers other than Suicide
• 3/11/2004 Another Life Saved
• 3/5/2004 Long Experience in Oregon

February

• 2/21/2004 Opiophobia Continues in New Mexico
• 2/17/2004 Letter from an old Patient
• 2/17/2004 Just Discovered NFTP
• 2/15/2004 Cigna Says He's Not Disabled!
• 2/15/2004 Life Before and After OxyContin
• 2/10/2004 Can't Afford to Join; Afraid of Addiction
• 2/3/2004 Hello, Andrea

January

• 1/24/2004 Letter to her Congressperson
• 1/4/2004 Crohn's Disease Survivor

2003

December

• 12/23/2003 What Makes It All Worthwhile
• 12/18/2003 Talk to his Parents
• 12/13/2003 Ex-Policeman joins the Foundation

November

• 11/25/2003 Injured Trooper Writes the President
• 11/22/2003 Desperate in Utah
• 11/13/2003 Letter to 20/20
• 11/4/2003 Letter to her Congressman

October

• 10/3/2003 Idiot Mistreatment of Migraine

September

• 9/22/2003 An Army/VA Story

August

• 8/28/2003 Taking care of Patients
• 8/2/2003 Genocide - How Much More Are We Going To Take?

July

• 7/28/2003 Compassionate MD
• 7/25/2003 Welcome to the NFTP, Greg
• 7/13/2003 Migraine
• 7/13/2003 Hidden PTSD
• 7/13/2003 RSD - Joey Lee's story
• 7/13/2003 Another Surgical Victom
• 7/13/2003 Bruce at Chronic Pain Stories
• 7/13/2003 Arachnoiditis
• 7/13/2003 Glaring Surgical Malpractice
• 7/13/2003 Arkansas - BEFORE passage of its Intractable Pain Act

June

• 6/29/2003 Bottom Feeders Advertising in Delaware
• 6/18/2003 New technology in Pain Patches
• 6/13/2003 ER Visits and How to use the Pain Scale
• 6/8/2003 Dentist in Pain
• 6/5/2003 Results of Treatment
• 6/4/2003 Can She Sue?
• 6/3/2003 Anachronism in Louisiana

May

• 5/8/2003 Another Doctor Suffering; another Patient Denied

April

• 4/30/2003 Doctors in Pain
• 4/28/2003 A Passionate Letter About Pain
• 4/27/2003 Another member for the National Campaign
• 4/27/2003 A Letter from the Front Lines of the War on Doctors
• 4/24/2003 Chronic Pain
• 4/24/2003 More Genocide
• 4/22/2003 RSD Story - Contra Costa Times
• 4/22/2003 Al's Experience in Florida
• 4/6/2003 Chondromalacia Pain

February

• 2/23/2003 Migraine - Classic Story
• 2/13/2003 Natalie's Wish

January

• 1/30/2003 Notes on Mindless Migraine Advice
• 1/21/2003 Dolly's doctor told her "there's no need to suffer".
• 1/20/2003 Disappointing news about Oregon's Board of Medical Examiners
• 1/19/2003 Non-reporting at the Washington Post
• 1/8/2003 Doctor Nightmare
• 1/5/2003 Pseudotumor cerbri - Don't take it to an Emergency Room
• 1/4/2003 A Great Idea for a National Campaign
• 1/2/2003 Bad Joke in Texas
• 1/1/2003 Janice in Washington State writes Senator Dayton

2002

December

• 12/30/2002 Migraine Treatment
• 12/29/2002 Hit the Wall at 60 MPH
• 12/28/2002 Discussion about Migraine
• 12/26/2002 Cancer Pain Sheriff Teaches us about Pain Control
• 12/26/2002 Margo's RSD Expereince
• 12/26/2002 Sixty-Six Years Young - Yet Years of Pain - Still Going Strong Here
• 12/26/2002 Senator Feinstein writes Bruce Williams back
• 12/20/2002 Sharyn's whole Story
• 12/19/2002 Sharyn of Hugs-N-Pain
• 12/19/2002 Another one of Bruce's Friends and the Mayo Clinic
• 12/17/2002 The Holocaust continues; Washington State and Dr. Weddle
• 12/10/2002 Multiple Sclerosis patient denied relief
• 12/10/2002 Injured Worker with a Proposal
• 12/10/2002 Life Saved by Proper Pain Care
• 12/10/2002 Pain Patient Since Age 15 (and it's getting worse)

November

• 11/25/2002 One of Dr. Hurwitz's Patients Despairs
• 11/22/2002 Typical Fibromyalgia Experience
• 11/22/2002 How to Treat TMJ
• 11/20/2002 Weitzel's concern was for his patients
• 11/19/2002 Her Doctor Can No longer Prescribe
• 11/17/2002 Paul in Nova Scotia
• 11/17/2002 Tracy's Interstitial Cystitis History
• 11/17/2002 Dr. Bordeaux's Plight
• 11/14/2002 Braveheart
• 11/13/2002 Spinal Fusion Experience
• 11/13/2002 Fighting Mad! A Pain in my…BACK!
• 11/11/2002 To Those Who Would Interfere with My Pain Treatment
• 11/7/2002 FM Patients - Listen to Friar Brendan!!! Follow Him!
• 11/7/2002 Never Accept Pain Treatment from Multiple Doctors in a Clinic
• 11/7/2002 Worker's Compensation Back injury - do NOT rush to surgery
• 11/7/2002 The Wisdon that Experience Brings
• 11/7/2002 Headaches Since Age 14
• 11/7/2002 Husband and Wife with Chronic Pain; Husband saturated with steroids by a "Pain Doc".
• 11/7/2002 I couldn't have said it better
• 11/5/2002 If Judgemental People Could Walk in Our Shoes...
• 11/1/2002 These are folks you can trust.
• 11/1/2002 His Doctor Responded to Honesty

October

• 10/29/2002 The Fraud of Workman's Compensation
• 10/29/2002 Left "High and Dry" in Maine - what to do?
• 10/27/2002 Baylor in Dallas; Opiophobia award of the week.
• 10/27/2002 Another example of how "Team Treatment" is unworkable in Intractable Pain
• 10/27/2002 Getting the treatment right makes a big difference
• 10/17/2002 Five surgeries, Blindness and more Claptrap from incompetent doctors
• 10/17/2002 Do NOT put up with Pharmacy or Insurance Abuse
• 10/15/2002 Why are they doing this to US?
• 10/15/2002 Boston Nurse's Pain Experience
• 10/15/2002 A Real Doctor makes a huge difference
• 10/11/2002 Dear Senators of America; Mona's Story
• 10/10/2002 An EMT injured on the job; a Pseudodoctor; and a Physician
• 10/8/2002 A very Brave Lady - with Neurofibromatosis
• 10/5/2002 Life with Fibromyalgia
• 10/4/2002 Opiophobia in Washington State
• 10/2/2002 Thanking God for Every Day and her Husband's Response
• 10/1/2002 Dear Senator Feinstein

September

• 9/29/2002 Endurance
• 9/29/2002 Utter Incompetence in Managing Acute Pain
• 9/24/2002 Bruce's Campaign is Picking Up
• 9/23/2002 Neurologists' Opiophobic Myth in Migraine
• 9/23/2002 Sharon's Wisdom
• 9/23/2002 Right On, Lucinda!
• 9/23/2002 Local VA remains Clueless
• 9/21/2002 Kerry's Story
• 9/20/2002 Rape comes in many forms
• 9/19/2002 Pain Patients are getting ANGRY.
• 9/18/2002 A Case of Proper Pain Management!
• 9/16/2002 Don't Let Dr. Hurwitz Quit
• 9/16/2002 Fired the Doctor
• 9/15/2002 Almost Adequate Treatment
• 9/15/2002 A Classic Story
• 9/14/2002 Dear Senators
• 9/12/2002 Why? Why? Why?
• 9/9/2002 Dear Governor Warner
• 9/8/2002 The Dark Side of Pain
• 9/8/2002 Massachusettes Doctors
• 9/6/2002 Her side of Chronic Pain
• 9/4/2002 Finding Help Should Not Require a Miracle
• 9/3/2002 Publicizing the Genocide
• 9/2/2002 Bruce writes 48 Hours
• 9/2/2002 Lisa discovers she's not alone
• 9/1/2002 Bruce W asks for Congressional Hearings

August

• 8/31/2002 Dr. Bill Hurwitz
• 8/25/2002 Letter to 48 Hours
• 8/25/2002 Homage to Judy Hall
• 8/25/2002 Recommendation for Dr.Robert Kale
• 8/24/2002 Ready to Suicide
• 8/24/2002 48hours, OxyContin and Tabloid Journalism
• 8/19/2002 The Pain Holocaust and Her Uncle
• 8/15/2002 Heroes in Arkansas
• 8/12/2002 A Hero in Florida
• 8/9/2002 Kaiser Denies Lidocaine Infusion

July

• 7/31/2002 Peripheral Neuropathy
• 7/25/2002 Femoral Nerve Damage
• 7/20/2002 RSD in a medical hell
• 7/16/2002 Her previous doctor done in by the DEA
• 7/13/2002 How to effectively treat migraine
• 7/11/2002 Injured Policeman treated like an addict
• 7/11/2002 The Appointment from Hell

June

• 6/11/2002 Taking Initiative
• 6/9/2002 Found a Real Doctor
• 6/8/2002 Surgery and Malpractice

May

• 5/28/2002 More Abuse of Migraineurs
• 5/28/2002 Platitudes and Clap Trap
• 5/25/2002 Undertreated Fibromyalgia
• 5/25/2002 Looking for Advice
• 5/24/2002 She found a good doctor
• 5/21/2002 From a wheelchair to College in one year
• 5/12/2002 Husband has his wife back
• 5/11/2002 Successful Intervention!
• 5/9/2002 Doctor Referrals
• 5/7/2002 Her own web site for pain support

April

• 4/24/2002 Doctors Unaware of the Law in California
• 4/17/2002 Pain Management Crisis in America
• 4/16/2002 does she have to threaten suicide to get help?
• 4/16/2002 Rare form of Migraine
• 4/14/2002 Treated Like a Child in Mississippi
• 4/13/2002 Pain from Hip Replacements Denied by Surgeons
• 4/11/2002 Person looking for a compassionate doctor in Michigan
• 4/11/2002 PainRxperts
• 4/11/2002 I so much appreciate this site
• 4/11/2002 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• 4/11/2002 I could send a money order
• 4/10/2002 I don't hold out much hope that anyone can help me but I would like that maybe others can be helped
• 4/8/2002 chronic kidney stones
• 4/5/2002 Counting her Blessings
• 4/4/2002 chronic kidney stone
• 4/4/2002 severe headaches
• 4/3/2002 A nurse reflects on her own pain

March

• 3/29/2002 method of healing
• 3/28/2002 lower back pain and migraines
• 3/28/2002 RSDA link
• 3/26/2002 migraines
• 3/26/2002 Post Surgical Pain
• 3/25/2002 constant headache
• 3/25/2002 Billroth
• 3/25/2002 perthyas
• 3/25/2002 diabetic neuropathy
• 3/24/2002 fibromyalgia
• 3/24/2002 Arthritis and Sciatica
• 3/24/2002 chronic,neurogenic, intractable pain and darkness
• 3/24/2002 lower back
• 3/24/2002 quadraplegic
• 3/24/2002 Should he use methadone - San Francisco quake victim
• 3/24/2002 Major Problems in Alabama
• 3/24/2002 Hopeless in Round Rock
• 3/23/2002 More OxyContin Scare Mindlessness
• 3/23/2002 shoulder pain
• 3/23/2002 pain and muscle spasms in back,legs,chest
• 3/22/2002 Pain in Canada
• 3/21/2002 "Babies don't feel pain"
• 3/21/2002 Opiophobia killing her daughter
• 3/21/2002 Getting One's Life Back
• 3/20/2002 Prevention of Migraine
• 3/20/2002 Migraine
• 3/20/2002 arthritis in both knees, hands and jaw.
• 3/20/2002 critical/chronic illnesses
• 3/20/2002 The Common Experience
• 3/19/2002 chronic pain
• 3/19/2002 Oxycontin
• 3/19/2002 I have to find another doctor
• 3/18/2002 pain medicine
• 3/18/2002 spinal chronic pain
• 3/18/2002 pain in my back
• 3/18/2002 migraines
• 3/18/2002 medication problems
• 3/17/2002 Dupytren's contracture
• 3/17/2002 Another Victim of Pain Unmanagement
• 3/16/2002 Pain Management "Medically Unnecessary" - Washington State Insurer
• 3/15/2002 migraines
• 3/14/2002 Katharine's Success Story
• 3/14/2002 herpies zoster
• 3/14/2002 Sucess Story
• 3/13/2002 back injury
• 3/13/2002 familial hemiplegic migraine headache
• 3/13/2002 Amputated nerve roots, muscle atropyetc. and severe sciatica
• 3/13/2002 L groin
• 3/13/2002 Another Mismanaged Migraine Patient
• 3/12/2002 Another abandoned patient; Chapter 999, the Scott & White Clinic.
• 3/11/2002 hronic intractable pain
• 3/11/2002 Back injury
• 3/10/2002 lower back
• 3/10/2002 Chronic cluster headaches
• 3/9/2002 Saved by the NFTP - Cluster Headaches
• 3/7/2002 fractured spine
• 3/6/2002 back injuries
• 3/5/2002 lower back injuries
• 3/5/2002 Abused at Walgreens
• 3/4/2002 lamnectomy
• 3/3/2002 lateral TMJ, Fibromyalgia, Fibrosystics disease, IBS, Endometerosis,

February

• 2/28/2002 RA
• 2/28/2002 Rheumatoid Arthritis Inadequately treated at Loma Linda
• 2/28/2002 Eldery Father's Pain
• 2/27/2002 Every Form of Misinformation from the Opiophobes
• 2/27/2002 Religion vs Science at the Cleveland Clinic
• 2/27/2002 chronic pain
• 2/27/2002 hemiplegic migraine headache
• 2/26/2002 Treatment of Chronic Pain
• 2/26/2002 fibromyalgia
• 2/25/2002 ibromyalgia, Asthma, Diabetes, Congestive Heart failure,
• 2/25/2002 endometriosis
• 2/24/2002 lower back
• 2/24/2002 vaginal hysterectomy
• 2/23/2002 My life was turned around
• 2/22/2002 Ovarian remnant syndrome
• 2/21/2002 cervical pain, periphal pain.
• 2/21/2002 Life being destroyed in Ohio
• 2/20/2002 Abysmal Ignorance in Kansas
• 2/20/2002 chronic intractable pain
• 2/20/2002 Chronic Pain
• 2/19/2002 migraines
• 2/17/2002 Migraine
• 2/15/2002 Endometriosis
• 2/15/2002 chronic pain
• 2/15/2002 5 Back surgeires and every kind of treatment
• 2/15/2002 5 Back surgeries and every kind of treatment
• 2/14/2002 Chronic pain at age 36
• 2/14/2002 chronic pain
• 2/12/2002 Pseudotumor Cerebri
• 2/12/2002 physical therapy w/o relief
• 2/10/2002 pancreatitis, hepatitis C, and chronic intractable pain
• 2/10/2002 degenerative disc disease in lower back
• 2/3/2002 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
• 2/3/2002 Scoliosis

January

• 1/31/2002 Arthritis,DDD in Lumbar section
• 1/31/2002 Black mail by doctor
• 1/31/2002 Abuse by Walgreens Pharmacist
• 1/30/2002 TMJ disorder
• 1/29/2002 fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, scoliosis and hypersomnia.
• 1/24/2002 degenerative disc disease
• 1/24/2002 shingles
• 1/22/2002 Chronic Headaches
• 1/21/2002 scared doctor
• 1/21/2002 I found a doctor that has save my life both figuratively and literally
• 1/21/2002 9 forms of arthritis
• 1/20/2002 migraines;chronic neck pain;arithtis
• 1/18/2002 I was born with a congenital defect
• 1/18/2002 Getting her life back
• 1/18/2002 How the NFTP helped
• 1/17/2002 spondylolysthesis
• 1/17/2002 extremely frustrated and depressed
• 1/16/2002 Thanks to Doc.
• 1/15/2002 My Dr. put out a drug alert for me
• 1/8/2002 fibromyalgia
• 1/8/2002 Dr. Hochman has given me renewed faith
• 1/7/2002 I need to see a surgeon soon

2001

December

• 12/31/2001 I don't know where to turn.
• 12/30/2001 Dr. Hochman...what a blessing
• 12/30/2001 Fibromyalgia...help!
• 12/22/2001 several attempts at suicide
• 12/20/2001 lower back pain....HELP
• 12/15/2001 cannot bend or lift anything
• 12/13/2001 I don't think my GP understands "intractable" pain
• 12/9/2001 Tired of pills, need help!
• 12/6/2001 too much pain...suicide=way out
• 12/5/2001 Dr. won't help...need answers
• 12/4/2001 hopeless doctors
• 12/4/2001 Dr. won't help injured workers
• 12/3/2001 shooting pains everyday
• 12/2/2001 care got increaseingly worse, and less compassionate.

November

• 11/28/2001 chronic pain for 22 of my 30 years
• 11/26/2001 possibly get on oxycontin
• 11/21/2001 begging you to recommend physicians
• 11/21/2001 begging you to recommend physicians
• 11/20/2001 need to find a good Dr
• 11/17/2001 thoracic outlet syndrome
• 11/16/2001 migraine
• 11/11/2001 cervical fusion
• 11/9/2001 RSD
• 11/9/2001 SLOPPY HERNIA SURGERY
• 11/7/2001 under educated Health Care Professionals
• 11/7/2001 my wife may have a breakdown.
• 11/7/2001 Degenerative Arthritis
• 11/5/2001 Pain, Family and Hope
• 11/2/2001 bi-lateral avascular necrosis, hips
• 11/1/2001 arthritus due to traumas
• 11/1/2001 migraines

October

• 10/30/2001 I have been harassed, maligned
• 10/30/2001 fm,cfs
• 10/30/2001 chronic back pain
• 10/29/2001 No positive results
• 10/27/2001 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• 10/25/2001 I found a reference to you
• 10/24/2001 chronic pain
• 10/21/2001 ibromyalgia/ myofacia pain syndrome
• 10/21/2001 Thalamic Pain Syndrome
• 10/20/2001 Gee, where do I begin
• 10/18/2001 extreme pain spasms
• 10/18/2001 Morphine Pump and the VA
• 10/13/2001 compound fracture for a decade
• 10/9/2001 RSD/CRPS: help and support
• 10/7/2001 frequent symptoms
• 10/3/2001 diabetic neuropethy
• 10/2/2001 pain has basically ROBBED ME OF MY life!

September

• 9/25/2001 chronic and progressive DD spinal stenosis,sciatica, and disk herniations
• 9/25/2001 Whether to have back surgery
• 9/25/2001 Spinal degeneration in Australia/ a US vet
• 9/23/2001 Veterans Administration
• 9/23/2001 various treatments with no results
• 9/22/2001 I hope somehow we can all help each other!!
• 9/19/2001 chronic, debilitating non-malignant pain
• 9/19/2001 disc herniation and degenerative disc disease.
• 9/19/2001 Iatrogenic chemical dependency
• 9/18/2001 scared doctors
• 9/16/2001 Drs fear Oral medication but not Opiate Pump
• 9/11/2001 Deformity, degenerative disc disease, narrowing of the spine,
• 9/8/2001 chronic back pain
• 9/6/2001 anesthesia
• 9/5/2001 incomplete paraplegia
• 9/5/2001 chronic headaches and migraines
• 9/5/2001 Peripheal Neuropathy
• 9/4/2001 migraine and cluster headache

August

• 8/31/2001 migraine
• 8/30/2001 chronic pain
• 8/27/2001 tumor and migraines
• 8/26/2001 I'm tired of being treated like a criminal when asking for a prescription
• 8/24/2001 shoulder surgery and tissue damage
• 8/23/2001 migraine headaches
• 8/18/2001 ER abuse of pain patients
• 8/18/2001 Methadone
• 8/7/2001 back problems from surgery...would like to hear from others
• 8/6/2001 chronic pain from auto accident

July

• 7/29/2001 diabetic with severe neuropathy
• 7/22/2001 unsucessful surgeries
• 7/20/2001 buergers disease
• 7/20/2001 Chronic Back Pain in England
• 7/18/2001 Chronic Back Pain
• 7/17/2001 assaulted me threatening to mace me and handcuff me
• 7/15/2001 I was "dumped"?
• 7/14/2001 arthritis
• 7/4/2001 intractable pain
• 7/4/2001 trauma accident, needs help badly
• 7/4/2001 migraines

June

• 6/30/2001 degenerative disk disease
• 6/29/2001 Increasing pain
• 6/29/2001 Results of NFTP help
• 6/24/2001 Another story from the infamus "Mayo Clinic":
• 6/23/2001 osteoarthritis
• 6/23/2001 unsuccessful surgeries
• 6/22/2001 migraines
• 6/22/2001 gallium scan
• 6/20/2001 kidney disease
• 6/19/2001 scoliosis surgery
• 6/15/2001 Vulval Vestibulitis
• 6/15/2001 chronic kidney stones
• 6/13/2001 epidural
• 6/9/2001 paralise of the left leg
• 6/8/2001 fibromyalgia
• 6/7/2001 Interstitial Cystitis
• 6/6/2001 chronic myofacial
• 6/5/2001 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• 6/5/2001 migraines
• 6/3/2001 chronic migraine
• 6/2/2001 liver disease
• 6/2/2001 strokes and a brain hemmorahage
• 6/2/2001 spinal stenosis, bulging dics, and arachnoid cysts.

May

• 5/31/2001 MS
• 5/30/2001 back pain
• 5/29/2001 chronic hepatitis c
• 5/29/2001 episodic pain
• 5/28/2001 migraines
• 5/27/2001 Interstitial Cystitis
• 5/26/2001 rectal spasms
• 5/24/2001 osteonecrosis
• 5/23/2001 migraine
• 5/22/2001 MIGRANE AND CLUSTER HEAD ACHES.
• 5/22/2001 adhesive arachnoiditis
• 5/18/2001 Chronic Pancreatitis
• 5/16/2001 suppressed immune system
• 5/15/2001 cervical cancer
• 5/14/2001 fibromyalgia
• 5/14/2001 Fibromyalgia
• 5/10/2001 Interstitial Cystitis
• 5/10/2001 Rheumatoid Arthritis
• 5/7/2001 chronic pain
• 5/7/2001 Getting a new life
• 5/6/2001 finding a doctor
• 5/6/2001 Fibromyalgia
• 5/5/2001 intractable pain
• 5/2/2001 depression.

April

• 4/28/2001 stenosis diffuse bulging cord rotation scar tisssue
• 4/26/2001 chronic pain
• 4/26/2001 degenerative disc disease
• 4/26/2001 chronic pain
• 4/25/2001 back pain
• 4/24/2001 pain
• 4/23/2001 brain hemorage
• 4/20/2001 chronic pain
• 4/17/2001 chronic pain
• 4/16/2001 inflamed rotator cuff
• 4/16/2001 Systemic Lupus (SLE), and Sjogrens.
• 4/16/2001 chronic pain
• 4/16/2001 back pain
• 4/16/2001 Relief from Pain
• 4/15/2001 Chronic pain
• 4/14/2001 migraines
• 4/13/2001 migraine
• 4/13/2001 migraine
• 4/13/2001 RSDS
• 4/13/2001 Pain began 21 years ago at age 19
• 4/13/2001 severe lower backpain
• 4/13/2001 fibromyalgia and migraines
• 4/10/2001 chronic pain
• 4/9/2001 status post multiple trauma from a mva
• 4/7/2001 chronic severe migranes
• 4/6/2001 degenerative disc disease,
• 4/5/2001 LOW BACK PAIN
• 4/5/2001 scared doctors
• 4/4/2001 Norco
• 4/2/2001 fighting off depression
• 4/1/2001 cervical ruptures,

March

• 3/31/2001 Interstitial Cystitis
• 3/30/2001 Crhon's for 12 years
• 3/28/2001 Oxycontin for several years
• 3/28/2001 arthuritis
• 3/27/2001 JOEL HOCHMAN THE BEST DOC
• 3/27/2001 panic disorder
• 3/27/2001 rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia
• 3/27/2001 Trigeminal Neuralgia
• 3/26/2001 intractable pain
• 3/26/2001 ovarian cysts
• 3/25/2001 scolyosis
• 3/24/2001 ruptured a disk
• 3/24/2001 ruptured disc in back
• 3/23/2001 obesity
• 3/23/2001 2 herniated discs, a ruptured disc
• 3/21/2001 migrain headaches
• 3/19/2001 fibromyalgia, polymyalgia rheumatica, osteoarthritis
• 3/19/2001 Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
• 3/17/2001 chronic pain
• 3/17/2001 postherpetic neuralgia
• 3/12/2001 severe headaches
• 3/11/2001 Sherman's disease
• 3/11/2001 Sherman's disease
• 3/11/2001 Pride and Dignity & Intractable Pain
• 3/9/2001 systemic lupus ethromatosis,arthritis
• 3/9/2001 systemic lupus ethromatosis
• 3/4/2001 Pelvic pain
• 3/4/2001 Pelvic pain
• 3/3/2001 (temporomandibular joint dysfunction
• 3/1/2001 thankful for this site
• 3/1/2001 Lung Surgery Pain
• 3/1/2001 Suicidal in Wisconsin

February

• 2/28/2001 FMS for 23 years.
• 2/26/2001 no doctor will prescribe me pain medication
• 2/26/2001 Fibromyalgia
• 2/26/2001 dermal hyperalgesia
• 2/26/2001 Having a Normal Life
• 2/26/2001 Untreated Pain destroying his life
• 2/25/2001 paraformis muscle sydrome
• 2/25/2001 Thank you NFTP, Dr.Hochman & Dr.Lewis
• 2/24/2001 laforte 3&2 fractures
• 2/23/2001 excruciating pelvic pain
• 2/22/2001 Sickle Cell disease
• 2/20/2001 trigeminal neuralgia
• 2/19/2001 my doc. doesn't want to give me refills
• 2/18/2001 arthritis and bursitis
• 2/16/2001 loss of quality of life
• 2/15/2001 thankful to find this site
• 2/14/2001 Cetfiication and Referal
• 2/13/2001 Sciatic nerve damage
• 2/11/2001 hurt leg
• 2/11/2001 post traumatic fibromyalgia
• 2/10/2001 lower back pain
• 2/10/2001 fibromyalgia
• 2/10/2001 Interstitial Cystitis
• 2/8/2001 Fibro
• 2/7/2001 Degenerative Disc Disease
• 2/6/2001 thank GOD for your organization
• 2/5/2001 Getting Help
• 2/4/2001 significant other
• 2/3/2001 can't find anyone to help.

January

• 1/30/2001 4th-generation migrainer.
• 1/29/2001 intractable pain
• 1/27/2001 Fibromyalgia
• 1/26/2001 fibromyalgia following a cervical laminectomy/fusion
• 1/26/2001 greatly appreciated. Thank you for such a wonderful
• 1/25/2001 fybromyalia, chronic fatigue syndrom, TMJ with mygrain headaches
• 1/22/2001 Osteo-Arthritis
• 1/21/2001 My love and hope and wishes to all those in pain.
• 1/21/2001 Kaiser Permanente
• 1/20/2001 small herniation at L4 or L5 with bulging discs
• 1/20/2001 RSD
• 1/19/2001 my sleep pattern is disturbed with all types of headaches
• 1/18/2001 My doctor has now informed me that he is cutting my meds
• 1/16/2001 cluster headaches
• 1/16/2001 Pain in pelvic area
• 1/14/2001 lower back pains
• 1/13/2001 Cervical discectomy and Fibromyalgia in OK
• 1/13/2001 Father has cervical cord injury
• 1/13/2001 Fibromyalgia
• 1/12/2001 current rupture
• 1/11/2001 searching for a compassionate, brave doctor who will treat my chronic pain
• 1/9/2001 lower back and leg pain
• 1/8/2001 Is surgery my best route
• 1/7/2001 a srew up of our scoliosis medical society
• 1/6/2001 spondylolithesis
• 1/5/2001 good doctor with the knowlege in cronic pain managment
• 1/4/2001 fibromylgia
• 1/2/2001 Lupus Fibro
• 1/2/2001 SPINAL STENOSIS
• 1/2/2001 Scleraderma without relief in Houston
• 1/1/2001 NFTP help with local doctor
• 1/1/2001 Multiple Pain Problems in the Navy

2000

December

• 12/31/2000 MIGRANES
• 12/30/2000 my Rheumatologist is afraid to prescibe
• 12/30/2000 Scleraderma and Fibromyalgia.
• 12/30/2000 Trapped Nerve
• 12/29/2000 my migrines are cluster,tenison and stress, and from spousal abuse
• 12/29/2000 Trapped nerve in England
• 12/29/2000 Ruptured cervical discs
• 12/28/2000 i am truly having some success with this of course
• 12/28/2000 Arthritis
• 12/28/2000 Arthritis
• 12/28/2000 Arthritis
• 12/25/2000 Money is a big problem with me
• 12/18/2000 The consequences of his back surgery
• 12/18/2000 Abandoned in LaRue, Texas
• 12/18/2000 retired Hospital Administrator referred me to you
• 12/17/2000 Giving up - Abandoned after disc surgery
• 12/17/2000 Life destroyed by Firbromyalgia(?)
• 12/17/2000 Abandoned in Kansas
• 12/17/2000 Pseudotumor cerebri Pain
• 12/17/2000 Firbromyalgia: abandoned in Texas
• 12/17/2000 Doctor: Proper documentation?
• 12/15/2000 How are you expected to live a normal life with this kind of pain?
• 12/12/2000 If you can help me in anyway, I would be most grateful
• 12/9/2000 osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis,
• 12/8/2000 progressive multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome
• 12/7/2000 Thanks for letting me tell my story
• 12/4/2000 Post-Surgical Pain
• 12/3/2000 NFTP's help
• 12/1/2000 Intractable Abdominal Pain/Crohn's
• 12/1/2000 RSD
• 12/1/2000 ER Abuse
• 12/1/2000 Migraines

November

• 11/28/2000 : Fibromyalgia and the Symptoms
• 11/28/2000 I felt like I just inherited a million dollars when I discovered your website a few weeks ago!
• 11/9/2000 Thank all of you for your support
• 11/5/2000 degenerative disc disease
• 11/2/2000 spinal cord injury
• 11/1/2000 Interstitial Cystitis

October

• 10/31/2000 I have recently opened my own alternative pain clinic and have found your site an excellent resource
• 10/31/2000 my doctor is afraid
• 10/29/2000 NFTP has been fabulous
• 10/28/2000 chronic pain
• 10/27/2000 RSD, MPS, FMS, back pain, migraines,
• 10/27/2000 myofascial syndrome,hypothryoidism
• 10/26/2000 chronic pain for many years
• 10/24/2000 severe muscle spasms
• 10/24/2000 disabled by severe muscle spasms
• 10/18/2000 found your website thru a search and pray
• 10/10/2000 sympathy from most of the medical community
• 10/7/2000 Disabled Epileptic and Diabetic
• 10/3/2000 Porphyria
• 10/3/2000 interested in your cause
• 10/3/2000 ASTROCYTOMAINSIDE THE THORACIC

September

• 9/29/2000 HELP
• 9/19/2000 student that suffers from chronic backpain
• 9/4/2000 I just found your wonderful organization

August

• 8/27/2000 chronic pain
• 8/24/2000 fibromyagia
• 8/13/2000 interested in receiving info
• 8/1/2000 intractable pain
• 8/1/2000 Cooperative Doctor

July

• 7/25/2000 degenerative osteoarthrits
• 7/25/2000 obtain an accurate diagnosis
• 7/23/2000 There must be changes made
• 7/18/2000 dibilitating pain
• 7/18/2000 Thank you for accepting my membership

June

• 6/1/2000 Failed Back Surgery

April

• 4/5/2000 Training Standards for Pain Specialization
• 4/5/2000 JAMA Article - Opioid Analgesic Use and Abuse

March

• 3/29/2000 Post Surgical Pain
• 3/27/2000 Fibromyalgia and Suicidal
• 3/25/2000 [ER Abuse - Unorthodox Proceedure]
• 3/25/2000 NFTP Clinic
• 3/25/2000 PAIN/Failed Back Surgeries
• 3/24/2000 Ineffective medications
• 3/23/2000 Chronic Pain
• 3/23/2000 Chronic Pain
• 3/23/2000 ruptured disk
• 3/22/2000 Disabling Arthritis
• 3/21/2000 Migraine

February

• 2/25/2000 NFTP Intervention - Krohn’s Disease
• 2/8/2000 Head and neck pain
• 2/8/2000 Cocaine Addiction
• 2/5/2000 I have to travel over 1,000miles for help
• 2/5/2000 Pain Certification
• 2/4/2000 Untreated pain
• 2/4/2000 NFTP Helped
• 2/4/2000 Head and neck pain - Oxycontin
• 2/3/2000 being treated bad by doctors.

January

• 1/29/2000 migraines no known cause
• 1/29/2000 migraines no known cause
• 1/24/2000 Your site featured in "The War on Pain" by Scott Fishman, M.D.
• 1/17/2000 Best Headache Book for Physicians on the Market
• 1/17/2000 membership fee waiver

1999

May

• 5/20/1999 pain treatment options

1998

August

• 8/1/1998 In patient Program
• 8/1/1998 Life saving help
• 8/1/1998 Denied help by doctors

July

• 7/1/1998 Wants to talk to other TMJ patients

June

• 6/1/1998 California Pain Patient's Bill of Rights
• 6/1/1998 Registered Nurse unable to work
• 6/1/1998 Doctors fear addiction

May

• 5/29/1998 IN PAIN
• 5/1/1998 Registered Nurse in pain
• 5/1/1998 Tom saved her life

April

• 4/1/1998 More Kaiser non-treatment
• 4/1/1998 Suicide is only a Matter of time

March

• 3/1/1998 Arthritis pain
• 3/1/1998 Pain Pump

February

• 2/1/1998 Pain in Yuba City
• 2/1/1998 Doctors at Kaiser
• 2/1/1998 Called a drug addict
• 2/1/1998 Crying for help

January

• 1/1/1998 Talking to Tom Greenley
• 1/1/1998 Not a burden on society
• 1/1/1998 Tom Greenley's help

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