Originally Posted by Vrae

Oh man these flares of mine are getting out of hand! The RSD has really taken hold in my torso. Like every single muscle. Last night was horrible! It was like the muscles in my torso were squeezing me, REALLY, REALLY tight. Of course all the typical other pains as well, just elevated beyond belief. In these moments I feel like my body is nothing more than a torture chamber! I was back to taking everything in my arsenal last night, just to try and stay ahead of the pain and out of the ER. I guess it was a success because I was able to stay out of the ER, yay.

So the legs, feet, arms, hands are bad enough, but now with the massive involvement of my torso… wow. It was tough not to cry. I hate when I am forced to take Percocet. The stuff just wires me for sound and then I’m up all night, and ended up sleeping most of the day today. Funny (haha.. right?!) how nighttime is always worse. I can feel the RSD coming alive again today as the sun begins to set here. <sigh> I sure hope it’s not a repeat of last night.

My spams are off the charts too. Toes trying to curl, leg muscles contracting. This always worries me because I fear they will get stuck in a contracture. I was back to having to use a walker last night. Every muscle in my body was very weak.

I’m sure that the 45° swings in weather, a front on the way, and it’s time to cycle for the month have absolutely nothing to do with it.

My cycle plays hell on my RSD every single month. It’s horrible. I am thinking about finding out if they just cut the tubes and maybe I could be done with that part and get relief. My doc wanted to do a hysterectomy and some sort of mesh to hold up my bladder a few years ago, but I am just not sure I could handle the recovery and scared to death that the RSD will retaliate.

Sorry to just complain but last night was really bad and to say I’m concerned about tonight would be an understatement.