Good question and it really made me think. This is God's plan for me and he is giving the strength to go on fighting and living. Since I have been ill, I now make it a daily goal to make someone else have a better day, with a smile, a positive comment and a listening ear. Before I was too busy running the rat race, raising two kids on my own and working 60 hours a week. No time to stop and smell the roses let alone care for the people around me. I now treasure the little things in my life and have learned the bitter lesson that life is not about stuff, it is about loving and caring for the people in my life. Sp tomorrow, I will wake up, put on my big girl panties and try to live as God wants me too. Peace to all of you, you all matter and have a bigger job ahead of you and much to give the world. Perhaps through our difficulties we will raise awareness of RSD, change the medical profession in the way they handle pain patients, and bring reform to the insurance companies and workers' comp system. Lisa