Mike, is it true about the constricted veins after contracting CRPS? It makes sense to me because in all the surgeries and procedures and blood draws I have had through the years, I have never had a vein blow. Then, on Friday, three of them collapse. I was stunned. The surgical nurse asked me if my veins tended to blow and I told him it had never happened before. The anesthesiologist seemed to think it was related to RSD, so that must be one of the changes that take place internally.

I have to say I have had only one needle stick in the past three years since developing CRPS, so this must be the "new me." Is there anything we can do to help prevent it in the future for needle sticks? I have feared a spread of the RSD so I have avoided much needed blood draws and an order to have an MRI of the brain with contrast. My instincts were right I guess.