Oh wow. I am so sorry to hear what you've had to go through and the daily pain. Thanks for the warning...I'm definitely not going to take this lightly! In fact, I'm headed to the doctors again next week as my hand is triggering up again and I want to be extra careful that I don't end up with permanent nerve damage. Keep your head high and I hope my bunnies can put a smile on your face and help you forget the pain for even a few seconds!

Oh, I know how you feel! I was not an artist, but an athlete, with an injury. I could not stop, ended up with crutches and then a wheelchair, still in the wheelchair now after 11 years since getting my diagnose. Be careful! Take good care of your body, I did not. I felt like, if I could just continue to compete as long as I could and end up in a wheelchair by the age of 30 (I was 16 at the time 28 right now) that would have been fine by me. But soon got crutches and ended up in a wheelchair not even 2 years later. But if I had known the pain it would bring me for so many years and who knows how much more to come.. I would definitely have been more careful. Your case is different, but just make sure to take hood care of your body and take enough rest, before you get restricted from the thing you love to do the most!

Though at the same time I am kind of (again, as far as possible) happy it happened because I met people who I would have never met otherwise. And things happened that would never have happened otherwise. But by this time I think to myself, well, the best things that could have come out of it as far as I can think of, have already happened. So now it's time to get better. Waiting for that to happen! Haha. So I at least can go work, study and my big wish (if I am lucky enough I can) have/raise a child with my partner. Which we can't right now, because he is the main source of our income with his work, and I do not have the energy to raise a child. But I believe I can be cured. I just do not know when yet. And you will heal too! And can continue your cool art!

I'm glad you take it serious. I do not mean what happened to me will happen to you. But just a warning to take things serious. We as athletes / artists need to be careful of our bodies! It's okay, I'm kinda used to it now after all those years. As far as you can get used to pain. There is nerve-pain (in many different ways, extreme pain by touching my lower left leg, and pain like stabbing, wrapped wires, lightning, cold, heat, throbbing, pinching and so on. Plus from another disease chronic cramps. All those pains at the same time 24/7 for 11 years. On a international medical pain-scale list it is as severe as giving (untrained) birth, but chronic. It sounds horrific, and kind of is. But as I said, I am kinda used to it now and the most frustrating is the pain while touching (hand, fabric, water, a breeze etc) and the lack of energy because of fhe extreme amount of pain. But I am a very happy person! I am content' though healing would be awesome haha Take care!

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