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Hey Eugene! I've kicked a number of symptoms, as Alan mentioned, with the hand/wrist pain being the last to go. I am always honest with my patients, so I'll be honest with all of you guys, too. My pain is, for all intensive purposes, gone. It doesn't interfere with my daily life, it doesn't cause me distress, and I am definitely not afraid of it coming back. That being said, those neural pathways in my brain are still there somewhere. Once or twice a month, I'll notice my wrist/hand pain pop back up (or maybe I'll notice my neck pain, or my leg pain, or one of my other symptoms). But that doesn't scare me. When I notice a pain symptom come back to say "hi," I just say wave at it as it goes by me. I use it as a chance to check in with myself and say, "What's going on? Where's my anxiety?" Because I have no fear that the pain will "stick," and I have no fear around the pain sensation itself, the pain will dissolve/disappear within a couple of hours.

For me, I don't feel pressure to make sure the pain is "totally gone" forever. It can pop up here and there, that's okay. I know what to do when it comes on, and it doesn't scare me anymore