When It Just Keeps Hurting: Why chronic pain is different and what to do about it
Join host Jan M. Flynn in conversation with journalist Randall H. Duckett, author of Chronic Pain Chronicles: insightful and inspiring stories of resolve, resilience, and relief, a book that offers realistic hope and help to the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who endure long-lasting hurt — and who, far too often, also endure delays, obstacles, and stigma in getting their very real pain addressed.
Randall H. Duckett bio: Randall H. Duckett is a journalist who has created, written for, and edited scores of magazines and who has authored articles for, among others, National Geographic Traveler, USA Today, and AARP: The Magazine. In addition to Chronic Pain Chronicles, he is the author of Seven Cs: The Elements of Effective Writing; 41 How-To Tips for Creators.
Diagnosed at age 6 with a severe form of an inherited disease that causes his bones and joints to deform, leading to osteoarthritis throughout his body, Randall is also intimately familiar with chronic pain. He has undergone eight joint replacements, including both hips twice, both shoulders, and both knees, and has had both his ankles fused. He is never one to minimize the toll that long-lasting pain can take on the body and the psyche; yet he lives a productive and engaged life with his wife and family in the Philadelphia area.
Show notes:
Purchase Chronic Pain Chronicles on Amazon in any of these formats:
Paperback Edition
Hardback Edition
Kindle Edition
Resources (excerpted from "Sources of Solace" notes in Chronic Pain Chronicles):
U.S. Pain Foundation: uspainfoundation.org or painconnection.org
Chronic Pain Anonymous (CPA): chronicpainanonymous.org
American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA): acpanow.com
See other resources listed in "Sources of Solace" in Chronic Pain Chronicles
Watch for host Jan M. Flynn's first-in-a-series fantasy novel for readers 8 and up, Griffin Speaker, releasing May 5, 2026 from Disney-Hyperion Books and available for preorder now.
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