Personal Stories - Pain Patient Advocacy Australia

Chronic pain can happen to anyone.

There are huge ranges of causes for chronic pain – disease, injury, and psychosocial factors. Each person is unique. Here peope tell thir personal stories, to educate on the causes of chrnic pain, and what it is truly like to live with pain, especally severe, disabling pain.

Kevin R James

After 13 years of high impact chronic pain and forced retirement from the career he loved, Kev now advocates for individualised treatments for all chronic pain patients.

Gina Scuffins

Gina suffered a serious spinal cord injury in 2004 which resulted in severe pain and neurological deficit. Despite this she raised five kids alone as a single mother and was named Victoria’s Mother of the Year in 2010.