.... how can you explain that when my doc does surgeries, like the SCS or PNS or the pain pump that once a RSD'er is under general anesthisia that all the symptoms of RSD go away?? When i had both my surgeries for my PNS and SCS and the revision surgeries, i was put under general anesthisia adn said that my foot went to a almost normal positiion(i have a severly inverted foot) and that all my coloring goes to normal. This also happened when i had 2 week long epidurals. And the symptoms and the inverted all came right back when the general anesthisia or epidural block was stopped. My pm doc told me this bc i asked him about the workings of RSD. He said this happens in all his RSD patients and is similar to what a blcok does, but with general anesthisia your brain is totally shut down adn it also shuts down the effects of RSD and stops the pain signals.

Now doesnt that sound like nerves to me?? I can prob find a abstract if you want me to.. or?? but this is getting rediculos and youre getting upset that we are challenging your beliefs. And we are upset that you wont just say thats its what you think and leave it at that.. you are spreading this IRI theroy into the RSD world and its not even reconized to be associated with RSD. And i know that you are trying to get the word out there about IRI, but what good does it do when you are teling the people here and they go aske there docs and they have no clue.. Thier docs arnt gonna look it up and maybe if they do they find a couple articles aobut IRI but nothing conculsive.. and you i guess have the research to prove it.. so market tell ing doctors not us!! Yes we can brign it to them, but again... they are just gona think of what "they know IRI " is and dismiss it and that makes us (RSD'er) more frustrated.

Roz, I think that RSD can attack anyone and anypart of the body. And you asked me how do i explain the spread or other people with severe nerve damage that dont get RSD. Im not sure... and im not even gona tap in there bc im not a doctor! (not being mean at all... just wanted to make it clear that IM not giveing out advise) There have been researches that say people with type A personalities get this bc they have the strength or capabilities to deal with it... i think this could be possible. RSD can start with getting a stubbed toe or bee sting... and also with invasive surgeries.. Its all the luck of the draw i guess... ???


Amber