Thanks Kiwi.
Vbulletin is familiar territory for me.
I'm thrilled to see a forum dedicated to CRPS.
I've noticed that this site stays focused. Not that it is easy to go off track when the discussion involves such serious matter.
Right now I've had to seek refuge due to what appears to be an oncoming flare.
Within the last year I think I have managed to identify all the puzzle pieces here and I'm trying to absorb all that and plot a forward course within the confines of my "new normal".
I'm still the same person who got here via my old normal. It hurts to think about it but at least I now know some things. The first several years with CRPS was and still is the scariest roller coaster ride I have ever been on. I LOVE roller coasters because I know that the ride eventually ends. CRPS is a whole different experience. I might and do hurt like all get out. I make lots of awful noises: they are an automatic response and I can't control the outbursts. I can't hide them either. People in public take notice.
Deep down, I think my problem is solveable. If that can be done with me I'm sure we will learn things that can be applied to others.