Synopsis
Penney Cowan was told that she would have to learn to live with daily pain. The medical community had done all it could for her and said she would have to accept a life of pain and unfulfilled promises. But, she wondered, how does one live with never-ending pain? For six years no one had the answer until she found help at the Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Unit.
This is the true story of the personal challenge of Penney Cowan, the founder of the American Chronic Pain Association. For six years she was forced to relinquish her independence and free will to pain that slowly and completely took over her life. In the pages of this compelling story, Penney tells how she managed to make the long journey from a completely helpless and hopeless patient to that of an independent person. There are no miracles, no magic is involved in her transformation, but rather it focuses on her personal courage and endurance. It is a candid look at herself, her pain, and her life. It details both the physical and emotional difficulties she had to face head on in order to become a person in the truest sense of the word.
If you are one of the estimated 86 million Americans who has chronic pain, or know someone who suffers from unending pain, then you can't afford not to read this story. It will be easy for those with chronic pain to relate to the countless challenges Penney had to face while on the pain unit. It will give hope and insight for those who believed that their lives would never be enjoyable again. It is possible to regain control of your life, even with chronic pain. Everyone needs to understand the complex nature of chronic pain, to know how to begin to move from being a helpless and hopeless patient to becoming a person who can indeed look forward to tomorrow.
Since its beginning in 1980, the American Chronic Pain Association has not only helped Penney, but it has been able to reach out to people everywhere. There are now more than 600 ACPA chapters in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Russia.
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