Thread: Rsd/crps
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Old 10-25-2012, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Freshh20 View Post
Hey guys, I'm 17 years old and I have had RSD for 2 years. The on set was the first of 2 reconstruction surgeries on my ankle. I don't know how get through the day anymore. The pain has stopped me from doing all activities that I love to do. I can't even workout now. I wake up to pain and go to sleep in pain, and the terrifying thing is that my doctors can't help me, other than pain meds and acupuncture which only help for several hours. RSD is and has controlled my life and it seems to just keep on controlling me with no mercy.
Fresh sorry to hear this at such a young age it's gotta be tough as I'm sure you have read this is a very controlling condition I have giving up most of my favorite activities as the risk of further Injuries and pain level has forced me to to review the risk and reward of each. work outs can be modified For me working out was a combination of Military basic training/ football camp and weight room and while I can still do some weight training and some cardio I have had to learn what Yoga is. eating healthy who knew chicken came any way but fried and putting Bacon in plain yogurt is apparently frowned apoun.
(There is a reason why no male lives past age 65 in my family) As my wife has pointed out the one Benefit of me getting CRPS is it has forced me to look at things from a different prescriptive ( Other than Neanderthal Man) and try things like eating healthy, yogi, paying someone to change the oil my truck.
Now the hardest thing I have found is concentrating while in pain but when I do it is the closest thing I find to feeling normal and sometime I have to focus on the pain as away to make it appear to go away. The benefit is see for you having this at a young age is you haven't develop all the bad habits and life styles that I have (and other on here I'm sure) But each person deals with thing in there own way so what works for me or other may not work for you, but you can try them or modify them to help. It's only been 10 months for me but I learned quickly not to dwell on what I can't do anymore but to look at what i can do and all the new thing's to learn or modify to allow me to still enjoy them.
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