Oh my... what a night. Last night my legs were so riddled with RSD that I could barely walk. I have to get upstairs to get to my bed. It was like climbing Mt. Everest! I had two steps left to go and thought oh wow, not sure I can do this. Mid-way up tears just streaming down my face. Talking to myself out loud “Come on! You can do this!” Was just awful. My muscles felt like noodles. Like I had just run a friggin marathon… literally! Just trying so hard with my mind to make them take just one more step. Not the first time this has happened to me, but sucks just the same each and every time.

Today, they are better but feel like the day after running a marathon. Sore and weak. Rest & meds are on the agenda for today. Wow… I think to myself, how long before I just can’t get up those damn stairs? Will I be forced to have a lift put in? And how will that work when it’s up about 6 steps and then a landing to turn another direction, to go up about 6 more?

It’s crazy what RSD is doing to my entire body! My arms are taking on the RSD symptoms of my legs, but just not as bad.. yet. The joints on the most effected side of my body are also deteriorating rapidly too (ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, wrist). I’m just amazed at the sheer velocity that this disease has taken hold of me over the past 18 months. I’ve had it since 2004. Not sure what sparked it to take off all over my body with such vengeance.