Happy to share an update about For Grace's 10th Annual Women In Pain Conference! Our planning committee has decided to stage the event on February 19, 2021 and will be going with an exclusively on-line platform. The conference focus is the Pain-Cancer Connection where our presenters will bring to light how pain and inflammation can lead to cancer and how cancer treatment often causes persistent pain. Solutions offered will include self-empowerment, the benefits of integrative care and how to positively move on. The day will be rounded out with music, comedy, fun breaks, inspirational talks... and hope for better days ahead. Mark your calendars!
Check out For Grace's July's Story of the Month as we continue our focus on the pain-cancer connection. Rich Tamayo's early life was one of being a "Hollywood rich kid" without a care in the world and endless partying. That ended when he felt intense pain, first diagnosed as hemorrhoids, then advanced skin cancer. Rich describes a grueling cancer journey that went on for months, leaving him physically broken and "wishing God to take me now." 29 years later, he runs a successful video/webcasting business, though he is plagued by cancer treatment pain. Still, Rich give thanks for the "hemorrhoids" that put him on a better life path.
For Grace Founder Cynthia Toussaint is a new contributing columnist for the Pain News Network! With her inaugural post on PNN, she continues a series about her battle with breast cancer as a 38-year high-impact woman in pain. Toussaint this month explores the struggle to decide on a possibly life-preserving surgery that may well reignite her CRPS.
For Grace is proud to announce it has joined the World Patients Alliance (WPA), a newly formed nonprofit umbrella organization of patients and patients’ organizations around the globe. The WPA provides the platform to empower and raise the patients’ voice for the provision and access to safe, quality and affordable healthcare. With this initiative, For Grace hopes to bring awareness and champion solutions to the gender disparity women in pain face with healthcare worldwide.
