It's the end of the year and it's warm outside. FIST PUMP, bitches. As I've said before, temperatures above freezing make CRPS manageable. The warmer the temperature the more I can move and the less cramping I have. In fact, on Friday I visited with an Abbott representative for a DRG stimulator adjustment. My pain had been on the increase and I wanted an adjustment before winter really sets in. So I drove myself to the clinic (74 miles one way) and afterward I even went to the grocery store on the way home. That's something I simply couldn't do a year ago alone. I still am not sure how much of an impact the adjustment has made or will make since it's been unusually warm lately, but I'll find out soon enough.
I've noticed many positives since getting my stimulator in February. To reiterate, the stimulator hasn't eliminated the pain, tightness, hair loss or the change in temperature in my leg/foot. However, the overall incessant debilitating pain has decreased by about half and more importantly to me, I can tolerate walking and exercising way better than pre-cyborg me. To date my daily average walking distance is 2.2 miles, according to my phone. That's an increase of .9 miles/day over last year. My phone has also indicated to me that I don't walk when it's cold, so come on already global warming!
As for everything else... don't wake up to a bat in your home. That shit has cost us over $7k between vaccines and sealing up our home. I created a new Twitter account because for some goddamn reason our Chicago Tribune delivery person couldn't decipher our address from the neighbor's. When calling to complain every week failed me for the last time I went to the social media app for help. I don't know if it did anything, but the paper has made it to our home for two weeks in a row now. As for Twitter, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I also thought I could use the app to learn more about how others deal with CRPS, but most posts I've come across are negative and I've found, for me at least, positivity is the key to dealing with the disease. That and humor. We went to a new church for Advent since our kid has shown interest in religion. I'm not sure if we will continue into the new year, but we've made an attempt. My insomnia has improved with the help of edibles and for some reason the dispensary has been running low on all items for over a month now. I speculate they have been holding product back and that will change on January 1st when the public can buy legally. So much for medical patients being a priority. Finally, I saw Star Wars TROS and I enjoyed it.
Well it's time to watch the end of Die Hard and Seinfeld's The Strike episode which includes the celebration of Festivus. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, whatever is important to you and Happy New Year.
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