I went to the Pain Seminar last night in Melbourne hosted by Australian Pain Management Association.   Was lucky enough to sit next to someone my age who was engaging and we shared stories and to be blown away by the content of the seminar and guest speakers.    The realisation that whilst we are all different people through careers and life’s pathway, we have very similar feeling, concerns, heartaches and rocky pathways with pain but we can learn so much from each other.   Realising that a Wallaby’s footballer and a USA Special Forces Officer who were there last night saying things about the way they feel with chronic pain that I/we feel was extraordinary - even made me reach for the tissues.   

That aside Dr Nick Christelis told me there that this isn’t hasnt gone away and we should continue to share this far and wide.    Many thanks for all your sharing and support of this petition.