Yes, I do.
First and foremost, I firmly believe that if the federal government officially recognized chronic pain as a disease, and also stated that it is a health priority in Canada, Canadians would listen and take the situation seriously. I believe that if there were funding to develop a chronic pain self-management program so it could be delivered across Canada, a community-based six-week program run by two facilitators, one usually being a health care provider and the other a peer, that is, a person living with pain.... These are individuals trained in giving this program. The way that lives are changed for Canadians just by attending that program gets them started. Nothing about pain management is the fix, but this helps them to get involved in their pain care to be able to see solutions, to identify and problem solve and to gain back some control.
If this could be implemented across Canada, it would be perfect.