Emily was a guest blogger here on Chronic Healing and related the story of how she made this inspirational video beautifully. If you are interested in contacting her directly with your feedback, there are multiple links in this post that will enable you to do that.

Thank you for sharing your feedback here. You may have seen this post featured on the How To Cope With Pain Blog Carnival? I know they just featured this post. In any event, I found this video very moving too. That’s why I asked Emily if she would be so kind as to write about it here and she graciously agreed to do so.

I have lived with chronic pain since the age of 13. I recently turned 41. Learning how to hope with chronic pain can be incredibly challenging, as I’m sure you are all-too-aware living with RSD!

I believe the adversity of living with chronic conditions (of which I have many) makes us stronger, though, and I know I have met some outstanding, amazing, caring people because we share chronic illness/pain as a common bond.

Please do stop back to visit as we talk about all sorts of chronic conditions here. One of the bloggers I follow in particular has RSD and you’d probably enjoy her blog too: Rellacafa. Her writing is excellent and I highly recommend checking it out.

I myself had nerve-cutting surgery in January 2008 as a “last resort” to treat horrible pain. Sadly, the surgery didn’t go as planned and I had phantom pains set in after surgery and I have permanent nerve damage. I do not have an official diagnosis of RSD but one of my health care practitioners brought it up as a possibility. All I know is that leg hasn’t been the same since. (It’s a long, long story).

Anyway, thanks for stopping by here and sharing your feedback about Emily’s video and the inspirational story she wrote to go with it.

Have a peaceful and happy new year!!

Jeanne

Ditto to everything you said to Emily!

I know you are going through a very difficult time now and you feel like you are climbing those figurative mountains every single day with everything you have going on! Please know that you are in many people’s thoughts. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make you feel better. Thinking of you!!

Jeanne

Jeanne – Great Post as always!
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Sadly, there are an enormous number of chronic pain patients out there. Your friend Bev might want to check out the Living It, Loving It blog. Its author, Lana, has rheumatoid arthritis. I’m sure your friend would find her blog helpful. Emily’s video has touched so many. Thank you very much for the thoughts and kind words.

Jeanne

Emily’s video and the story behind it really are special, aren’t they?

I was just reading your UNICEF fundraiser post. What a great way to raise money.

Jeanne

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Jeanne,
A very nice post and good for me to read and enjoy – contemplate. I need to remind myself about my good work and energies all the time as they are not very visible
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Thank you again for guest blogging. I spoke to a fellow blogger yesterday who is going through a very trying time. She looked at this post up to and including the video but stopped reading because she was in tears. I encouraged her to go back when she can to read the rest of the post because, as you know, she saw the saddest part and missed out on the most inspirational part! This post has gotten a fair amount of traffic. For whatever reason, most of the people visiting are not leaving comments but I have learned that this just happens with some posts. In fact, I once heard that (for blogs in general) only about 10% of the readers of a given blog post end up leaving a comment. So, I just wanted you to know that people are reading it because I see the traffic coming in. Your story is helping people.

Jeanne