I thought I'd share this picture of Hannah with you, hoping it will bring a smile to the faces of those of you having a rough time at the moment...


She's six months old now, already sitting up on her own (though she sometimes slowly falls sideways! ), has her first tooth through, and chatters away constantly. She's a really happy baby and I feel so lucky to have her. If it wasn't for the success of my second ketamine infusion, she wouldn't be here.

I've been having a tough time lately. My rsd in my leg has been spreading quite quickly, and new symptoms are getting added all the time. Just a couple of months ago my foot wasn't even affected, now it definately is, and I'm getting the colour changes and swelling. Breaking my toe last week hasn't helped either- now I can't have a bedcover or a sock touching my feet, so sleeping has been a tad hard I had a magnesium infusion which might have helped in someway, but it didn't cause any noticable changes. And I tried Lyrica but that didn't help either, no pain relief, just a lot of weight gain real quick. So now I'm back to baclofen, endep and endones until I see my specialist in mid Jan. Hopefully we can add something to the mix or try something that might give me a break.

Anyway, Hannah and my other gorgeous kids, and my amazing hubby, are what get me out of bed every morning and make me smile! So I'm very lucky to have them. I hope this picture makes you smile too!

Happy Christmas Everyone!

x Kate