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I love my painful life…I accept it! #CRPS #RSDSUCKS

06.11.2013 by Girl on Fire // 9 Comments

Wow, can I take a second to toot my own horn and say that I am super proud and impressed with myself right now?  Well, I’m going to!

CRPS/RSD has changed my life in many ways.  It has taken things from me.  But, it has also forced me to look at life differently and improve my attitude and health.  My life is better.  It is more painful, but better.  There are many things I can no longer do, but I’m going to let that go.  There is no reason to dwell on it.  If you hang on too tightly to the past, you can not move forward.  This mama is moving forwards!overcome

I have to say that a key factor in this happiness I have right now is Roller Derby.  It has been the best thing for me.  I have been skating and I also joined a gym!  Exercise is a key player in my disease.  Getting out there and doing it is the hard part, but the benefits of getting it done are huge!

I have made it to the last few practices, including Saturdays!  I have added Sunday and Tuesday skating in as well.  That is 4 times per week that I am now on skates.  I have added the Gym where I will walk at minimum of an hour on the treadmill.  I can add in other things as my body allows.   I push on through as my body calls me names and tells me I can not do it.  I do it and say screw you!  I can stop when my body is screaming no more and gives in!

I may move slowly through the Crash Test Hunnies training program, but that is ok.  I am doing it!  That is all that matters!  I have amazing coaches that understand my condition as much as they can.  They push me without over pushing me.  They are the voice that says, you got this!944117_461170047290363_948402607_n

I have made friends!  Friends that are supportive and have their own struggles.  Those struggles are different than mine, but they are still struggling with something and they too are defeating it.  Kicking ass and moving forward!

I love my painful life…I accept it!

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Brandy is the wife to a carpenter/musician and the mother of 3 amazingly awesome homeschool/unschooled girls. Brandy is a Photographer as well as a Coach for the Weebellion as part of Rolling Rebellion Jr. Roller Derby. Brandy is passionate about many things and suffers from a very painful and degenerative neurological disease called CRPS/RSD.
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Comments

  1. Dawn M says

    June 11, 2013 at 9:49 am

    You are a strong woman! Yes – you’ve got this!

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  2. Rosalinda says

    June 11, 2013 at 9:56 am

    You are amazing!!!!

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  3. Tracy says

    June 11, 2013 at 9:56 am

    So happy for you!! AND so glad we are friends 🙂

    Reply
  4. Carrie says

    June 11, 2013 at 10:09 am

    You’re my hero! I’m terrified of roller skates and to think you’re overcoming your pain with roller derby is amazing!

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  5. Jana says

    June 11, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    What a good place to be in. Stay strong friend and have fun along the way 🙂

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  6. Jill @ Real Life Notes says

    June 11, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    Way to go! You are motivating me to start exercising, because if you can push through the pain, I can too!

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  7. Staci says

    June 12, 2013 at 12:21 am

    We all need that circle of friends where we really feel like we fit in… so glad you seem to have found yours. Rock on! 🙂

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  8. Jenn L says

    June 12, 2013 at 8:45 am

    I love that you are doing this! It seems like such an amazing mind-body activity. I love that it’s so social, too, so you can make friends while working hard! You rock, girl! You seriously do. 🙂

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