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I graduated six and a half years ago, May 2019. And I just graduated again October 2025. I was living the ideal C life!! I was enjoying life that I hadn’t lived in the 14 years when I was in my B life. I was the typical C lifer with a little of that A life that snuck back in, and I thought I didn’t need the entire PRC process anymore(silly me). Parts here and there but not the entire program.
Well somewhere in 2023/2024 my “pine cones” of life were lit on fire. Before I knew it, another acute issue came about and then another what I thought was acute, turned out to be part of my chronic symptoms. And within one day I had a fully involved forest fire. Fine one day, not fine the next. Then I had a few additional emotional forest fires start up and before I knew it , my entire world was on fire!! This was because I had been “living life” but without the Living the “C”, PRC program fully engaged. I was in trouble. I reached out to Dr Sletten professionally,individually. The last time I saw him I couldn’t form a sentence without turning into a puddle on the floor. He said you know what I’m going to say? I shook my head No, and he said you need to come back to PRC. I said okay just like that. He told me I didn’t fail, my body failed me. He walked me to the PRC front office and got me scheduled. Not for the week “defrag” refresher but for the complete 3 week reboot. Completely wipe the hard drive and reinstall the program. I’m beyond thankful for Dr. Sletten and his team for helping me back onto the proverbial “PRC horse”.
@rwinney you and I “met” via the zoom chat a few years ago, I’m Rhonda. Glad to see you’re still doing well!!

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@rlbooker5590 Hi Rhonda. I thought that might be you! Wow, thanks so much for being vulnerable enough to share your reentry to the PRC. That takes courage. Having been through the program, I know exactly the type of courage. You should be very proud.

How amazing that you not only eventually recognized the need but we're brave enough to take the step forward again in your rehab journey. You've just helped educate other members that the PRC does not claim to fix or cure anyone. There are no promises that it's going to be easy and no one's going to do it for you. It takes commitment and desire for change, and life may continue to throw curve balls.

This comprehensive plan PRC teaches (I call it a blue print) for willing participants is about how to live with and work towards accepting chronic pain and symptoms. It's no easy path that's for sure and they pull no punches educating about that . Dr. Sletten advises that we need to be all in for life on this journey.

Again, thank you for sharing, which helps others (including me), but also to share in a way that stays true to the PRC principles by not exhibiting pain behaviors. I'm glad you found Connect to be a safe space in order to do that. Keep up the good work!