She was 37 with chronic back pain. But when she walked in—I thought she was 67

Memo from: Jason Webb|Pain is Not Prison,

I’ll never forget the moment Lisa (real name changed for privacy) walked into the exam room. She was just 37 years old, but she moved like she was 67.

She winced in agony as she gingerly lowered herself into the chair. Almost immediately—she began sobbing—uncontrollably.

Lisa experienced a debilitating MVA over 10 years ago, and she suffered from intense chronic back pain ever since. She’d been through the usual gamut of treatment: pills, surgery, chiropractic, physical therapy…nothing worked.

For the past several years she was relying on dangerous doses of methadone to “take the edge off”. Not even mind-numbing doses of opioids were enough anymore.

Lisa was hunched over in the chair—tears streaming down her face.

In between gasping sobs—she lamented how she couldn’t even pick up her 3 year old daughter. She couldn’t hold her and cuddle her, like mothers do.

My heart sank for Lisa. I don’t have kids yet—but I can only imagine how devastating this must be for a parent.

This is why Lisa was here in the interdisciplinary pain clinic. As the pharmacist on the team—it was my job to look over her medications.

Truthfully, I knew drugs were NOT the answer. She’d already been down that road—and what did Lisa have to show for it? She was still in agony and couldn’t hold her little girl.

Sadly—there wasn’t much we could offer Lisa that she hadn’t already tried.

We failed her that day. The broken and restricted medical system failed her.

Honestly—I didn’t have much hope for her when she left the appointment.

I never thought I’d see Lisa again. I had almost completely forgot about her—until I ran into her 1 year later.

When I saw her this time, my jaw hit the floor…

She was a different person…I almost didn’t recognize her!

I don’t want to bore you with the details of how Lisa transformed her life unless you’re interested. If you’d like to find out what she did to take control of her pain, click the button below and enter your email to continue.

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