Hi Thanks for posting Denny ,I bet a huge percentage of us with RSD wish our Doctor would feel RSD for just a day.I live in Springfield/ Eugene about a mile towards the Cascades . I mentioned my EX because unbelievably to me some people get to know us because we have meds (I don't understand why they will not go to a Doctor themselves ,anyway I never tell people I get Meds if I must take mine in front of them ,I just say they are BP Meds or whatever fits in never that I get Morphine Klonopin etc ,to me the great part of my meds is they take the edge off so I don't go crazy or do anything I would regret later. If someone does know somehow what I take I explain that I may be Dependant but I do not have addictive behavior like selling or trading my meds.If I do anything wong I am letting down all people in Intractable Pain like the RSDers I know.
Like Loretta was saying it's nice for people here in Oregon to get to a sunshine place ,though for me I enjoy the rain and here in the Willamette Valley ,in winter the high is 40 f and low about 30 and rarely it gets into the teens ,the beautiful Forest here seem to quiet my burning pain a little.
To answer Loretta for the first time all my Doctors and surgeons ,Therapists well everyone who helps me are women ,I didnt head out trying to get Women for my Docs but I must say I get the meds I need and I have the best Doctors I have ever had .I do stress out at times about losing everything with pain meds sadly being so Political ,but I have been really lucky since the late 80s ,the only time that I was taking my meds wrong was when I took Soma with my Morphines since Soma potentiates the Opiates and the Opiates potentiate the Soma .My Doctor whjen I lived in Bristol Tenn/Virg helped me get off the Soma (I took 16 a day) willing to give me as much Morphine or other pain med as I wanted but no Soma ,my mind is so much clearer and I no longer twitch.In the 60s the Doctors didnt have Morphine Contin so just tried to keep me out of it with Soma and #4 codeine but I couldnt stand the pain.Sometimes depression gets to me but not like it did back then
I Hope Everyones Pain Improves rsdno aka Mark