title: From acute pain to chronic pain: a personal journal.
abstract: In 1985 I had back surgery, and I began to keep a journal. I thought it would help me track my progress. I wrote in it often, sometimes two or three times a day. It became a lifeline for me. Four years and ten volumes later it tells my story, the story of my struggle with pain.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Hurst
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012648:Self Care; D014956:Writing