Lizzben,
Thank you for sharing. My apologies for taking so long to write a reply. I have been dealing with dental issues as well as my pain issues and I found myself being over-whelmed so I shut down for a while.
Sometimes I have to go to my safe mode, which is where I take care of me and put up a force field to shut out the daily stressers.
I do understand what it is like to be able to walk or climb stairs after going through a period where you could not. I was in a wheelchair for 2 years because the pain just got to much to deal with and I was just too tired to fight it anymore.
I am thankful that I did find myself again and was able to use water therapy to regain my ability to walk again and live life.
Keep moving forward 🙂
Noki4