I've been going through a sample of posts that we have shared since 2017, to find #treatments that our community have not spoken of much in the recent years. #lidocaine is one of the best treatments that has been somehow lost along the way. Our co founder, Louise Carbonneu, had a great run of about 3 or 4 years before the government removed it from our Ontariohealth insurance plan (OHIP). I hope to have her post her Lidocaine protocol here for anyone that requests it. Lori.

https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2025/12/4/study-shows-anger-makes-chronic-pain-worse The author of this opinion piece has made a good caveat to be considered by physicians who might add "anger" to their assessments. Much like they did with childhood trauma, these assessments are often not to help more quickly identify those who may struggle with pain management and provide targeted assistance, but as a way of evidence for a diagnosis of a mental diagnosis, like funct