response 474 of 563:

Mar 15 17:57 UTC 2006

I've talked before about my stepdaughter, who's 14 and has a condition 
in her foot called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, an acute chronic 
pain for which there is no cure, dang little knowledge at all, and 
which can spread.  Some people with CRPS can't sit in a breeze because 
it hurts too much.  My stepdaughter has experienced pain from band 
practice because the vibrations go through to her foot.  She's had to 
give up track, cheerleading, and marching band.  She hasn't walked 
without pain for a year.

She went to a chiropractor today, and when he worked with her for a 
little while, he said "Stand up.  You're not in pain."  And she 
wasn't.  My wife says she is walking normally.

The chiropractor said she'll be able to have a normal life.

Last weekend, she was pushed around for the day in a wheelchair because 
she couldn't walk, and it looked inevitable that that was going to be 
her future.

Let me tell you, *this* is what happiness is like!