I thought this would be good to share with you all. I printed this out to take with me because SO many people are unfamililar. please go to this site to see...
I am sorry your having a tough time. If you need support here is where I come. It is where I know that people get me, my pain and my wins, no matter how small....
thank you so much leornard for your advice im so sorry it took me so long to reply its just my days have been real tough the last 2 days. Yesterday I had...
Diane, For feet swelling... until your body gets a little more 'used to' being on your feet... you need to kind of linit the amount of time you spend on your...
http://www.cliving.org/stressthermometer.htm *How Temperature Relates To Stress* Under stress muscles tense and blood flow is restricted to the main body and...
Hi Linda, Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. I myself do not have problems with my fingernails however know of several others who have talked...
Researching medications to treat chronic pain, this is a good article... http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/09/brook.htm [Non-text portions of this message...
The Big Hurt Issue of 2005-10-10 Posted 2005-10-03 This week in the magazine, Jerome Groopman writes about reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a type of intense...
Hi Dori, I'm feeling a bit guilty about mentioning my fingernails. They aren't a problem as much as another bizarre symptom I observed. And I guess I hoped to...
I have RSD in my left foot. I wear those fuzzy lamb wool slippers. ( my teenagers wear them so can I) lol.They are like flip flop clog type. Or I wear double...
Thanks! I liked it & printed it out for my pain clinic team. But I want to add something here. It is hard to remember that these Docs are just that... Doc's....
I have been in a lot of RSD Groups and this is a really good one for you rsdpain .I got RSD at a very young age and finally at 14 a Doctor diagnosed it .The...
COMENERO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR E-MAILING ME. IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT SOMEONE IS OUT THERE THAT CARES AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH. YOU ARE...
Hi. Eveyone how is eveyone doing? i am doing ok i think my foot is huting tonigth did not know why. want is everyone doing for thanksgiving? i did not know...
I not been posting for awhile, I quess after awhile with rsd in sinks in and still fighting comp wears a person down. I'm waiting for a hearing for ppt but I...
WOW... funny u should ask that.... I used to have that problem a LOT... not really as much anymore! I am not on the neurontin anymore I am on Topamax... which...
THE NEW YORK TIMES November 29, 2005 The Consumer Poisonings From a Popular Pain Reliever Are on the Rise By DEBORAH FRANKLIN Despite more than a decade's...
Many of us just take whatever the doc's perscribe without realizing the potential toxic effects, much less asking to be monitored! In their defense they cant...
leonard_2480 <QTDs@...> wrote: Many of us just take whatever the doc's perscribe without realizing the potential toxic effects, much less asking to be...
Hi, New year, new question: How essential is it to avoid bloodwork on the RSD limb? Will it aggravate the RSD? Seventeen years ago half the lymph nodes under...
Bloodwork can be done from your foot.... and it really isn't all that bad, as long as u have someone who KNOWS what they are doing. Make sure that u are not ...
Hey everyone.... Maybe its just me that didn't really realize this.... but I figured I would share it w/ all of you anyway.... The dreaded 'Stomache Virus' has...
hi,happy new years to you too! Im not sure exactly what to do or what the oitcome will be, but I can tell you of the experience I had and what happened and...
Thank you, Lisa and Diane, for your advice. I have annual check-ups with the oncologist and they always draw blood for tests; maybe I can forego that part of...