hi zinnia. i'm so glad that you had a positive experience during your travels to the nursing home where your dad is staying. i agree that it's good to try to see and value the positive experiences that we have while dealing with rsd. it not only lifts our spirits but helps reduce our stress which (imo) keeps our rsd pain levels a little lower. since i've been diagnosed with rsd i have found that even though there are some people that don't understand what i'm going through with rsd, that there are still kind and helpful people out there who want to help. i try to focus more on the good people because its makes me feel a little better both phsyically and emotionally. i hope that you continue to have good experiences. my great aunt always used to say that "out of something bad comes something good". i believe this to be true too. i hope we can all find some good out the bad. soft hugs my friends.