Hi Cindi1965,
My heart goes out to you and all the others as we deal with our own physical and emotional pain with rsd but while we are dealing with it all we have to deal with others and it can be sometimes real difficult to explain to them. I just spent some time looking on a website called www.rsdhope.org and they have some wonderful articles there that you may be able to email to your daughter to help her deal with your rsd. I found the one I was looking for and here is the site for you to review it. It is: http://www.rsdhope.org/Showpage.asp?...1&PGCT_ID=2916 The article is called HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE WITH CHRONIC PAIN? and talks about "The Spoon Theory." I am sure you will like it because it explains how chronic pain works in concrete terms. Look on that site for other articles that may help you and her deal with rsd together. It takes lots of time, love, and patience. She is probably at the angry stage (My son went through this part for a long time but he was a teen when this happened to me). Hope it helps. Best of luck and hang in there.
kathy d