It’s strange isn’t it?
You know that feeling when you find yourself unwittingly in the right place at the right time but for the wrong reason?
Well, this morning just happened to be one of them!
When Paul and I rendezvoused with our film crew at the New Victoria Hospital in Glasgow we were met by the BBC outdoor news broadcast unit.
They were there to record the launch of Scotland’s flu vaccination programme by Government Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon and the country’s chief medical officer, Dr Harry Burns.
We left the fray and headed for the offices of lead pain management psychologist Dr David Craig to film some establishing shots with he and his colleague, consultant anaesthetist Dr Pete Mackenzie on day three of our Chronic Pain management film.
Throughout a busy schedule – with David delivering ptc’s (pieces to camera) in Glasgow Central Station and Merchant Square, and later a raw and emotional interview with a long term chronic pain sufferer this afternoon – I had occasion to reflect on the events of the morning.
It seemed to me that we were working on a quite different, yet just as potentially damaging condition, as swine flu.
With a cost to the UK economy of £18 billion a year, new studies have indicated that up to 70% of Scottish people with 3 long term conditions have chronic pain, which can lead to a reduced life expectancy.
Some stories grab the headlines, and have immediate, yet not necessarily lasting impact.
Only time will reveal the real cost of swine flu!
Yet, chronic pain is everywhere and is a massive issue.
It is also, an insidious and destructive affliction, which is not going away.
A story, surely worthy of consideration by all of us, and the BBC?
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