You go GG !

Hello dear. (:

I've had this problem before too, even though I'm only a teenager. People, no matter what age, don't seem to understand. For me with my current boyfriend, I made sure that he knew about it all right away. I didn't want to keep secrets, get close with him, and end up hurt. Now not all people will understand or even try to, but if someone wants to be with you, they'll try. If they don't, then they obviously weren't worth it anyway.

Good luck!

I am in the same boat! I am 29 and am dating. I just take it easy. I don't tell them I have CRPS at first. If I am feeling down I just say I hurt my ankle. If you need to cut the date short than thats ok. Just make up something. But getting out there is good for you. I have seen a better mood in myself. Dating is hard but if you just go out for fun then it takes the pressure off and you just might find that perfect match!
Angelina

Let's keep this fun thread going! I can now only dream about the dating I had planned to do and I had certainly expected to remarry someday. Dating not possible at all with how severe my total body CRPS pain is now. But I did have some wonderful dreams last night about dating an awesome guy, must be from reading the posts.

I have started dating a girl with RSD and she is totally amazing! She told me about her condition and I was only concern at first on how to make her comfortable. She is telling more about her RSD and I am intersted about it now.

My suggestion from a person who does not has RSD, please explain to your date your condition and how you want them to respond. Otherwise your condition might be interperate as you are not interested.

An example, my date keep moving away from me and did not want to keep holding hands. She also got up and walked away several times. If I did not know that she had RSD, I would assume she did not want to be with me.

At the end of the date, she surprised me by wrapping her arms around me and ...

So educate your date.

Dating has been a big worry for me, so im really glad to have found this thread. Im single, Ive had to move back to my home town and in with my parents since my accident and RSD and nove Ive gone and turned 30!!!
On one hand this scares the hell out of me, but on the other I figure its a good filter for finding the good guys. Having a burn injury with some scarring didnt bother me as far as confidence went, in a wierd way i felt empowered by it. But now a few months later I figure who would want to be with someone who is in constant pain.
I think turning 30 has alot to do with it and im feeling uncertain of my future. This thread has made me feel better though, Thanks guys. xxoo. I do believe that everything happens for a reason so who knows. Perhaps this is just slowing me down so someone can actually catch me for once. lol

I am lucky though. I have my family being supportive and ive still got a few wonderful friends who havent given up on me. I do also have my cat, Molly. She is soft and fluffy and it dosnt hurt when i pat her.

Hey I guess if all else fails I can just become a crazy cat lady. Umm.... I better join that cruise. lol

Hi Lexigirl,

I know exactly how you feel Ive been dealing w/generalized RSD for 9yrs come end of june. Having RSD in itself is draining, frustrating & stressfull to say the least but dont let it stop you from finding someone or just having fun the best advice I can give you is have fun there is really no way to explain or make someone who isnt dealing w/this personaly understand what we go thru on a daily basis. if someone care's about you enough they will want to learn as much as they can about what you have, trust me I've been there hun. My bf & I have had our up's downs & everything inbetween but the thing that really surprised the crap out of me when we 1st started dating was he looked up & learned what he could about RSD that meant alot so I wish u the best & hope this helps even just a little.