. >> valerie edwards from sitka, alaska. >> it's also what organizes so-called telepain conferences inhe center's experts provide advice to physicians. >> a 33-year-old woman with joint pains and you have got questions about, i think, diagnosis and some treatment strategies. >> many of whom are practicing in remote location. >> her primary concern is just severe joint pain. >> yesterday we had 50 dial-ins all over the country from sitka, alaska, all the way to rochester, new york. >> does she actually have swelling that you can see in her hands? >> one of the biggest fears about the new law is that doctors, unhappy with its requirements, will stop accepting or treating legitimate pain patients, that those with chronic conditions will be left without the care and the medications they need. >> life starts to lose some of its meaning when you're in chronic pain. >> i have seen her curled up in the fetal position for hours, even crying at times. >> in tacoma, washington, christie and burt goler, husband and wife, are both in pain, his caused by multiple sclerosis. >> my leg is constantly b