Hey Allanira,

So sorry you are struggling right now. My hat is off to you being pregnant with CRPS, and it sounds like maybe you’re in the last trimester; that’s a tough time CRSP or not, and another little one at home too… you da woman!

My youngest daughter was still in diapers when I had my surgery that rendered me paralyzed from the waist down for a week, woke from surgery with CRPS and I played hell for months learning to walk again. Four months earlier I had lost my mother to breast cancer, and I was in the midst of a divorce, and had just moved into a new home four weeks before surgery and CRPS. So I get the single mom thing or being on your own, although I had two older children at home. At that time they were 11 and 15 y/o. I really leaned on them. My point is that I feel for your situation.

I wish I had something profound to offer, but it is so tough when you’re pregnant because there is so little you can do or take. My last pregnancy I did take a few Vicodin for something unrelated to CRPS (I did not have CRPS while pregnant) and there were no adverse effects on my little girl. Now I’m no doctor and anything you do, as I know you already know, should be discussed with him/her first.

The weather is a huge issue for me too. When the pressure starts to drop, and cold pushes in.. oh boy. The bathes are a good idea. It seems like you are trying all the things that come to mind right away. Are you at least taking some Tylenol and/or ibuprofen? Could you try an antidepressant for pain while pregnant? Rest. Your body is stressed out in more ways than one and rest is all I can think that will benefit you most. You say that you’ve just moved and you’re solo with another little one at home. That’s stressful for sure and all too easy to overdo it.

I totally hear ya on the chore of finding a doctor. We are in a part of the country that finding a knowledgeable physician of CRPS seems damn near impossible. All I know to do about this is just keep pushing until we find one. It’s beyond frustrating on SO MANY levels!!

Bless your heart hon. I wish I had more to offer you. Hang in there girl! You’re doing a fabulous job of managing all that is on your plate right now. REST, REST, REST. Be good to you!