hey- sometimes humor is the only way to handle this!  also, the inability to string the correct words together sometimes goes w/RSD: i never had this problem before, and now find it nearly impossible to find the right word for the situation.  it can be extremely frusterating.  and stress definately elevates the pain, as well as pain elevating the stress, talk about a catch-22!  but learning how to cope w/both in reasonable (yeah, right) ways can help reduce the irritation youre experiencing, emotionally & physically.  i just started nerve glide therapy, which i convinced myself would be this fantastically wonderful type of therapy (it sounds nice, adding the word 'glide' in there, doesnt it?), and while it is EXTREMELY uncomfortable while happening, afterwards i feel much looser.  dont know if youve tried it, or if your drs would reccommend it for you, but its seemed to help me, so far.  the problem, in my experience,  is that RSD is really smart, and quickly adapts to new therapies/meds, rendering them useless.  its quite a bite in the ass, finding something that seems fantastic for 3 weeks, then suddenly doesnt work.  anyway, its important to vent your frustrations, otherwise they will add to your stress & pain levels.  i think thats why most of us are here, to give our loved ones a break from this & to talk to others who actually feel like we do..

-adrienne

hi ty for your reply

i have tried that for the fms, i made me little sick to my tummy. hope u arent dealing with it and yes even now its feels great until i move. but i cant stand to have the lower right leg touched at all now, so out of the question in the worst area.  so much better in someways before i started in the pain clinic a sheet made me scream and i've tore my ligments in my ankle and couldnt be touched; but there was no need for screaming. funny this really is a different type of conditions-even now as i wait for meds its just searing.

 

ps on the up side my mom was given a gift when she went to the funeral for her brother and i believe at least for now has come home a new women. and as close as she could without bringing it up and upsetting me over again did explain her behavior. a first and i think a sry or as close as im going to get from her. u know mom, has to be in control of her non wild church going 2 non drinking daughters and love her to pieces lol  she cant help it - "got to love me " lol

 

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mary

happy to have recieved in my lost the gift of 4 new cuz's and their family

both annie's ty for your replys, and wow i have been reading about the work stress. now i can be nosey, but if it were me i would have given up a long time ago. u have a gift and u can be of great use in support for rsd; but i understand not wanting to let them cheat u out of your work, lifetime worth of studies that would be lost. i dont know how to get your employer to realize that.they are losing out of a mind trust.  am lucky i can just pick up the camera and poof i leave a record; what i now believe my art training as directed me too. i dont need a boss or even to be published i just need to print and document and wait. someday when the time is right someone will want my river studies and outdoor shots. first annie i dont use yahoo, is there a mail list?? that is more? active ty and both and all that replied to my post

have a safe weekend as well,

lynn in ia