Rustand, MS Diane L.

The author, Ms Diane Rustand, is 62 years young. She has experienced chronic pain of one type or another since the age of 25. Early in her nursing career, she was introduced to "back pain." She thought her pain was severe until she had surgery to fix the problem. If she had done what the surgeon told her to do, her back pain might have been cured. However, instead of resting the entire two months, she went back to work against her surgeon's wishes. After working for a few weeks, the pain was worse than before the surgery. The second chronic condition Ms. Rustand encountered came from a birth d...