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Old 01-28-2008, 05:59 AM
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This storm has knocked me offline and I'm sorry for the delay in getting back. Thanks to all that have posted. I have tried stellate ganglion injections in the neck ( times 15) while under Morphine and placed on a radiographic table, but all of that radation worries me now, that only helped temporarily. I have tried Elavil and then Topamax. I tried some OT, ,such as the tens unit and some ultrasound therapy as well as some narcotics. Material hurts my arm and so does anyone touching it, yet no one understands this that knows me since the surgical incisions have healed. I had a terrible infection after the surgeries, yet the surgeon didn't believe the pain at first. One of the incisions is so long and on the inside of my arm that it's unavoidable touching it just by putting my arm to my side or getting dressed and wearing a simple shirt. I can't understand why it hurts with a simple breeze of air still. The ulnar nerve is something I would never get transplanted ever again. I wish I knew all of this before these horrific surgeries. I also had a fatty pad graft to the hand with a medial nerve relocation the same day as the ulnar nerve transplant. I suppose nerves should never be transplanted nor relocated, but now what to do for the RSD that terrorizes me every day? A weird thought is having a skin graft over the incision area. But I just don't know what to do yet. Thanks again everyone for understanding this complex disease and why it just won't leave us alone. For a while my nails grew considerably on that arm with a huge increase of hair growth, then the purple skin arrived, the blotchy skin and now the muscle atrophy despite any exercise. It hurts to the bone omg.
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