Pain Management (Blood Cancer)

From: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; October 2005; 14 pages.

 Website PDF available at: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/attachments/National/br_1130788384.pdf.

Also online in HTML at: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_toc.adp?item_id=104411&cat_id=1214.

In this patient booklet, the types of pain related to blood cancers (leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma) are described and the patient is reassured that the pain can usually be managed by oral medications. The descriptions of the differences between acute, chronic, and breakthrough pain are easy to understand. This handout makes suggestions on how to prepare for good communication with healthcare staff and supplies a list of words to use to effectively describe pain. A list of questions is provided that can be useful for patients when asking their physician about medication use to treat their pain. The tools for patient use that are provided include the 1) numerical pain rating scale, 2) the FACES pain scale, and 3) a pain diary sheet that can be copied and used repeatedly. Access checked June 29, 2007.

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