Chronic Pain Support Group - 11/14 Come make new friends!

The Los Angeles / Hollywood Chronic Pain Support Group was established to get together once a month to talk intimately about life, love, and living with Chronic Pain. For us, it is important to have a safe monthly gathering place for anyone suffering from chronic pain. We share our triumphs, hurdles and pain.

We encourage attendees to share about how they soothe themselves during flare-ups, how they manage work and play, and how they juggle the body and mind in the hopes that we each can find new ways of getting out of pain for longer periods of time. Our main purpose of meeting is simply to have a place to discuss the REAL issues we each face.

Each meeting will be held in an intimate setting so that we can each share openly and honestly about how Chronic Pain is affecting our lives and loves. Chronic Pain affects all aspects of our lives so we will touch on our jobs, passions, hobbies, relationships and even sexual relations. Statistics have proven that patients in support groups do much better in their overall health. Many of us truly need a safe place to talk about all of these topics. We all hope to learn better ways of living life on life's terms.

Started by Chronic Pain Blogger Sasha who runs "Type A with RA" (http://www.typeawithra.wordpress.com), The Los Angeles - Hollywood Chronic Pain Support Group is in its first year. Sasha lives with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Chronic Pancreatitis, Diabetes Type 2, and Hypothyroidism. Sasha started this group after researching and noticing a large lack of chronic pain support groups in the Los Angeles area that meet on a regular basis.

Come make new friends!

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The meetings are currently being held in an artist loft's building in Hollywood. In this intimate setting, we share our experience, strength, and hope with one another. To ensure the group's success our meeting format is structured similar to highly successful self-help groups. First, we'll hear briefly from a speaker who shares their personal story for 15 minutes, then it's opened up for anyone to share. Finally, we'll all enjoy snacks while getting to know one another better. Participation will be as much or as little as you are capable of doing.

Special Notes: Due to the sensitive nature of our intimate conversation, we ask that all attendees reserve others right to anonymity.

Please note: Although this group is for those suffering from pain, we WELCOME caregivers/caretakers if they are not attending with their "patient". We do hope that a caregiver/caretaker group will blossom out of this meeting by being held at the same time next door.