Alien Body

This afternoon I grabbed my camera to take some pics of my legs. Trying to capture the weirdness that is my skin thanks to CRPS. Wanting to see if the discoloration of my skin can be captured. I haven't attempted to take any pictures in quite awhile and many changes have happened. I was sitting there contorting my body trying to get these pictures from different angles. I got some good pics. It was worth the pain to get them. I also saw something I hadn't even noticed before. My knees. I was reviewing a picture I had just taken and they looked freaking weird!! My gaze jerked to the aforementioned part of my anatomy and widened in surprise. Holy cow! They look funny because they're swollen. *picks jaw up off floor and shuts mouth* I tentatively reached my hand toward these two foriegn things and poked at one. Quickly snatching my hand back as if my own knees were going to bite me. *laugh snort* For a few minutes I was positively entranced by them. I poked them some more, becoming bold by leaving my hand and fingers within reach of these aliens. There were tiny water balloons shoved beneath my skin.

All this time I thought the only spot on my body with very minor swelling were my ankles. I had very severe swelling from just above my left knee to my foot when CRPS hit me. When I learned to walk on my own it mysteriously disappeared. It took half a second or less for the swelling to appear when I had my leg down. Then one day, gone. I can't even tell you when or what day it disappeared. One day I couldn't sit like a normal person, one day I could. I'm still stunned by what I saw in my knees today. I will have to pay much closer attention to my body. The whole of me and not just the stupid sores and dry skin.

My Man Kitty hunted in vain today for prey. He didn't catch any lizards or come close to catching any. I feel kind of bad for him. He had such a successful hunt yesterday and nothing today. I could almost feel his disappointment. The good news is Shanni didn't catch any either. I think the two Gil rescued from Connor yesterday warned all the other lizards and told them not to venture near our courtyard. The snapping kitty jaws of death and claws of doom would be the death of them all!