Good evening @anniesnaps That is a wonderful reply. You are first of all a fighter. That's why you end up as a survivor. Congratulations.....your attitude does not reflect fear or anger at the anguish you have had working with pain every day.. I can see how lonely that road is.

I prefer that my friends and colleagues don't have to deal with my pain and suffering. I try hard to be strong and grateful for the joy I find in every day.

When you write about baker's cysts are you referring to the one behind your knee? I only have one bag-like vessel that fills up with fluid. Our bodies create the fluid in an attempt to help heal the knee. You can have them drained but they tend to fill up again. And the task is usually too much for them unless you have an MFR therapist who can help relieve the cyst of its contents. The other thing that can happen is that you get cysts around the meniscus.

My only other message to you is one that is currently helping me, myself, and I. Do not set expectations for pain control so high that you never are satisfied with the outcome. I have given up on reaching pain-free. I am going for pain reduction or what I call tolerable pain that permits me to have some joy in my life every single day.

And that is what I wish for you......freedom to live with only what you can control.
May you be safe and protected from inner and outer harm.
Chris