RSD 8/2005
No one should have to deal with either of those conditions.
It's a work in progress. Winter is hell for me. I get extremely sad in the winter because I basically don't leave my bed. I live on it. i feel like I'm in jail. A least in the summer I can enjoy the weather. I can go to the forest preserve and sit at the lake or take my dogs for a 10 min walk. The grocery store is my only time "out". My hobbies used to really cheer me up to keep me out of depression. All my pains make that impossible. I love to create things now I can't. All I have is my TV and my dogs to keep me occupied. Very boring and hate it! I'm completely isolated.

I have always thought of life with RSD as balancing act. Good stuff has to out-weight the bad stuff. WE all know what the bad stuff is. I guess we each have to find out what "the good stuff" is. My good stuff was learning how to crochet and knit (which I did after all my RSD treatments were done in 2006) and help others doing it. I helped make blankets for injured soldiers. I had to do something good with my situation. The charity closed a while back and now I have nothing to do. I can't afford to ship things anyways.


I really hope things improve for you. Really do!
Heather