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Originally Posted by catra121
Thanks everyone. I'm now over a week since the FCE and my hands are still not recovered and are in a flare up. In addition to the bone crushing pain they are also very hot to the touch and stiff...I'm guessing from the swelling. I can't get in to see my pain dr until June 29th but I think I may go in to see my primary care doctor and see if they can do anything for the swelling and inflammation since over the counter stuff doesn't seem to be working to at least give me relief on that end. Maybe if the inflammation goes down then the flare will ease up a little too.
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Hi Catra, my RSD specialist prescribed celebrex to reduce inflammation in addition to my regular medications when I overdid it and the swelling/nerve inflammation wouldn't go down on it's own. I had to take it for many months. I had over ambitiously tried to use a palm sander for a very short time to do something at home without realising how bad the vibration would be for my CRPS/nerve damage. This strategy of adding celebrex or similar to reduce inflammation is something you could potentially discuss with your primary care doctor to help settle things down until you see your specialist. In my situation, reducing the inflammation helped me manage the flare up of nerve pain.
Hope you get some relief soon.
Booklover