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