i'm so glad you are doing better with your rsd. i've read several posts about people recovering from rsd today and am so happy that there are people with rsd who are feeling better. i've learned alot about rsd throughout the five years i've had it between living through its pain and learning about it from people on this forum and drs websites. from what i've learned is rsd is not cureable yet, but it can go into remission. that doesn't mean they are cured because rsd can come back again. hopefully someday a cure will be found.
i also believe that a positive outlook is also important, but rsd is not an illness of the subconscious. it is a physical illness and though being positive is important the need for medication sometimes from a dr is also necessary for some people in helping to manage the constant horrific pain that rsd causes them. i do hope that all of you who feel you are cured stay that way. and i hope that all of you who think that the subconcious can help cure rsd have it really happen.
i just wanted to express my opinion on the difference between being in remission and being cured,and the difference between subconscious (mental) illness and physical illnesses. i value and respect all of your input and think we all learn something from each others experiences.
i don't mean to be a downer but after living with illness for five years and going through alot of horrific surgeries and pain, i felt i need to express the realities of my version of rsd. that's not to say thats how everyone else will experience it, it's just my experience with it.
i hope you keep feeling better every day. i hope we all do. and i hope most of all a cure will be found for this incredibly constantly painful and still so misunderstood physical disorder of the sympathetic nervous system.
soft hugs and warm thoughts to all.
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