I had two major cycling accidents in the 1980s which caused a spinal fracture and severe whiplash.I quickly got over the accidents and was fine until the early 1990s when I started to have migraines. This gradually progressed to daily migraines by 1996.
I injured my neck in 1993 while attending a Scout Jamboree in Canada as a carer for a child with cerebral palsy.My pain symptoms didn't really show up until 1997 when I started getting lots of neck and arm pain. 
My problems started in the early 1980s with the introduction of computers in most public service departments.In 1986,
It was during a long jump attempt at my school's athletics try-outs when I was nine that I first hurt myself.As usual, I ran and jumped but as I hit the sand I felt pain in what I thought was my ankle.
I'd survived the traumas of a major motor car accident, the ignominity of a prostatectomy, and the despair and exasperation of three separate cancers and their harsh therapies, but nothing had prepared me for the greatest challenge of my life, dealing with chronic pain
As a chronic migraine sufferer I've lived with pain since I was a small child. With the help of sub-occipital electrodes and an implanted pulse generator (IPG implant) I can now manage my daily pain and rely less on heavy medications.
I first incurred a serious back injury at work in 1985. It was not able to be evidence-based for five years (at the time of surgery).
My injury happened over two days – August 30-31, 2001 – when I was asked to reorganise the office's new filing system.
I was nine years old when I damaged the ligaments in my left leg in a hurdling accident.After a year of treatment my leg hadn't healed – in fact the pain had worsened and I was diagnosed with chronic regional pain syndrome. 
"Fortunately", the pain from my neck injury was so severe that it was taken seriously from the start.
It happened on 28 August 2008 at 8.28am. Everything after that is a bit of a blur, but the moment the accident happened will be stuck in my memory forever.
My first taste of pain and injury was when I was only three years old.We had a car accident and I had my lower lumbar joints damaged as well as whiplash injuries to my neck. No one knew this at the time, though, and by the time I was nine I was having X-rays on my back to find out why I was in so much pain.
I was an advisory teacher when I suffered a spinal injury in 2007 that landed me in a Brisbane hospital emergency department.Thanks to a neurosurgeon, I regained the use of my left leg and the crushing pain eased. 
6 when I was 17. Unrelated to any incident, I began to experience extreme back pain. I later discovered it was a degenerative disease with no cure, but at the time I thought it could just be 'fixed'.
September 23, 2006 was a beautiful, still, sunny autumn day.I was in the UK to visit my elderly mother and other family members and had taken the train to London to visit a friend.
In 1962 at the age of 21, Renée was involved in a serious car accident that kept her in an English hospital - in a 40-bed geriatric ward - for nearly two years.
Breast cancer is a diagnosis heard all too often these days at 13,000 diagnoses a year in Australia.
That Friday in June 1990 began like any other Friday – two adults, three teenagers, family pets, all heading out. I was totally unaware that this was the day "Super Mum" would die and life as I knew it would be over.
I woke up one morning in 1988 with a sore back.As the pain continued to increase, I consulted my general practitioner who referred me to an orthopedic surgeon. After some tests, I was told that there were no problems and that the pain should go away. It didn't.
Harry Perkins, son of Olympic champion swimmer and Painaustralia Director Kieren Perkins OAM, was diagnosed with chronic migraine at the tender age of eleven.
Daniel: Car Accident
Before my accident, about six years ago, I worked at a prestige car dealership in Brisbane. This work was physically demanding as well as being quite social. We all had to get on well as it could be quite a pressured environment and humour often kept us going.
I really enjoyed the camaraderie of work. I guess I was a typical bloke, enjoying fishing, rugby league and reading. I spent a lot of time being outdoors and active.
I was travelling home from the Gold Coast one weekend with my family when a four-wheel drive towing a caravan overtook us, swiping our car and sending it spinning and flipping - careening into the centre gully of the freeway. The four-wheel vehicle driver kept going, making it a hit-and-run which was later to cause problems with my insurance claim.
My two young daughters, thankfully, only sustained minor injuries. But my wife and I endured six years of pain, distress and disability. My wife has an ongoing neck problem that still gives her pain. I was the most seriously injured, having crush spinal fractures at T4, T6 and T12. I now live my life as a paraplegic.
After the accident, we were relying on the public health system for treatment. Early on, the doctors said there was the "possibility of walking but you may not be able to (walk)" so I held out hope for a couple of years that my legs would start functioning again.
However, it was easier for me to accept loss of the use of my legs than the ongoing extreme pain I have to endure and probably added to my feelings of depression and anxiety.
There was also a feeling that my brain "wasn't right". However, my neurologist wasn't able to diagnose anything at the time. Later on, I found out that I had sustained brain damage which makes it difficult for me to learn new things, remember recent things and has affected my speech.
Some six years later I am still on very strong painkillers. I take these unless I'm driving somewhere in my modified car. At times, I have called the ambulance to get help with the pain and they come and give me an injection but I can't call them very often because it needs to be an "emergency" when I call. Usually, I just take extra painkillers myself when I get a bad attack and ignoring it won't work.
My GP referred me to the Royal Brisbane and Women's' Hospital pain management clinic. In 2009 when I gave them a ring they said the waiting list for me to get into the pain clinic was more than 18 months long. They already had people who had been waiting more than 18 months who weren't considered as serious as me.
They also said they had a great back-log of patients they didn't have enough government funding for. It seemed they didn't want another name to add. The RBH suggested I go to a private pain clinic but I can't afford it without private health insurance.
No doubt I'd learn a lot about helping to manage my pain but I was so depressed at having to wait so long for the pain clinic I didn't add my name to the list.
Last year I went back to the gym and joined Sporting Wheelies. The gym helps my fitness as does the Sporting Wheelies. The guys at the 'Wheelies' all have their own problems but everyone helps each other. We get tips and learn from each other.