This week, my doctor from Stanford arrived in Long Beach. His name is Doctor Elliot Krane. This was the doctor that performed all of my operations and began my therapy program. He was invited to come and speak at the TED conference. This is a HUGE deal. This is a conference where people talk about what technological advancements they are or have brought to the world. Bill Gates gave a speech, Al Gore, and the inventor of Google. The creator of Google even flew Elliot out here on his private jet! Elliot’s whole speech was about me and my hand. Cameron Diaz was even in the audience! He says that everyone loved the photos and the speech. He entitled it “Pain is a Disease.” He used a blow torch to display how that feels like a feather to someone with my disease, CRPS. He used my descriptions of what the pain feels like to develop his speech. I feel honored to have been in his speech. He chose to do the speech on me because my case of CRPS was the worst he has ever seen. I worked really to get better and I had one of the fastest recovery considering how bad my case was. I am so happy to have met him. If it wasn’t for Elliot, I wouldn’t be as healthy as I am now.
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