Hey there...Happy almost New Years. I hope everything's well with you and that all our happenings in the pain world start to work out and get better for you in 2010. You mentioned that you've written another book with your post...well don't worry about it and keep on writing. I love to read and I know that even by just writing about things that are bothering us it sometimes helps relieve the pain a bit. So do you have big plans for NYE? I'm planning a quiet night here so I can stay off the roads where the crazy drunk drivers are but I just may have to visit my old friend "Bacardi" to help ring in the new year.

I told you about visiting Scotland and I would love to visit there again BUT my travelling companion is 100% wheelchair bound and that's where the challenge comes in. When we travel to the older cities and towns (such as New Orleans here) she finds that getting around in a wheelchair can be next to impossible at times. Doors aren't wide enough, etc. and things in general aren't too accessible. I can understand that because there's the historic aspect of buildings and you can't change things too much but that's something we learn to live with. I think of some of the castles I went to in Scotland and other places and I had a hard time navigating them even before I started having my leg problems. So right now, we're limiting our trips to where we can get to using her specially equipped van but you never know where we'll show up. If I could get back to Scotland, I would. I loved it there! I was so impressed, I named my youngest daughter "Heather". All we need to do is teach ya'll how to drive on the correct side of the road. That almost caused some big problems for me. Not so much in Scotland where the traffic wasn't bad but in London...ohhhhh boy...did I have fun.

I'm sorry to hear about your challenges with your RSD. I'm glad you have a place here where you can talk about it and people actually understand what you're saying. Maybe not all the medical aspects but I think all of us know about the pain. I hope they can get things better for you without the surgery. Anything but that!!!

Now it's getting close to what would normally be bedtime for a normal person but not for me. There's nothing more they can do for me as none of the drugs work so I just stay up until I pretty much pass out and sleep for about six hours. Ahhhhh the golden years!!!

I'm going to try to send you a PM here shortly. I've never done that so we'll see how good I am at the technical stuff.

Take care of yourself and keep writing those books. I think I'm doing the same. Talk to you soon!...Gregg