Hi there,
Thanks for the end of the story! You were very lucky - first that the chair started working again enough to get you all the way home, second that you weren't fried by the thing on your way, and third that it stopped working at the tech place to show them all was not well with it...amazing, really.

Bit of a shame they couldn't give you a better replacement though, how long till the real one gets fixed?

Your male harem sounds cute. I want one too :p ; and I guess that now they know the seriousness of the consequences for you, they'll not only refrain from mucking about with it, but will protect it for you - well, that's the theory...

Actually, they sound very protective, very fond of you - that's lovely. BTW, I recently gave my RSD hand an electric shock on a mosquito zapper- quite a jolt, not too bad. But I noticed the pain was considerably better for the next 24 hours. No, I don't think I'll do it regularly..but interesting..there are days I look at it and think hmmmm ???:D

You sound in good spirits, I'm pleased things are moving along for you, take care,
all the best!

lol not to hijack this thread..... however..... artist, if zapping your rsd limb on a bug zapper actually helped, maybe i have the answer as to why my rsd isn't as bad after 8 years as some of you other peoples. we have a farm, with livestock. to keep the livestock in the field we have electric fence. the fencers are the heavyduty type that put out a "knock you on your butt" 6 joules . i have had "run ins" with these fences so many times! hmmm maybe that was a good thing. not pleasant though. the cows really respect it, if that tells you anything. he he he he

anyway, frogga, i hope you get a new chair really quick, and it's everything you need to keep going.

hugs and prayers

p.s. i read the deep brain stimulation thingy and it runs along the same lines doesn't it? cause the brain itself doesn't feel any pain, but definitly responds to electrical currents. regardless of what you decide please know i'll be praying for you.