Noticing the Disappointment Cycle
Dear Audy, At the start of this week, I started writing to figure out where I was at with the whole coping with life thing and discovered that I’d been tripping myself up by expecting too much from my...
View ArticleThe Very First #CRPSOrangeDay
Dear Audy, Monday, November 3rd, was Color the World Orange Day, or Colour the World Orange Day for those of us outside the USA. I found out about this awareness raising campaign through the Facebook...
View ArticleUnder the Shroud
The shroud came down on Saturday afternoon. Blanketing me from head to toe, floating around my body like a cloudy veil between the world and me. I recognise it now, although the shroud’s favourite game...
View ArticleInjures are a Pain in the Neck
One of the hardest parts about living with CRPS is suffering another illness or injury on top of that basic level of chronic pain. It’s like being kicked when you’re down, except that you’re never...
View ArticleWhen Flaring Feels Like Failing
I’ve been sliding backwards through increased symptoms of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, losing functionality, enduring more pain and spending days simply trying to fight my way through the fog of...
View ArticleLearning More from the Coping Techniques I’ve Learnt Before
I began writing this post last week, at a time when I was feeling particularly low, before I remembered that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy had helped me cope with similar emotions in the past. Sometimes,...
View ArticleA Ketamine & Lignocaine Infusion for CRPS Saves the Day
Last week, it finally happened. A break from the pain. It was truly and totally amazing and my wonder was possibly enhanced by the fact that I was kind of tripping out at the time. What ketamine takes...
View ArticleCaged by Weather: CRPS in the Summertime
It has been a really, really long Summer. I feel ragged, like I have been forcibly jammed into this uncomfortable cart on the CRPS roller coaster for far too long. The peaks are too short and the lows...
View ArticleWhen Things Went Left
It’s strange to realise that you need to take a break from social media, especially when it’s your only little window to the outside world. I’ve been dark for a couple of months, eons in internet time....
View ArticleOut of the Nothing and Into the Unknown
My understanding of life is kind of like a wall that I build and climb, brick by brick, step by step. As I get higher, I see more, understand more. Each time I learn something new I add another brick...
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