The date is August 22, 2017 and it is the 234th day of the year. For 231 of these days, I’ve been battling the rare and ferocious disease called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).
My day begins at 7:30am. I wake up, roll over, and kill the alarm. Ouch, that hurt. Darn left shoulder and arm. Silly me, it’s only been 231 days of waking up in pain – ‘bout damn time I learn to figure out how to turn off the alarm without inducing more pain.