Hi

i am new to the site, but have been researching this new disease that i have since 11/07, and i had never heard of it.
i had a car accident, (was rear-ended) and the whiplash triggered the onset of symptoms from my degenerative disk disease...worse on the right side. my neck pain was always worse on the right, and so i had agreed to go through with steroid injections (ugh )...the second one damaged my spinal cord. since january i have had pain in my joints so bad i look like an old woman when i first get up from bed...the skin on my right hand looked like it was rotting, and was so dry my hand would bleed in several places. wounds take FOREVER to heal, and the pain i feel is excruciating, especially in places where i am hypersensitive (the inside of my right upper arm, it hurts so bad to be touched i see stars). i am trying to find some way to deal with it other than all the meds i am on, which have me feeling loopy and sleepy half the time. i had 2 stellate blocks, and am seeing a doc in a university hospital...maybe a spinal stimulator??
thanks to all, it is great reading your stories. when i tell people here what is wrong with me, they just stare at me (never heard of it)
my surgeon (have had many other issues along with the nerve stuff!) has told me that i am a walking symptom for RSD, he says it is very difficult to diagnose. great, right? !