Hi! I am a newly diagnosed CRPS patient and I am having trouble understanding how to "live with this". I continue to think there is a surgical cure or another injection for the area I felt I injured. The original pain is still there, but the pain has spread throughout my hand, wrist and upper arm. I don't want to accept that this is CRPS. I feel that if the original area was fixed, then the rest of the pain would magically go away. How do you get past this thought process? How do you live with the flare ups? Nothing helps during the prolonged intense pain. Then it goes away for a period of time, fooling me into thinking that I am cured and then hits again. Of course this continued discussion over and over has finally frustrated my pain DR. He is very patient and kind, so to frustrate him, is a big deal. What do I do?
This is a lonely place to be so I am glad to have a place to ask questions, begin the dealing process, and hope to help others when I reach the coping stage.