I was in tears writing it. I'm on day 7 of this one and, while I have some lower pain times, it's wearing me out. So exhausted from fighting with pain. CRPS does not sound like something easy to handle either. I'm glad you commented, and glad you read this. After writing it, I've had some people tell me that it was the stuff they couldn't say. I never expected that. I've had friends tell me they understood more now, and that I should never stop posting because they want to know how I'm doing. They said if people don't like it, they can leave and stop reading.

It's sad that our illness becomes the biggest part of our life. It takes over everything. It's not who we are and we need to stop apologizing for something that we aren't asking to have happen to us. No one truly wants to feel this sick or stuck on the sidelines all the time. Thank you, creativesoul, for letting me know how you felt about this.