10 reasons you should read Help My Hurt
September 1, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Someone asked me an interesting question the other day. When she found out that beside my regular freelancing, I write for a few blogs. She didn’t ask me why I wrote the blogs – a question many people ask – but why she should read my blogs? So, after thinking about it, here are the 10 reasons I think that people should read Help My Hurt. Please add your ideas if you have any.
1- If you don’t live with chronic pain, a blog like Help My Hurt may help you understand what it is like to live with pain and …read more
5 illnesses you may not have thought cause chronic pain
January 7, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Did you know that diabetes can lead to chronic pain? Have you ever heard of vulvodynia?
Many people don’t realize that chronic pain can have many causes. Most of us know someone who is in pain because of a back injury, an old sports injury, or a car accident – but there are many illnesses and disorders that cause chronic pain too. I’ll be building up a resource of them for you, and here are the first 5 on the list. Hopefully, this will help bring some issues up for discussion.
Diabetes
Are you surprised to see diabetes on the list? Many people …read more




