This is the special place for folks who with unrelenting pain can find like minded and like situated folks who KNOW what you suffer. Earlier on this thread, I wrote on behalf of my Sis Terri the story which became her lot after merely having knee surgery, not knee replacement, just a scope surgery. Yes, it did travel in her situation as you have read has been the case for others on here, and yes, her life has changed drastically from one of activity in the community she loved to wheelchair and many meds to help endure the pain.

She has come to realize the wheelchair is not a symbol of what she lost so much as it is her pathway to movement and freedom. Hers is electrically propelled, and when she has felt more strong, has been known in the small town where she lives to go out to the center of the street and pop wheelies with her wheelchair just to show she is not beaten down by the evil of RSD. Then that Great Big Smile she shares, not because she is putting on a face for me, because she knows full well my own issues, BUT, it comes from within her heart as God has helped her find peace in counting the blessings she has for now.

This is not intended as some rah rah pep talk, just an introductory hug to let you know here you will feel the care of others. My Sis will not get on the computer any longer, so I tend to be her "secretary" if there is a post to be made. So from Terri in Colorado to you, a special hug is given.

Blessings on you,
Peace,
Mark56