RSD+ICE=nerve damage.

Or should I say further nerve damage?

Please read Dr. Hooshmand's puzzle #102. Sorry, I'd link but I'm on my phone!

Be careful of Ice period, not just in RSD effected limbs. The intolerance can increase over time and spread into your "good limbs."

I agree with Gabbycakes. I sure hope all our weather triggers this early doesn't mean we're in for it again...

I need warm weather this is rampaging my body. Everything just aches and now the bottom of both feet hurt.

My boyfriend told me that it said in the paper that we are in for a colder, wetter winter.



I am NOT happy about this. I can already tell that my pain level is higher despite using everything I have to help it (TENS unit, Lidoderm Patches, heating pads, etc). I keep the heat on the first floor in the 70s PLUS I have my electric space heater...and even that is only helping so much. Sigh...it is not going to be a good next few months. When does Spring come again?

Not sure where the cold front came from or going but it's here. I woke up freezing. My RSD hand and foot have burning pain and I can't seem to fully wake up.
I took my morning med and I'm making some coffee hoping it might help. Not sure what I'm in for today. I never had this much trouble waking up before...

I woke with both arms hurting, left hand pain, right foot killing me. Took hot bath, still not helping. Time to move south West (if money would allow) I just don't think I have another winter in me.

I'm starting to think Yuma, AZ myself...

can I come jimbo?

I've said since shortly after diagnosis that I felt like a weather person!!

I can feel the weather changes about 48 hours ahead of time.

In the last 2 weeks we've had temps in the 80's down to the 30's with rain!! Today we're back into the upper 60's and Sunny!!

What is a person to do??

My body has been SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!

You move somewhere warm. Seriously. I'm in Cali and can't imagine living anywhere cold. I have a few more things to try medically, and then if I don't have anymore improvement, I'm moving somewhere I can swim 365 days a year. My list 1)Hawaii 2)Scottsdale 3)Plam Springs. But, my son is away at college and I'm single, and no longer tied down geographically...

Anyone that hasn't swam in warm ocean water really should try it, it's like a very large bath with Epson salts! Pools work too, but IMHO the ocean is far better.

Perhaps, we could somehow convince the general population that RSD is contagious, and then we could start an RSD colony somewhere in the South Pacific?

fmichael could probably write a grant proposal and get us the several millions we'd need from the Gates Foundation, or the like...

Sorry, I've been hitting my breakthrough meds a little heavy this week.