Some chronic pain conditions should be treated as emergencies
 

When this was in a paper this morning that I can lnk from my local news paper. It was in the news section - I started reading and got excited - it was short lived...

to read more please go to
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com...WS01/904220316

Thanks for the Link
 

Welcome,
Thank you for the link! At least we got a honorary memtion and THAT my friend is better than nothing. Makes me feel somewhat better, after 20 years!
Here's a link you can copy for your emergency care, in case you missed it on the last post. Copy and keep one on you. Seems we have been educator's on this for years. Di



http://www.rsds.org/4/resources/pdf/...l_protocol.pdf

Welcome, thanks for sharing the article. At least RSD/CRPS got some attention. I like your quote under your tag. "Some days all I want to be is a missing person" Look around and read some threads and enjoy.
Sherrie

...did you read further down the page(article) about this poor fellow?
 

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"I think I have CRPS1 on my Private area, Since it is in a embarrassing spot I havent been to Doctor yet for 3 yrs, It turns purple and burns like a inferno and swells to 2-3 times its regular size. I believe what caused my condition was my dog had stepped /pinched my scrotum and ever since that has happened it has been extremely painful. Is there any meds that I can get without seeing a doctor for? Anyone else have this problem?".........:thud:

The article is excellent. Thanks for posting.
:grouphug:

read this and was upset on the comment that rsd doesnt spread to the other side ... did they get the info from a 1912 medical book

carrie

i loved that they included rsd in the article but also laughed at the commet someone posted WOW

Hey Carrie,

I agree. It really bothers me when I see articles that say it can't spread. That view is so1912. It's like last year when my long term disability insurance company said RSD is a mental conditon and not physcial. The policy only covered mental disabilities for 2 years so they wanted to drop me. Thank God, I have a group of doctors who understand RSD. They all wrote letters for me and the company changed their way of thinking. I have filed for SSD 2 1/2 years ago I have been denied. I am waiting for a hearing date.

I had actually seen a neurologist early on for RSD who couldn't understand why I had pain in an area that wasn't injured, because it's a totally different nerve system. WHAT?!!! And she said that neurology doesn't have a good handle on this (ummm, it's a neurological disorder), and referred me to pain medicine. And this was after I had asked for a neurologist who was knowledgable about RSD. Talk about a waste of my time. Thankfully I finally ended up with a VERY knowledgable doc who WOULD treat RSD as an emergency.

yes i went thro the same problems my rsd spread early and fast in the first 5 mths my rsd went from right side of neck and arm to left arm to both legs.. and i heard it all .. "rsd cant spread and if i couldnt not that fast" so yes this article is wrong to say the least. and yes this is a neurological disorder for sure.. sometimes i have no idea what im even tryin to say and if i do manage to get it out its sure not what i wanted to say...

carrie