Cynthia Toussaint travels to London this week to represent the USA in a global CRPS focus group. These meetings aim to give pain management industry a thorough understanding of the CRPS patient experience with a keen eye on similarities and differences around the world.  For Grace is proud to be a part of this effort, one that will ultimately improve the lives of all who suffer with this potentially devastating disease.

November is Caregiver Awareness  Month in the US! To honor this, For Grace Director John Garrett is sharing his considerable carer insight and perspectives throughout the month on the Pain Matters Facebook page. John is the primary caregiver to his partner, Cynthia, who has been challenged by pain and fatigue conditions for 35 years. As such,  he has a deep appreciation for what it takes to care for someone in pain along with much wisdom about how to love and sustain through the toughest of times.

Our November story features Dr. Shannon Stocker who has seen the Women In Pain experience from both sides of healthcare. As a medical student, Shannon witnessed doctors deriding women with ongoing pain complaints as "train wrecks." Then as a CRPS sufferer who went years without a diagnosis, she was told by a neurologist her pain was "psychogenic." With the help of a devoted husband, Shannon fights on telling other women in pain to "never give up."