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Originally Posted by amkxoxo
Thanks for the response. I think the first main priority was to get my broken bone healed. When that happened then they started focusing on the excess symptoms. I just felt like the neurologist wasn't listening to me and immediately rode off CRPS in general. Like he was insisting it couldn't be that right away. When I do research myself I have all the classic symptoms, just not to the severe magnitude of some people. Like is it common the longer you have it the worse it gets? I'm so young. Should I get diagnosed? Because I can live with the symptoms but they are there.
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Hello -
I am sorry about all that you have gone through and so glad the ankle bone has now healed.
A few things to keep in mind as you go forward through recovery while searching for answers... The most important thing regardless of if you have CRPS or not is to keep moving and doing everything you can to distract yourself from the symptoms you are experiencing. If that means taking an extra pair of shoes, socks, flip flops...whatever you can do to help/cope yourself will be as good as anything the doctors can offer. Simple things like soaking in epsom salts and night. Balance rest with activity even if that activity is only simple isometric exercises. Touch the skin or areas of the body that burn with different textures.. start with very soft things and don't push to long or to hard but... do this many times per day. Get into the habit of taking time out of the day to close your eyes and imagine your body moving and doing the things you love without pain, picture your body as it was before your ankle fracture.. really think about each body part and how it moves freely. The more you fill your mind will positive thoughts the better chance you will have at a full recovery. Don't get me wrong.. this is not "in your head" but getting your 'state of mind' in a better place will help your body respond better to healing. At your age you have a much better chance at recovery.. please keep this in the forefront of your mind each day.
Please do not place ice on your ankle and instead use warm soaks with epsom salts or a moist heating pad (not to hot).
If you are having difficulty sleeping a 20 min walk or other form of gentle exercise an hour before bed can help a lot.
In the mean time.. hope to God you don't actually have it, but rather have delayed healing from such a traumatic and slow healing brake! A promising symptom you mentioned above is that your pain/burning is tolerable.. that very promising young one.. very promising.
Thanks for sharing your story, I wish you the best possible outcome and hope the pain your are in fades away swiftly.
Tessa