Up to Date

I don't know about the rest of you living in North Texas, but the end of the triple digit days has never made me so thankful that fall is almost here! What a surprise it was to step outside yesterday and get goosebumps because of the cool air. As much as I wanted to go ride my bike or take a walk,  the transition in the weather really affected me and I spent much of yesterday lying down. But I was thinking about what a gift it was that the weather has finally cooled down and how I can't wait to enjoy it! For the past three months the extreme heat and barometric pressure changes caused the worst flare up of my RSD than I've had in a while and the reason I haven't posted anything in a few weeks. But today is a decent day and I hope as things outside become more consistent, the better I will be feeling. 

I can't say that I've gotten much of anything done these last weeks other than thinking about a multitude of topics I wanted to post on my blog. Creating posts in my head helped to past the time away and I even wrote a few drafts on my computer, although I was unable to finish them. Much of the time my hands were too swollen and painful to type for very long, but it has made me very eager to find my Mac microphone (it's buried somewhere among myriads of boxes yet to be unpacked) so that I can dictate to the computer instead of typing manually. My ambition for this blog has yet to realized and with the help of the microphone, I hope to be a much more regular writer.

Thank you for continuing to check my blog even though it's been a while since any new posts. It was a rather large endeavor to start this at a time when my health hasn't been the most consistent, but the blog has become a real passion for me and there's so many things I want to share with everyone. If there is anyone you think would want to know about the blog, please pass the information on to them. My hope is this will become a resource that people can use to seek more knowledge about all chronic pain (especially RSD/CRPS and other neuropathies) and how it affects those who have it, their caregivers, family, and friends. But more importantly, a place where others can share their ideas, questions, and stories about how these illnesses have directly or indirectly impacted their lives. 

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Be the water, not the rock...

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a old sowing desk from an estate sale and my first thoughts of excitement were that I now had a place to work on my blog- some place a little more comfortable than my bed. The pain and stiffness make it very difficult to stay in one spot for more than a few minutes without fidgeting and having to stop whatever I was doing. So not only does the desk mean that I finally have a place to put all my piles of paperwork, but somewhere to rest my laptop while easily being able to work in intervals without interruptions to me or my laptop- my cat Mira has no disregard for my poor laptop. She finds it a suitable place to sit, stand, or lie on, whether its in my lap or next to me. 

While I have all the furniture in place, the 'putting things in place' portion of this task has been thwarted by my still feeling poorly. Everything has been slow going lately...and so has the blog. I've been writing here and there, but haven't been able to finish much. And when I go to finish, days later, much of it hasn't made sense and just needs scrapping. Slow until this flare up goes away or lessens, I'm hoping to write at least 2 posts a week since the daily post ambition is clearly not hacking it right now. I hope to have pictures up of my new desk and to put up more research and articles I've been reading, so don't think I've given up or disappeared! Sometimes its better to be the water and not the rock...