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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Location: Paradise
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Originally Posted by rogerc
Howdy,
MY intro...
I am a 56 year old male with MS and now with CRPS.
New to this site, broke my ankle last Sept and after about 4 months was dx with CRPS. Damn it hurts, thought I had it under control at first. Was taking predisone and it appeared to help then all of a sudden it didn't. I wanted a second opinion to make sure it was not from all the hardware in my leg and the orthopedic surgeon looked at my foot and makes it clear that I had CRPS and that I need to see a pain specialist right away. Waiting to get to the appt in about 3 weeks but in A LOT of pain now and taking Lyrical. Will probably start on oxycontin in a few days to help.
Does this match up with the medications and what the rest of you have gone through?
I am also trying to figure out how to explain this disease in a short easy to understand explanation to my friends and co workers. How do the rest of you explain this?
Roger
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Wow Roger, I think your question is about the best single question I have seen over the last 5 months I have been here! I think everyone likely has the same frustration; I know I do!
Thanks for bringing up this thread. I don't have an answer. Daily, I try to come up with some explanation for what it is we go through. Part of my wimpy explanation does include, "you can't know the kind of pain we go through, unless you have RSD/CRPS." Doesn't do it justice, though!
Is that a fair statement?
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