Sometimes the first and most important step in dealing with chronic pain is to drop the assumption that because someone has labeled you with a diagnosis, you must be severely ill or disabled and must be “fixed” immediately by whatever means possible (which usually means powerful medicines or surgery)
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Book Signing at the Fig Garden
July 22, 2011![](https://peterabaci.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/BAPWC-005.jpg)