Originally Posted by michael mengo

Hello Alison - I know this is an old post but I see you are still on here by your profile and I also sent you a friend request. I think your mother wrote this thread? Anyways this sounds just like my son and we are in dire straits for some relief and/or a cure? My son had Salmonella in August and after treating it with antibiotics it cleared up but left my son with CRPS. He started fainting a couple of months later which we thought was his way of dealing with the pain. He is now fainting up toward 40 times a day. When he faints, it last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. As I am sure you know this really can screw you life up. On top of the pain now my son must deal with constantly passing out. He used to be able to go to school and just muscle through the pain and then he started losing consciousness which made school impossible. We live in Oregon and my son will be going to Randall Children's Hospital for a 3 week, in patient, RSD intensive physical therapy program on Feb. 4 2013 We are praying that it works but are doubtful has he passes out so much. My sons, Max use to be a straight A student with lots of friends and loved school but he has only managed to be able to attend for two weeks with the pain before he started passing out.

Is there anything that you and your mom found useful to minimize or get rid of the fainting (syncope) episodes? Are you still having them today all these years later? I would love to correspond with your mom if at all possible to compare you guys (you and my son) and see what are some commonalities.

Thank you Alison
Michael Mengo