Love this thread!! My success & proud moments are I'm finally being kind to myself & my CRPS. I've changed my relationship with pain & I've stopped holding on for dear life to things that no longer make sense for me. All of these changes were due to an 8 week class in MBSR. I'm proud of myself for taking and I'm proud that I'm still able to rock my humor as a way of coping.

This has changed me but then again we all change regardless of physical diagnosis. I'm taking this opportunity to be an advocate and oddly enough I recently accepted the job as a disability coordinator/counselor at a college. Because I know what it is like to deal with pain, emotional stress, assistive devices & day to day burdens I am loving helping others with accessibility so they also will have the opportunity to follow their dreams.

May everyone have a blessed day

Today I accepted without judgment that sometimes I need help with things and hired movers to help me move furniture from old home to new home. It feels so freeing to let myself get help when I need it

I took a shower today! okay guys I promise I have been really clean the last two years. But since the whole CRPS debacle my foot was turning red and stinging in the shower. Something about warm water and being down. Today I just didn't want to lolly gag around in the tub as usual so I showered and it worked. Was it because I just got out of cool water? Was it the ketamine? Can I repeat it? I don't know....I was just happy to have a normal colored foot in there.

I just wanted to share that I have had a really great day today. My pain level has dropped significantly and I have so much energy (which is not usually the case)!!! I treated myself to a Cranial Sacral Massage on Friday and I honestly feel that some of the energy & better circulation came from that session. After the massage I was in pain but she told me I should start to feel the benefits for a couple of days as my body rebalanced itself & I honestly feel it. Just wondering if anyone has also had success with this?

I kinda don't want to go to sleep because I haven't felt this good in a LONG time!! And sometimes I forget what it is like to have pain stay around a 2-3.

Thank you so much for this post! It was so inspiring!