As well as doing fun posts on peach pie and cherry turnovers or ice cream cones, I also discuss a lot of less-comfortable topics like human trafficking, abuse, mental illness, and so on. This is one of the less pleasant topics — chronic pain.
The US observes National Pain Awareness Month in September, initially organized by The American Chronic Pain Association. Canada observes National Pain Awareness Week in November and The Canadian Pain Task Force has a lot of good resources on their website. Since my book on chronic pain is about a child/teen, I would especially like to spotlight these resources for parents/teachers and kids:
Take some time out this month to support the people in your life who experience chronic pain. There are a lot more than you would think, it is a very prevalent problem.
One story that I found really fascinating before writing Pain, Medical Kidnap Files #5, was the story of Annabel Beam, as told in the movie Miracles from Heaven. And it wasn’t just the story of the miraculous healing Annabel received after a terrible accident that interested me, but the chronic pain condition that she lived with before that and the amazing doctor that worked with her. You can learn more about Dr. Nurkel here.
What to read if you are dealing with chronic pain? While there are a lot of books that show up in searches on chronic pain, most of them do not have very many reviews, so it is hard to say which one is better than another. The exception to this observation is this one, with over 3500 reviews and an average of 4.6 stars:
Pain Free
Pain Free shows readers how they can readily self-diagnose, treat and eliminate agonizing conditions such as stiff necks, sore shoulders and elbows, aching backs, hips and knees, shin splints, twisted ankles, and a variety of foot problems. Even many symptoms of arthritis can be eased, along with TMJ, severe migraine headaches, asthma attacks, and repetitive stress injuries.
In this natural, head to foot guide to musculoskeletal pain, Pete Egoscue demonstrates that the body is designed to maintain and renew itself through adequate and correct motion, and then leads the reader through brief sequences of motioncises matched to each pain symptom, combatting the root cause of the pain: motion starvation.
Each chapter covers a portion of the body vulnerable to chronic pain, leading the reader through the movements that ultimately solve the pain problem, without resorting to drugs, traumatic surgery or expensive physical therapy.
Here are a couple of lists of books on chronic pain that looked like they might be useful:
And that brings me down to my offering, a fiction book involving a teen battling chronic pain and some other tough challenges.
Pain, Medical Kidnap Files #5
When your child is in pain, everything else takes a backseat.
Fae Glover has put everything else on hold while she tries to help her daughter to get a diagnosis and effective treatment. Unfortunately, DFS has other ideas and in short order has apprehended Hannah. And they have no intention of ever giving her back.
Gabriel and Renata are in a race against the clock to keep the family together and reunite Hannah with her mother before the court severs all of Fae’s rights permanently.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start. Love the well-fleshed-out characters and found them believable. Great suspense and action with wonderful world building that adds so much to the story. Such a thrilling read that I couldn’t put it down.”
Looking for something new in young adult literature? A fast-paced adventure with diverse characters that will keep you turning the pages.
Join Gabriel and Renata on their mission today!
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