[wildberry2277]

Hello all! I am semi-new to this site.... I was in the TOS forum for a week or so... Since i have been dx with TOS and RSD.... Can sombody give me a little info about what RSD is... My doctor is just leaving me in the dark! Let me introduce myself and my story...

My name is Jacquelina... I have been unofficial diagnosed with TOS.... My doctor seems not to believe in it and now is very hesitant to call it that... I had a MRI which showed constriction on the left side but not on the right... However my pain is much more sever on the right...

The severity includes:
-Pain radiating down the neck into the shoulder and elbow then fingers
-Weakness
-No feeling in my pinky, ring, and middle finger
-When i do have feeling its intense burning and zapping feelings
-muscle spasms
-Burning hot on my right side... my skin turns beat red including, face, neck, shoulder, arm, and fingers....
-and JUST PAIN

I am not sure where it all started but i think it was in volleyball i was diagnosed with tennis elbow and carpal tunnel which always has caused me pain especially when i was writing... then a year or so later i started having muscle spasms really sever and had alot of upper back and neck pain... They always said it was stress...

Then it started turning in to a popping thing... I would be driving look behind my shoulder and their would be a pop... and running pain down my shoulder and fingers...

Now here i am today... I have been on muscle relaxants and pain killers off and on for the last year and now lyrica for the last month... Not getting much relief... and must say gaining alot of weight from i would assume the lyrica,,,,

I went to a pain clinic... They did some trigger point shots in to the muscle to see if it made it better... Well they were relaxed for all of 24 hours and then went back to normal... However that did not stop the pain in the shoulder and fingers..

It must be nerve pain they tell me.. .Even though that’s what i knew all along... Some doctors just don’t listen...

I am sorry to ramble on... What doctors have you seen for this... I could use some help.. My doctor still seems to think i dont need to see a neurologist... I live in the Anoka area....

Again sorry for carrying on... But if you could please help me out with some good infor about RSD?

Hope you are doing well

Jacquelina