Chronic Pain is a Terminal Diagnoses
Nobody realizes how close we are to death, despite not being terminal. What they don't understand is chronic pain is terminal. It will eventually kill. It will deteriorate your mental health until you are a shell of who you used to be, and take the joy away from your life.
We need help from our health care providers, teachers, and government. We can all be working class citizens if we are given the treatment and support that we need, but nothing is funded and nothing is working.
I have chronic migraine. 28 days a month, at my worst. Un-medicated, 15 days at best. With $800/month medication, 3 days at best and 5 days at worst.
What happens when I lose insurance coverage because I'm too old to be covered under my parents plan? I could get a job with insurance coverage, but I won't be able to hold a job with more than half a month of "sick" days. It's an endless loop.
We need help and we need to finally be heard.
Thank you for your interest in this consultation with the Canadian Pain Task Force towards an improved approach to better understand, prevent, and manage pain in Canada.
The online consultation is now closed, and written submissions are no longer being accepted.
Feedback provided from the consultation will inform a report identifying best and leading practices, potential areas for improvement, and elements of an improved approach to pain management in fall 2020.
For more information on the Task Force, please visit the following link: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/canadian-pain-task-force.html
Keep in touch with us via email at CPTF cptfsecretariatsecretariatgtcsld@canada.ca
Sincerely,
Canadian Pain Task Force
