I started WALKING for the first time in 8 years! Well more of a hobble really and only a few steps at a time but NO CRUTCHES.
My new walking achievement lasted for 9 whole weeks before the onset of severe shooting pains ground me to a bit of a halt last night. Every day I was able to walk a few steps, averaging about three minutes a day of full weight bearing/no crutches. I still used my little electric wheelchair but to be able to walk into the kitchen or get up from a chair to fetch something across the room was fantastic.
I have learnt something new in the last few months, something important about CRPS. At the time of my first steps which were taken in hospital, a pain management specialist made the comment to me that CRPS is not a static disease, meaning it can vary in its intensity for many reasons, mostly unknown. So I believe it is not necessarily all doom and gloom and CRPS does not necessarily only go in one direction (downwards), life can at times improve beyond our expectations.
Here is the story of how I found myself doing the ‘impossible’
I have learnt something new in the last few months, something important about CRPS. At the time of my first steps which were taken in hospital, a pain management specialist made the comment to me that CRPS is not a static disease, meaning it can vary in its intensity for many reasons, mostly unknown. So I believe it is not necessarily all doom and gloom and CRPS does not necessarily only go in one direction (downwards), life can at times improve beyond our expectations.
Here is the story of how I found myself doing the ‘impossible’
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