Meet Dan

Founder & Manager Of DWCP

  I was born into a loving Air Force family in 1948 in Shawano, Wisconsin and attending some 14 schools before graduating from high school. I went to three colleges before graduating with a Master's in Environmental Biology.  I finally settled on Denton, Texas as my "home" after all that movement. After graduating I got my first "real job" and I spent 20 years as a "safety" man working for an insurance company.

I went on medical retirement in 2000, finally giving in to the chronic pain caused by the recurring growth of a benign tumor in my upper back (T6). This tumor (an Hemangioma) has caused me to have 3 surgeries and has left me in chronic pain.

I have an implanted interthecal pump that pumps an analgesic and an anesthetic directly into my spinal canal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  It's been a lot of help in controling the pain, though I still have a lot of symptoms from the surgeries and the tumor.  I also take some medicines for neurgenic pain and for breakthrough pain. 

I also have had Hepatitis C from some bad blood given to me during the second surgery. (That was a thorecotemy and vetebrectomy at T6 in 1986.  I got 21 units of blood during that surgery.)  I started treatment for Hep C in January 2000.  I responded to the treatment and was declared "non-detectable" in August.  In 2005 I tested negative for the virus yet again, so I am now considered "cured", sort of. :-) 

Welcome to the Dealing With Chronic Pain Site.  D.W,C,P. was founded in 2002, when we left the "umbrella of the "Chronic Disease and Disorder" group of sites.  There we were "Living With Chronic Pain".  Prior to leaving CDnD I managed LWCP since 1992.  So, if you've been looking for us, you've found us. 

Let us know how we can help you.  That's what we're here for. 

Dans  owner!