Hey all ,

Again thanks for the warm responses
I only have a minute but did not want to let this slide

Sandra - so good to hear from you .I hope everything is going OK!
What many here may not know is that a lot of us go back to before NT started. We were members of another board before this one began so our histories are very much connected.

Jeannie - very interested to know about your outcome with the naturopath . Good Luck!

Hope - Have you tried "mindful eating" ? It may be a great place to start.
You are not alone in eating mindlessly.
The big food companies depend on it to keep people addicted to their evil toxins .
The question is "Does eating this way and the suffering it brings ( though the temporary analgesic of taste is so powerful!) ease your pain ???"
On another matter ,I have actually had L4 L5 surgery and some spinal- thoracic and cervical- fractures .
Didn't you read my history in those old posts?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar .....
Localized back pain can be so many things including misalignment , tight muscles etc.
Localized hip and back pain with referred pain down the butt leg and/or calf and toes can be disc related NOT RSD
I wish this for you ( the tightness ..not disc injury!)- and certainly not (more)RSD !

Mom of 4 ..Hope implies a somehow better and different future.While that is all well and good , it is in the NOW that we live .
If we heal and work on that present , we can directly impact our future no matter what life throws at us so we can have both hope ( and I so want for you all to experience remission) and acceptance .
These feelings of being defeated or conversely of being in charge and content with our lives , can be extrapolated from the "sick " (and /or well ) model to fit any paradigm of "current" living .
The question becomes ...How do you want to live RIGHT NOW in the moment?
It's up to you . takes practice. Always a work in progress
AND so much easier when not overwhelmed by pain and injury .

more later . Hope I didn't miss anyone

Peace all