by Red Butte Pain Solutions | Nov 26, 2024 | Cancer pain
Surgery is often a critical part of cancer treatment, but it can bring significant pain along with the healing. While removing tumors or affected areas is crucial, it often leaves patients with pain as a common side effect. As part of Red Butte Pain Solutions’...
by Red Butte Pain Solutions | Nov 22, 2024 | Cancer pain, Chemotherapy neuropathy
Cancer treatment can be life-saving, yet it often brings difficult side effects, including pain. Understanding the different types of pain that can arise from these treatments empowers patients, helps them communicate their needs, and guides them toward relief. In...
by Red Butte Pain Solutions | Oct 18, 2024 | Cancer pain
At Red Butte Pain Solutions, we collaborate with palliative care specialists to provide patients with the best possible cancer pain management. Managing cancer pain requires more than medication alone. It takes a team-based approach that includes physicians, nurses,...
by Red Butte Pain Solutions | Oct 11, 2024 | Back Pain, Cancer pain, compression fracture, kyphoplasty, Multiple Myeloma, vertebroplasty
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that affects plasma cells in bone marrow. These cancerous cells accumulate in the bone marrow, producing abnormal proteins and weakening the bones. A common complication of multiple myeloma is compression fractures,...
by Red Butte Pain Solutions | Sep 30, 2024 | Cancer pain, Joint injections, Joint Pain
When my patient was first referred to me by her oncologist, she was at a breaking point. Diagnosed with lung cancer, she had started immunotherapy in hopes of a better outcome. However, while the treatment was successfully attacking her cancer, it brought an...
by Red Butte Pain Solutions | Aug 28, 2024 | Cancer pain, Facial Pain, Radiofrequency ablation for Face Pain, Trigeminal neuralgia
Facial pain can be one of the most distressing and intense types of pain a person can experience. In 2020, I faced this firsthand when a tooth infection spread into my face, causing unbearable pain. The infection led to emergency surgery, and even with just a 50%...
