Hi Lynns,
I am with you on the school thing, but everyone is different. I am a teacher myself, and my daughter is in high school right now. She went through A flare this year and ended up having ketamine infusions. She started the year, full time in the school, but caught the flu and it threw her into a flare. She has been in and out of school, in Hospital/Homebound school, in the Public school full time, on dual enrollment and doing virtual school. My daughter has tried everything, we do what benefits her at the time of her flare. Going to school with swelling and pain and walking hallways having students bump into you can be miserable. She has also been fighting this since she was 11 years old. My daughter is an Honors/AP student, and her education is very important. but, sometimes you have to be educated at home in order to heal. Everyone is different.
Where are you in your education right now? Are you in College? Have you conquered this disease? I hope you have. Good luck to you.
Sandy
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Originally Posted by Lynns409
No ice!
I started in with this condition when I was 12, after an evil knee surgery to treat an injury from gymnastics. And the PT afterward was terrible. Ice made everything so much worse. (There are actually physical reasons for this.) Swelling, redness and pain are not things to just push through. (That saying "no pain, no gain" should just be destroyed!)
For me, at this age, depression and confusion was a huge part of my experience with RSD. I really wish that my parents had sent me to a therapist when I was younger. Adolescence is hard enough, but this just compounds it. She needs a place to vent and let loose and have someone hear her. There are just things that you cannot tell your parents, and kids have a huge tendency to not want to worry their parents too.
I think that school is really important, both academically and socially. Even if she even goes for half of the day and comes home, this is still a great thing. I am glad that my parents really tried to keep me in school as much as possible.
Hope this helps a bit!
Lynns
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