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Originally Posted by Hotfoot53
Hi CRPSbe,
My heart goes out to you! There was so little known during the time that this started for you-- Now there is more awareness, hope and management techniques. You are clearly a resilient person with a strong spirit. I'm so glad they figured out enough to help you maintain your arm in okay position and provide you a quality of movement that allows you to do things. Praying you have more pain free days-- Hotfoot53
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Thanks so much! Means a lot to me.
It's both my arms that it spread to, especially the right. The right one was turning cold already. Thank goodness the medication (calcitonin) is the greatest thing since sliced bread for those arms, but I had to be patient (it took longer than the foreseen 3 month period). It really and truly helps, if you are patient enough with it (not for my legs unfortunately).
They are phasing the medication out of treatment plans more and more, I hear, though. Especially in university hospitals. But there aren't many alternatives for it, so they're basically stuck.