Hey guys. I have been getting a number of questions re: if I had skin, bone & muscle issues and if I recovered from them. You can see a pretty complete list of my cognitive, emotional, sexual & physical (both appearance & functional) shit storm of symptoms I suffered in my main thread, but the answer is yes, yes, yes, yes, yes & yes. I will dump some crash/recovery pics in this thread (pics or it didn't happen, right? . The reason I am doing this is because I believe our mental state is most critical to our recovery. The constant fear, anxiety & doubt keeps us in a high-stress, highly inflammatory state which continues to destabilize our bio-chemical homeostasis, worsens symptoms and prevents recovery - it is a literal death spiral. If you read the recovery posts, you will see a common thread of: 1) truly believing you will recover, 2) developing your plan, and 3) just getting the fuck on with your life. So hopefully these pics will help you with that journey.