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Originally Posted by liz0323
I was just recently diagnosed as having crps. I was forced to go to 4 different doctors and finally went to my first pain managment appointment monday. Every DR. agreed on what I have. I was wondering if maybe anybody could give me advice on a few different things. First off, this happened after I had surgery on my wrist through a workers compensation injury. Any advice on dealing with workers comp and rsd? Its spread from my wrist up my whole arm already. My biggest question... I'm only 26. Im so scared of a life of this. How do you handle this emotionally and mentally without falling apart? My dr has told me this was ignored for too long by my surgeon and theres no chance of it ever going into remission. I wanted to be able to talk to real people who deal with this instead of different drs who all have a million different opinions and websites which just confuse me more.
Liz
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I was diagnosed 9 months ago ( my foot) accept the fact that you will probably go through a grieving process ( I did) but don't let yourself get caught up in it. tell yourself that you are strong, and that you can beat this. Stay as active as you can. Take vitamin c ( my DR prescribed 500mg twice daily) do your physical therapy, even at home while watching TV ( TV distracts you and you are able to do more repetitions) I even have used foot massage and pedicures. at first they were painful but it is getting better. The emotional benefit of it outweighs the discomfort a bit. If you can tolerate it try a full body massage, and a manicure. eat healthy ( it helps mentally and physically). Hang in there.