A support resource for adults with chronic physical pain problems. Emphasis is placed on helping to cope and "have a life."

We are an inclusive group and offer our support to vision impaired members, who also have chronic pain. So, as a sighted person, please be prepared to follow some basic posting rules. Please read the posting guidlines in our file section, before you send in your first post.

This is a private peer-to peer group list open to anyone with chronic pain and closed to *all* others. No political, religious, or commercial posts of any kind are allowed. Anyone who joins our group for the purpose of selling or promoting a product will be banned.

Conditions that create chronic pain can include, but are not limited to: Arthritis, CFS - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Cancer, RSD - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, FMS - Fibromyalgia syndrome, back and other skeletal problems.

The 'Chronic Pain' list is a fully Moderated list. The current moderators are a group of people whom each has a variety of chronic pain illnesses and other disabilities. We work very hard to keep our list in its stated format. Should you want to promote another pain group please contact the moderators first and ask permission.

Of Note: Mr. Kenneth Turbin, our list owner passed away in January 2002. Ken was a member of the American Chronic Pain Association, as well as being a health care professional. Ken lived with chronic pain all of his life and worked very hard to establish this self-sustaining forum which now offers support to a large number of people.

It is important to understand that this is not a place for professional help, but for human understanding.