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Originally Posted by Sonny1
Dan,
They did tell me that I could experience the lump feeling in throat, it is one of the "positive side effects" so they say. But when I was choking, the feeling that ran across my back and into my other arm was almost like a transfer from one side to the other (without losing the pain in the original hand) if that makes any sense.
The nurse just called to check on me, I explained my experience, her response was" HMM, maybe the medicine didn't go completely to the same spot. The lump feeling is normal, but when anxiety spikes it could cause the choking feeling." I said what about the pain across my back and now worse in my left arm? She really couldn't answer that...I know....don't go back to her....I see my hand surgeon next week and we are gonna have a serious talk!
So anyways Dan, sorry to babble on about mine...is the injection site very sore & tender where you had you block done? Make sure you aren't running a fever, not having bad swelling in the area and if the pain feels "abnormal" call the Dr. and get it checked out, nothing to mess with. My injection site (front of neck) has a tiny bruise, but very tender. Let's hope for relief and a better way to get it!!
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No worries babble away! lol. The injection site swelled up a little bit but then became bruised and discolored (yellow and brown) and has been very painful although has gone down a bit in the last 24 hrs. I called the doc and they said this can happen and just gave me percocet 5mg along with the lyrica they already gave me. The percocet is the most effective although I have a large tolerance (I explained it in my "recently diagnosed" thread) so the dose is kind of low in comparison.
Do you take anti-anxiety medication? I do (I have GAD so I was previously prescribed it before I was diagnosed with RSD) and that seems to help both mentally and physically (with the slight muscle relaxant properties, keeps the rate of muscle twitches down). I would ask your dr about that, klonopin is the least "foggy" of the medications, at least in my experience. It doesn't impair my ability to do things.