Thanks all, that's what I was looking for. I was complaining about the burning/cold feeling on a unrelated forum...then someone who had RSD....told me that's what it sounded like to her and also suggested I call MD....so, since I had never heard of it, I looked it up and it scared me to death!
I orig had an open anterior stabilization of the shoulder, because of dislocation during a work injury, it then froze up. Next I had a manual manipulation under anesthesia. Still froze up. Then I had an orthroscopic scar tissue release and bone shaving...but there was so much scar tissue that it could not be released by that method...and since I am a scar tissue grower...yet another surgery would simply encourage more scar tissue growth. I had all the joint injections, pain killers, massage, tens, over 130 physical therapy sessions, and faithfully did my home exercises 3 x a day....
So far WC is treating me pretty well...after the initial pokey-ness of about a year. My health otherwise is pretty shakey too, as at 47 I had open heart 5 x CABG's and a mitral valve replacement (artifical), many other heart ailments that seem to be mounting. Being a coumadin user...ANY surgery is a big production as I have to be weaned off the coumadin & onto 2x daily blood thinner injections 4-5 days prior to surgery....then just the oppostite after surgery getting back onto coumadin. Nothing seems to be simple with me & never has been. If I get sick, it never seems to fail I have tons of complications, other stuff goes wrong...and out patient surgery turns into a 5+ day hospital stay....I'm just scared about the RSD thing....and hopefully I'm just being parinoid.....but my gut feeling is I may be right.
Thanks to all....you are a God send!
Lillyblossom