Painopolis: Prevailing Against Chronic Pain, One Defiant Story At A Time
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 18:06:12
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Synopsis
Stories, insights, tools and tactics from people who confronted the worst hell imaginable, surmounted it, and are now ready to tell the rest of us how they did it.
Episodes
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Ticked Off, Part 2: A Wildlife Biologist Battles Lyme Disease
18/04/2023 Duration: 41minWhile bedridden with Lyme, Kelly Weintraub set the goal to hike the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. Could this wildlife biologist claw back her health?
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Ticked Off: A Wildlife Biologist Confronts Lyme Disease
21/03/2023 Duration: 36minThe most dangerous creature Kelly Weintraub ever came across was as small as a poppy seed. But its bite infected her with a ticking time bomb of chronic ailments.
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A Chimney Sweep’s Brush with Disaster—and Virtual Reality
21/02/2023 Duration: 01h11minAfter a horrific fall from a roof, Bob Jester needed opioids to get through the day. Then he found something better: the pain-fighting power of VR.
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Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Musician Cranks Up the Heat on Facial Pain
17/01/2023 Duration: 01h18minCan a do-it-yourself treatment involving capsaicin—a chemical in hot peppers—stop the agony of severe facial pain? Nashville singer-songwriter JP Ruggieri decided to find out.
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Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Scientist Cures Himself of Facial Pain
13/12/2022 Duration: 59minTormented by severe facial pain, neurobiologist Hugh Spencer invented a nonsurgical way to relieve his trigeminal neuralgia. He found the remedy—capsaicin—inside a canister of pepper spray.
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Gunshot Wounds, Part 2: Aftermath of a Shooting
15/11/2022 Duration: 53minAfter getting ambushed outside his home, gunshot survivor Jeff Droke confronts two major dilemmas: chronic pain and a faulty justice system.
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Gunshot Wounds: When Pain Takes Aim
11/10/2022 Duration: 46minAn ambush in suburbia. Eight shots. And a survivor who refused to be a victim.
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Painopolis Podcast New Season Coming Soon!
05/10/2022 Duration: 02minStay tuned for a new season of Painopolis! It’s a podcast for people with chronic pain. And also for everybody else.
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A Ballet Master’s Balancing Act to Fight Parkinson’s - Alexander Tressor uses exercise, diet and stress reduction to keep Parkinson’s at bay. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
20/08/2017 Duration: 01h11minRather than rely just on meds, Alexander Tressor created a health regimen that keeps his Parkinson’s pain at bay—and keeps him fitter than most men half his age.
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How Not to Get Gouged at the Pharmacy - Review: GoodRx reveals which drugstores sell the meds you need at the cheapest price. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
13/08/2017 Duration: 20minSick of overpaying for your prescription meds? GoodRx offers online comparison-shopping and discounts to get you the best pill deals in town.
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How To Become a Guinea Pig - Review: ClinicalTrials.gov can help you find experimental treatments for chronic pain. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
06/08/2017 Duration: 34minClinicalTrials.gov can help you find pain-fighting treatments so new that your doctor may not even know about them.
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A Coma Was Her Last Resort - Tormented by RSD/CRPS, she bet her life on a do-or-die trip to Mexico and a 5-day coma. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
30/07/2017 Duration: 01h44minHer medical career halted by chronic pain, Shannon Stocker gambled on a powerful anesthetic, a five-day coma, and a do-or-die medical-tourism journey to Mexico.
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Does Your Doctor Work for You or Big Pharma? - Review: Dollars for Docs reveals if your MD has taken payments and perks from Big Pharma. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
16/07/2017 Duration: 19minHas your doctor accepted payments and perks from drug and medical-device makers? Dollars for Docs can give you the answer.
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Uncle Sam Is His Dealer - This chronic-pain patient talked the feds into giving him free marijuana for decades. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
09/07/2017 Duration: 01h40minMeet the Florida stockbroker with chronic pain who talked the U.S. government into supplying him with free, legal medical marijuana for the last 34 years.
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Can a Plant-Based Diet Thwart Chronic Pain? - By eating low on the food chain, she hoped to tame her ulcerative colitis. But did it work? - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
02/07/2017 Duration: 01h36minBy switching from the pharmacy to the produce section, 32-year-old Gabrielle Fennimore hoped to tame her worsening ulcerative colitis. But did it work?
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This Health Coach Won’t Take No For an Answer - Review: Struggling to reach your diet and exercise goals? MyFitnessPal can help. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
25/06/2017 Duration: 20minFallen short of your diet and exercise goals and feel lousy because of it? Meet MyFitnessPal, an online personal trainer that’ll keep you on track.
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Pain Demands a Rewrite - At an innovative pelvic-pain clinic, a journalist learns how to ratchet down his pain. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
18/06/2017 Duration: 01h18minOur intrepid journalist travels to an innovative pelvic-pain clinic. It’s a big gamble, because if the clinic’s approach fails to work, he’s got no plan B.
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Our Anus Horribilis - Slammed by horrific pelvic pain, journalist David Sharp scrambles for answers and relief. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
12/06/2017 Duration: 51minPainopolis editor David Sharp outs himself as a chronic-pain sufferer and recalls the unforgettable day his ass spontaneously imploded.
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It’s Like Google on Steroids - Review: Still using the big kahuna of search engines to answer crucial medical questions? That’s because you haven’t tried PubMed.gov. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
05/06/2017 Duration: 21minStill using the big kahuna of search engines to answer crucial medical questions? That’s because you haven’t tried PubMed.gov.
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JFK: A Profile in Pain - The biggest secret of John F. Kennedy’s presidency wasn’t his sex life. It was his crippling chronic pain and his covert ways of treating it. - PAINOPOLIS: Prevailing over chronic pain, one defiant story at a time
29/05/2017 Duration: 01h14minThe biggest secret of John F. Kennedy’s presidency wasn’t his sex life. It was his crippling chronic pain and his covert ways of treating it.