Tessa,
Sorry if it sounded so confusing i tend to jump subjects like that when i get upset. My original surgeon refused to say anything is wrong with me. Ive been diagnosed by two doctors who i saw with my private insurance, as well as a wc nuerologist and the wc pain management dr ive been sent to. My hand surgeon says theres no way i have it since I was able to function in a conversation as in I wasnt in debilitating pain and wasnt dripping sweat down my arm. That since I was able to do more than cry I couldnt possibly have rsd. ( which as far as I understand those are the symptoms of an extreme case...and not to mention does he not understand the strength a person can make themselves have when trying to reviece help?) I went to see the pain dr on monday and he gave me different meds to help including pain medicince and ones to make me able to sleep again. He also warned me that my hand surgeon refuses to admit that rsd exists and Im not the first one to come to him with these complanints of pain being ignored. yesterday when i saw my surgeon, he told me AGAIN ( even after FOUR drs diagnosing it) that I dont have rsd and that I need to see a pain dr who used to be HIS anesthesiologist because I dont need ANY medication, and that I didnt need to do anything except go back to work. That is why I called a lawyer , I was unsure of where I stood. As did I need to go see this new dr my hand surgeon was recommending, or could I choose to stay with who Ive seen as he is the first dr whos really helped me? She isnt getting involved, but she did talk to me on the phone for forty minutes telling me where I stand, what my options are now, and what authority my hand surgeon really has in which drs I go see ( turns out absolutely NONE at this point). I called one who from what it showed in my incessant googling (lol) specializes in rsd and wc and is highly regarded.
The original injury was from work, I do a job thats basically all repetitive motion. I thought I had carpal tunnel, so I claimed a wc case. When i went to see the surgeon, an mri showed that I had a torn ligament in my wrist. The surgery went well, and everything was going good until about a month and a half after, I started having this new EXTREME pain in my wrist. I told my surgeon, and he kept saying it was normal. The pain got worse and traveled up my arm gradually, and its now focused mainly in my elbow but goes all the way to my shouler, with the sensitivity and burning in my hand and recently in my forearm. The dr kept insisting I injured myself in my sleep, even going as far as saying my hand wasnt swollen and blue ( both the nurses I saw ten minutes before both were like OMG something is wrong look at your hand) which is when I decided I needed to be checked out by somebody else.
One dr insisted that he wanted to burn my nerves apart right away, which seemed like he was rushing right to the end. I didnt feel comfortable with that and havent been back to see him. No, no physical therapy has been started but I was shown a bunch of exercises to start trying to do at home and he did recommend to try to do as much as possible. Ive been trying to get up and do more stuff around the house using my arm, Its just been a struggle. My pain is managed if Im not using my arm but as soon as I start trying to get up and do stuff it comes roaring back which makes me just wanna go back to laying down and doing nothing.
Im going to go to the store today and get the vitamins and EPSOM salts and see how those help. I hope this post made a lot more sense lol. I just woke up so I'm completely clear headed and tried to explain myself the best. I guess Im just used to my friends n fam being sick of hearing it so I try to condense stuff down as much as possible.