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Originally Posted by zookester
In your shoes this is what I would think about in regards to this surgery. If the toenails are affecting your ability to be mobile and causing infection then I would think the benefits of this surgery far outweigh the risk of spread. Remaining mobile is the best therapy for CRPS of either type so that to me would be important. Since you body is already being "injured" from the ingrown toenails then this is also a risk of spread and as far as you mention in your post that has not happened yet.. so I would most certainly go forward with the surgery. There are preemptive anesthetic protocols that can be followed in order to also reduce the risk of spread from surgery like epidural anesthesia rather than general. 500mg of vitamin C should be a daily regime now and after surgery.
It is my understanding that the risk of spread when there is a clear surgical need is less when CRPS is not in an acute flare. I hope this is the case with you. Is your CRPS in the foot; this can also make a difference.
Everyone is different and responds differently to injury/surgery and I do hope that you response whichever way you decide is favorable!!
Wishing you a speedy recovery,
Tessa
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Thanks Tessa. It's in both my feet and they're not in a flare (but I wouldn't really know if it was tbh because of the cocktail of meds I'm on!) - the last thing I want is for it to spread, but as it's type II (nerve injury) I would hope that the likelihood of a spread is unlikely. The only spread I had was from one foot to the other, and that was very shortly after I was diagnosed and haven't had a spread since
Sounds like the surgery is the best option so I'll go ahead with it. Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it
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