I have been living with CRPS for about 4 years now. CRPS is the most painful disease known to mankind. More painful than unprepared child birth, stage 4 cancer, and even amputation according to the McGill Pain Index. The pain never stops and when it flares up I can be in bed for days or… Continue reading CRPS FACTS!
Tag: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
How It Happened!
Recently a lot of people have been asking me what is CRPS/RSD and how did I get it. I never realized that I didn't share how all this came to be. So without further ado here is my story! ------ A horse and having a bunion surgery! I was stepped on a 900lb horse in… Continue reading How It Happened!
CRPS & The Legal System
CRPS: The Silent Injury Exposed There are many types of injuries and conditions that can afflict us, and nerve damage can be among the worst. There may be no way to find out if nerve damage is caused by something major or minor, and in some cases, you simply have to go through many tests… Continue reading CRPS & The Legal System
Reaching Out
HAPPY NEW YEARS! I just want to let everyone know that I’ve been getting a lot more emails recently from people that are struggling with CRPS, I’m trying to email everyone as fast as I possibly can. So if I don’t email you right away that’s probably why. If it's taking me a few… Continue reading Reaching Out
The LiftUp Lifestyle
What is "The LiftUp Lifestyle" The LiftUp Lifestyle is a community that helps you Connect, Encourage, and Support one another. Their Value is- "To put meaning behind everything that you do. To look at the people to the right of you and to the left of you with compassion. To see others as an extension of… Continue reading The LiftUp Lifestyle
WHY I VOTED
#IAMAVOTER! It has taken me 26 years to realize that my voice does matters, that my vote does matters! I was one of those people who never fully understood the way government works or how it applies to me. It took me being diagnosed with CRPS a very rare, very painful chronic diagnosis that I… Continue reading WHY I VOTED
CRPS Is An Everyday Thing!
Having CRPS you have no idea what the day will bring! CRPS is an EVERYDAY thing! It’s been a long day! I’ve been in and out of one urgent care clinic to be sent to another for a full work up. I left the house at 9:30ish this morning and didn’t get back home until… Continue reading CRPS Is An Everyday Thing!
A Letter To The World
Dear World, My name is Margaret Twitty and I am a 27 year old suffering with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/ Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy also called (CRPS/RSD). You may know me personally or you may not, but who I am is not really important, only the fact that I live in chronic pain. Having chronic pain… Continue reading A Letter To The World
Birthday Donations
Raising Money For a Cause I Care About: On February 17, 2015 I was diagnosed with CRPS/RSD a rare and non-curable illness that has changed my life in so many ways. I have decided that instead of making my birthday all about me I want to make it all about finding a cure for this… Continue reading Birthday Donations
Pain Makes Us Who We Are
Let your pain empower you, Not all of us are destined to break. And if you find yourself broken, Allow for each broken piece To faithfully make sense I would never put public speaking on my "special skills" list, but over these past years I have been called to do just that more than a number of times.… Continue reading Pain Makes Us Who We Are
