Ed Coghlan will join the online support group to listen and to discuss the issues facing the chronic pain community. It begins at 9pm EDT/6pm PDT.

“Ed has always been very supportive of LiveSupportGroup and believed in our mission and the benefits of live Peer to Peer Support,” said Robin Viola-Pfeffer who with her husband Adam founded the online support group.

“The National Pain Report writes critical stories that help our members and people all over the world. LiveSupportGroup’s members discuss the NPR’s stories frequently. We thought that this would give our members the opportunity to directly speak with Ed and tell him what interests them. What is most important to them. Furthermore, we will be discussing other subjects like Ed’s Opinion on ‘state of pain’ today.”

For Coghlan, who was a very successful television news director in Montana and Los Angeles, the opportunity to speak with the chronic pain community is timely.

“The chronic pain story begins with the patient experience. If we are going to continue to do a good job of reaching the chronic pain audience, then interacting with them is the smart thing to do,” Coghlan said. “To speak directly with a group of chronic pain patients will help the National Pain Report evolve its coverage to make sure it is relevant for the people we want to reach – the chronic pain community.”

The National Pain Report has attracted the largest chronic pain audience on the internet.

“I am very excited to join Robin, Adam and Steve Ariens on Wednesday. I expect to learn more than I share,” Coghlan added.