News Items tag as: Chronic pain

'I'M SCARED': Okanagan woman fears loss of life-changing chronic pain treatment
May 04, 2019 - 12:00 PM

VERNON - Anne Harvey spent years finding a pain management regime that allows her to have five “good” weeks every three months — but even that small reprieve is now in jeopardy with proposed changes to how chronic pain services are delivered in B.C.
Patients 'may take matters into their own hands' if pain management rules change: Kelowna MLA
June 12, 2018 - 8:00 PM

B.C. patients could be left crowding hospital emergency rooms or putting themselves in harm’s way to get their chronic pain managed if proposed changes go ahead, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick says.
B.C. doctors, patients fear uncertain future if pain management treatments are stripped
June 06, 2018 - 6:30 PM

VERNON - The needle only dips into her spine for a few seconds, but the relief Vernon resident Koren LeFranc gets from the short procedure can last for weeks, allowing her to go to work, stroll around her garden, and shop for groceries. Without it, LeFranc admits she would probably wouldn’t be able to walk around due to her degenerative disc disease.
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'I'M SCARED': Okanagan woman fears loss of life-changing chronic pain treatment