I had the first Primary Care Physician in all my years of treatment since my diagnosis of CRPS/RSD order a Vitamin D level.  It was almost below a negatie number.  I questioned her why did I have to take such a high dose (that’s when she told me of my extremely low Vit. D level) and that it can increase your pain and cause your bones to dissolve.  I am having a hard time finding my bones dissolving, until I realized this insidious disease causes Osteoporosis, which in all reality is our bones dissolving.  I did my own research on appropriate doses of this “natural” vitamin, which our sun provides for free.  But now that I am disabled and should I get sunburned, it causes my CRPS/RSD pain to increase.  I am mostly house bound except when the winter rain comes to S. CA., and have to pull weeds while the ground is still moist and easiest to pull.  I could just spray it, but if the day is nice and the “weed bug” has bitten me, I take full advantage of it and pull the weeds. Of course I can’t move for days afterwards, but it’s nice to feel the sun on my body.  I was one of those 60′s kids who used to mix iodone with baby oil and fry my skin.  As I got older and we learned about skin cancer, I used a low amount of skin coverage.  Although I am a natural blonde, not the snow white ones, but I have the “Black Irish” in me.  That term comes from when the Spaniards pilleged and raped the Celtic women and because they were  darker skined than a Celtic was, thus the term came about.  It also applies to the “Black Dutch”. Seems those Spaniards got around.  The only good thing was my skin, in spite of my blond hair (white when small, but would darken in the winter to a dishwater blonde as it’s called), was what I used to call a pukey yellow, meaning I could get a tan in two weeks that would take other women all summer of laying out all day to accomplish.  I am 64 now, aack, and the age spots are showing up on my face.  I can’t count the times I was fried to a bright red, but by the next day it had already turmed to a nice tan.

I also would love to dance the pain away, however, my CRPS/RSD is in both feet, along with the rest of my body, so dancing is a tad painful and causes a major pain flare.  I love the Irish Jig, so when I do feel like trying it, I have a little Doxie who thinks she can dance with me, making my efforts all the more difficult, but does make me laugh, a lot.  Guess it is in the blood, since my great grandmother came over from Ireland.  On my Dad’s side, it’s an English, Scotch and Irish mix.  Discovered one of my Dad’s cousin’s is doing my paternal family tree to learn we do have blue blood and are related to one of the Henry’s, unfortunately, we have no money to go with it.  I like to do bed exercises.  Less stress on the feet and body but helps to keep my blood flowing.