Walk to Conquer CRPS

As some of you know, I was diagnosed with CRPS in 2017. I want to help others who are fighting the same battle.

What you may not know is that my central, sympathetic, enteric, autonomic nervous systems and every other system in me are all being controlled by this syndrome. Which means: my emotional control is pretty much gone. I have short term memory loss, communication problems and brain fog. I'm more prone to depression, anxiety and PTSD as secondary conditions, which is obvious most days. I've lost my sleep, I get migraines constantly. CRPS causes dental, vision and hearing problems. It affects literally everything in your body in addition to the debilitating pain it causes with allodynia, my least favorite symptom. It makes it feel like my hair, the wind, my cat or anything non painful, translates through my brain as a cut, burn or shock.* The McGill Pain Index rates CRPS pain to be 42 out of 50. It is the highest rated pain condition or experience recorded to date, above childbirth, amputation of digit and everything else causing pain.

*And there's still no cure.

With very few CRPS specialists in Canada, 66% of patients have to see 3-4 doctors with the same symptoms before a proper diagnosis.I'm here to give hope, raise awareness and find answers for myself and the thousands of other Canadians who suffer. I want to find a cure for others and for myself.

Last year, Helen Small, the Executive Director of PARC (www.rsdcanada.org) inspired me to start fundraising for medical research happening in Montreal. We raised $1,000 last August to go towards the launch of this medical research, but want to help more. They will be testing a new injectable compound for CRPS patients that can increase the quality of life for those that suffer from it. We need options, we need answers, we need hope.

Please go to www.rsdcanada.org to learn more about PARC, CRPS and the medical research that is happening in Montreal. They are the number one source of CRPS information in Canada and have helped thousands of Canadians so far. PARC has given me hope as a patient, connected me with amazing resources and doctors, but they have also given me hope as a person. Please support them and this research anyway you can.

Please help me help others by donating any amount.

Share this on social media and help me raise awareness and hope for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome patients like myself.Make today a great day with positive thinking.

Be kind to your mind and one another, you never know what someone is going through.

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