Hi there everyone!

So for the last year I have been having pain in my wrist and weird swelling and color changes in my thumb and fingers. I figured it was because I was doing hair for 20 years. I went to a hand specialist and he ordered a bone scan.
I was fully expecting a call with a surgery date for decompression or something. Nope they called and said I have crps.

I'm feeling frustrated because I'm not seeing a way to fix it. I really wanted to go back to working in my field of work. I am just not sure how that is going to work because moving my hand is very painful.

It's also frustrating because I didn't even know what this syndrome was and had a friend ask me if it was a mental disorder. My mind runs away with me because I have a lot of pain in other areas of my body and am seeing crps can be in other areas of the body. I just always assumed I had arthritis all over. Now I'm wondering.

I'm 39 and was crushed by a horse 7 years ago, broke my back and well it hurt me in lots of places. One thing I noticed thought the last few years is I will injure myself (such as breaking my ribs) and they seem to heal up and then one day down the road it hurts again but with more intensity. I was starting to think I must be nuts. is this something that could be related? Not being nuts but the reoccurring pain?

My dr suggested pain management straight away. This is also new to me as I've been feeling like a wimp cause Tylenol just doesn't help at all. ( I have ibd with avms and bleeding and NSAIDs are absolutely never a safe option for me sadly cause they help) not even sure what pain management has to offer but am intrigued.

I came here cause I need to talk and read along with people who won't say "suck it up buttercup there's no surgical option so nothing must be wrong"