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Podcast: The Pain Game Podcast with Lyndsay Soprano
Episode: Outside of the Prescription Pad
Description: What do you do when your pain becomes so intense, so overwhelming, that the only place left to turn is the emergency room—and even that doesn't feel safe?In this raw and revealing episode, Lyndsay Soprano opens up about her own lived experience with chronic pain, including CRPS and Lyme disease, and the harsh reality of seeking help in an emergency medical system that often doesn’t know what to do with people like her. The ER isn’t always a place of comfort—it can be cold, dismissive, and downright dangerous when you’re already at your break...