whats up everybody
 

just wanted to do a little shout out to all
i hope all those who are finding comfort in their current care are doing well, and all those who are struggling for answers soon find some.
ali-congrats on the school thing...i know it is hard to go back especially after a long absence and show up in a chair, hang in there, people will stop asking lame questions, you will find a comfortable rhythm, and the boys just keep showing up and sooner or later they will move onto something more pressing...if not just roll right over their toes and when they whine offer them the use of your chair when you are done with it.
anyway all just wanted to say hello...it is currently week 3 of a non-sleep session for me (2 sleep studies..."funny thing is you just never actually dosed off so we have no sleep related data"...ya think...thank you very much i am sure my insurance will fight the bill...next). on a possitive i am having a block tomorrow and my doc has assured me that no ride will be neccesary until the close of business because i will be sleeping...we shall see, she tries but sometimes i am up a couple of hours bored to death and threatening to call a taxi and go awol.
i hope this finds all of you on a pain free morning

Hi Wakegirl,
 

I had 2 sleep studies and I never got into the the sleep pattern they wanted me to. Part of mine was from the VNS implant but I just don't get any sleep. I am awake at least 60% of the night and have been that way for the whole time I have had the RSD.

As far as the block, I do hope it works for you. I do think they are so important for trying to get the RSD into remission. My thing is ask them to try different meds as Desi is doing or find a good Anesteologist to do them if you have a PM doing them at this point. The Anesteologist seem to know more about doing them right then the PM Drs. I have seen people use around my area here.

I have been so tired here lately. I ran all day yesterday. I bought another vehicle Sat. and I am dealing with my insurance problem. I finally got both done but I left my house 5 times yesterday to take care of business and I thought I might sleep some last night. I never slept at all. I don't know what a person has to do to get any sleep with the RSD. Pills don't even do it for me.

Have a good day girl and let us know how that block does.

Ada

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The Anesteologist seem to know more about doing them right then the PM Drs.



Hi Ada,

Here in Australia many of our Pain management doctors are anaesthetists, in fact all those I have seen have been. This is a wonderful bonus as far as I am concerned as they have a very sound knowledge of nerve pathways and plexuses for blocking, they usually have good cannulation skills too.:)

Cheers Tayla:hug:

Tayla, Our doctors of anesthesia are also the ones that work in the pain clinic. They are usually pretty well versed in many areas. I find ours to be very versatile also. I am in northern Michigan.
Judy

Hi Tayla,
 

We have both here. PMD's and Anesteolgist. The Anesteologist I see is only that. He has a small hospital of his own that he goes to after leaving the hospital and does the blocks.

We have PM Drs here in my area that won't even do blocks on RSD patients. The ones in U of Co. never offered me blocks. I saw 3 more that never did.

We do have both here though and they are different. In the group I had belonged to, none of them had even had a block. I had by that time and talked a couple in to having them done.

I have a friend who went to see this one idiot PM Dr. that I saw and has a bad rep. around here. In one month, he diagnosed her with RSD, did one block to see if it would work and stuck the SCS in her. She is now having it taken out. I think the PM Drs. are doing blocks now but the ones we have in our area, I have not seen a lot of good come from.

Ada

Ada