For Grace is proud to be a signee on a letter that encourages Congress to maintain pain research levels despite the current climate of cut-backs. The letter, lead by the US Association for the Study of Pain (USASP), asks Congress to protect the overall pain research budget at the National Institutes Of Health (NIH) and to ensure that the Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative includes a specific appropriation for FY2026 comparable with that of FY2025 - and will be shared with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for review.
When you take a drug or use a devise for your pain management, do you ever wonder how it got to you? What research went into it or who was behind it? Well, you should because that could make all the difference as to whether that therapy works or not. Check out Women In Pain Nation leader Cynthia Toussaint's latest "Hot Take" interview as she sits with Pain Patient Advocate extraordinaire Tom Norris about his work to get more patient's engaged in medical research trials and advisory boards. Sure sounds like a win-win for better days ahead!
Take a look at For Grace's June Story of the Month as we continue to explore the connection between chronic pain and social isolation, with a focus on the caregiver POV. John Garrett has been a caregiver to a woman in pain for 43 years and he's experienced every conceivable part of that journey. Included in that millieu is profound isolation which, in this sharing, he breaks down into three categories. Despite the loneliness that comes with caregiving, Garrett says he wouldn't do it any other way, as caring for someone you love can be "an incredible high."
Women in pain can't get enough good information about their pain conditions and treatments, and For Grace was happy to be part of a wonderful effort to do just that. Healing Works Foundation, headed up by director Dr. Wayne Jonas, has just released an updated 2025 version of their "Women and Pain: Taking Control and Finding Relief" pocket guide which is chock-full of holistic, whole person pain management approaches and therapies. For Grace consulted in collaboration with other leading voices on the women in pain front - and we certainly encourage you to download a copy of this invaluable, informational guide here.
