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Carers given valuable ME time
Brigg family history group for dedicated carers gets crucial cash boost
CARRY ON RESEARCHING: John Dawson, right, is joined by Family History Group members Les Barrett and Ray Pritchell. Picture: David Haber
THE future of a unique support group which provides a vital lifeline for carers has been saved thanks to a generous donation.
Does sticky tape cause you a Problem?
Does sticky tape cause you a Problem?
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What should have taken me 5 mins to wrap a Birthday pressy took me an hour.
Wrapping paper cut and folded round present, then pulled the sticky tape from the roll, and yes the edge had been folded over.
What happened…..
It started off ok, then slowly went thinner and thinner, leaving me with a long stringy piece. I gathered it up but a bit got caught on the wrapping paper and even though I carefully tried to remove it it took all the surface off the paper.
Luckily I had enough paper to re wrap.
Pain and MS
Promising psychosocial treatments for pain in MS
For some people with MS, medicines can provide complete relief from pain,but many pain sufferers do not achieve adequate pain relief by pharmacological means. Fortunately, a number of non-pharmacological approaches can be used that have been proven to be effective in other groups of people with chronic pain.
The biopsychosocial model of pain
The experience of pain is very complex, involving not only the body but also the mind. Current thinking is that chronic pain is best understood from a biopsychosocial perspective, which recognises the importance of the underlying biological basis of pain (for example, nerve damage due to MS), but also acknowledges that psychosocial factors may have a significant impact on the experience of pain and its effects on life.
