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Originally Posted by booklover
Hi Tessa,
Glad you dropped by. You’re the first person I've ever met with CRPS 2, like me. My specialist calls us “atypical”. Thanks for explaining how you manage to push your battery and pain pump in with tape. I was interested to hear that having a device in the front also causes the same problem for you, as I have the option of moving battery to the front when I need to replace it. I have also noticed that if I hold the top of the battery in that relieves the pain, but I can't do that all night! Unfortunately, I react to any sport tapes with rashes, welts and skin breakdown, not what's needed over my battery! Nevertheless you’ve made me think, I may be able to achieve the same effect with elastic binding without affecting the skin.
I will look into this further,
Booklover
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Hey Booklover - nice to meet you,
I'm sorry you also deal with CRPS II. I wanted to mention that I don't actually
push the battery or pump in - I just apply the tape with some tension so that it reduces the internal friction from the device more like adding support for it. Pushing it in may cause additional discomfort as you would be pushing it against the internal scarring and creating more pressure/pain. With them gently supported, I don't notice them as much and the pain is much less.
Tape of any kind usually causes me to blister etc., but this particular tape doesn't.. I hope that it works for you also.
Wishing you the best day possible,
Tessa