Hi, everyone.

I was so prepared to ask a question about my body temp just before getting my ganglion block. Then just as I started typing I FORGOT exactly what they were...I hate this short term menory crap!!!

Anyway I will try to explain, and ask my question anyway. Please bear with me. injury of left arm 2008 / surgery 2009, and Feb, 2010. DX in July CRPS, but I believe it was there a lot longer than that!

This was my second block in two months on for my left side for my left arm. When the nurse took my temp on my left wrist the temp was 96., something. On the right wrist was 96., something but the something was lower than the left.
I don't know what my overall body temp was because she didn't say, and like an idiot, I didn't ask.

The nurse felt my skin, and said to me, "Boy, your body is awfully warm!" But she didn't say I had a temperature. She also commented that, "doesn't your rsd mirror into your right also?" I told her, "yes." She said "but today it's worse in your left, and we are doing your left?" Before the block, the pain I came in with was a 4 and a 1/2, after the block it was a ONE. The recovery room nurse didn't take my temp readings of either wrist. I wonder why? Now by this being my second block is that natural not to do so? What I should have told the preop nurse was that my arm gets warm to hot before it goes cold! For my first block my pain doctor said I had CRPS, later he changed his mind, saying that I didn't.

Later my symptoms got worse, with the burning, redness, shine, deep bone pain, blood pressure constantly out of control. My pain doctor changed his mind saying I had mild CRPS, and asked WC for another ganglion block. They approved the second one. But I am affraid of the out come. Please can someone help me to understand what happens with the body temp? What are the routines for pre-op, and while your in the recovery room. There are times when I visit my private doctor about my blood pressure, that I will ask the nurse to take my temp in wrist, and the juried wrist is lower temp, than the right and somethimes the other way around. I'm so confused!!

Need your advise Lefty

Hi - I'm new to this board, but I can tell you why your temp and BP varies. Both are controled by the sympathetic nervous system (in your lumbar area), and with RSD, our sympathetic nervous system doesn't function properly. My face flushes, and it feels like a hot flash, but my hormone balance is okay. It's the RSD acting up. Same for blood pressure. I usually have a very normal BP, but with RSD it shoots up to 185 or higher. The ganglion block should tell your doctor more about your condition. I've had a number of them, and there's really no major pain involved. They numb you up first. I hope you feel better after.