I used to work at a "major software company" with a woman who both held a degree in CS and was a cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins. So good on ya to your daughter.

I nearly ran over Sandra Bullock in front of Restoration Hardware. We'd had our puppy spayed that morning, and my husband called me at work to tell me that her guts were hanging out of her incision (they weren't) and that I had to come home immediately. At the time I was working at a software company with offices in…

Can we form a CRPS support group and call it, "No, seriously, don't touch us"? How long have you had it? I'll be 3 years in March. Does your regimen work well? Mine is ok but mostly just quiets the pain to manageable (um, a 4, I guess, on my pain scale). I keep thinking that either I'll wake up one day and it will…

I am sorry. Now I think everyone should move near me in Seattle. I knew I'd lucked out finding my pain team, but I honestly had no clue just how lucky. How do you get through the day? (I find binging on Netflix'd Dutch dramas help.)

Sweet Jesus, who is treating you with only Percocet?? I am so sorry. (That sentence would sound less weird if you knew it takes 20 mg of Opana + 200 mg Nucynta + Nortriptyline daily for me to function, and my spine isn't jacked.) Your pain team should be shot.

All of this. I probably take the same regimen to treat my CRPS. I'll tell you, though - a delivering pharmacy has changed my life. They go pick up the script from the doctor, fill it, and overnight the meds to my doorstep. Thus reducing the number of people to side-eye my opiate consumption. (I'm looking at you, GP…

I am so sorry you have had such a rough time. I don't know where you live, but I wish it were Seattle because I'd take you to my pain guy. I've been on class c narcotics for over 3 years due to a persistent case of CRPS in my knee (and I can't wear pants either). My doctor has never once made me feel like a drug…

To offer a bit of hope, one of my pain guys (i have 3) is working with a Pharm company to make synthetic CBD in pill form. He's a huge MMJ advocate and is working on convincing the FDA to approve this drug.

But have you seen the doll? A friend of mine gave it to me, and I'm not sure if I should burn it or use it for voodoo.

I'm way late to this party, but I have two Austin stories.