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Originally Posted by stressedout
Things seem to be getting worse. I lost my home and 6 dogs in a fire back in May. thank god my kids are ok. since then i know i have been under alot of stress. my rsd hand/arm has slowly been getting worse. the tremor never stops and if i really try to stop it sometimes i can but then it jerks, it get very sweaty too now. swelling gets worse as the day goes on. my dr. wants to do a pulsed radio frequency ablation tuesday. i am just to a point where i don't care anymore as long as there is a chance it will help. now this morning i got up and my fingers won't open.
i have tried but my hand is stuck in a fist. i'm so scared, i thought i was doing good, i go on, don't let on to family how much it hurts. i get depressed because life is normal for them, not me. i feel useless. yes, i favor the arm. i've tried not letting it get me down but now i want to cry. i feel like i am losing it.
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So sorry things are going from bad to worse for you, but I also had a hand that froze on my. I could move nothing from ABOVE the WRIST. No fingers, etc. My PM doctor, as far as I am concerned, helped a miracle come along. He did a continuous nerve block (epidural?) while Occupational Therapists MANUALLY moved my fingers, keeping them from remaining in that frozen state. It took two weeks - Inpatient in a Rehab Hospital so they could work 8 hours a day, 7 days per week WHILE I had the needle in my spine controlling what would have been unbearable pain.
I am proud to say that I have about 60% use of my fingers most days. That is a great jump from 0% that I feared I would live with.
Get yourself at least another opinion from a different PM physician. It may mean the difference in regaining the use of your limbs.
Good Luck. Do what you can manually until you find another opinion.