I'm 36 and my right leg really hurts at the moment.
So what's my point? Well it's just that my leg is the focus of all my thoughts at the moment, for 35 years it was absolutely fine and I never thought about it, my arms and shoulders and hands and wrists are fine too but I never really thought about them too.
When we are in pain we tend to focus on our pain and we forget about all that is good, all that is right, we distance ourselves from people because we believe that pain is the biggest, most important thing in our lives, but there are so many other things such as sympathy, love, hope, understanding and even joy that are there but we don't seem to notice them, because all our focus is on our pain.
There is so much good on this site, so much love, so many friendships, I guess it's so obvious to me and even hurts in a way because I've spent the last 36 years pretty much on my own. I'd encourage you to share the moments that you enjoy, encourage each other, be strong and positive for each other... though I guess I may be being over optimistic here, I'm just a dreamer really :biggrin: