patient perspective

“My Dad died” – The story of the pharmacy encounter when no-one listened

10th March 2020 by PIP editor 2 Comments

‘My dad died’, the girl said to the assistant behind the pharmacy counter. Why are they choosing these particular words?

The long hard road through prescription opioid withdrawal

6th March 2020 by PIP editor 1 Comment

I have lived with persistent pain almost all of my life starting with ‘growing pains’ as a child, which sadly, did not leave me as I got older.

I think my prescription opioids could have killed me

29th February 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

I have lived with persistent pain almost all of my life starting with ‘growing pains’ as a child, which sadly, did not leave me as I got older.

Why is it still illegal for me to have an abortion in Northern Ireland?

3rd May 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

I am in my 40’s, live in Belfast and am married with one child. At the end of 2014 I was ecstatic to find out I was pregnant. We had been trying for a while for a brother or sister for my daughter and I had already been through a devastating and painful […]