Guest guest Posted December 28, 2002 Report Share Posted December 28, 2002 lovepoanna, didn't get your name. You have come to the right place. We can certainly relate. I have had RSD in my foot. It developed a few months after surgery. My foot hurt and burned 24 hours a day. Finally, a doctor recognized it as RSD. I had one sympathetic nerve block and the pain stopped immediately. It has never come back. Luckily, mine was caught pretty early and there was no bone damage. W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 , I read your RSD story below. Wow,,, you are so lucky not to be in pain any longer. I work with RSD patients and RSD is very painful and hard to manage. I know when I was first diagnosed with SOD, a good friend of mine is an anesthesiologist. When I was telling him about all of my GI pain he said in a shocking tone,,,,, that almost sounds like an RSD of the GI system,, which has never been heard of. But it made me wonder if the sympathetic nervous system may play a role in our SOD pain. Just one of those intertesting thoughts. There is a GI condition called Visceral Hypersensitivity that is now starting to be studied more. I have not had a chance to look up much on this but apparently it has to do with some people being prone to a very sensitive GI system. RSD is much like pancreatitis. If you don't go to a good doctor that specializes in that particular area, then you can really get messed up. Experience counts for everything when dealing with those types of health concerns.I wonder since you reacted so well to the RSD block if your body would respond well to other types of blocks for your GI pain ?? Wishing you a better tomorrow than today , Lily Re: lovepoanna lovepoanna, didn't get your name. You have come to the right place. We can certainly relate. I have had RSD in my foot. It developed a few months after surgery. My foot hurt and burned 24 hours a day. Finally, a doctor recognized it as RSD. I had one sympathetic nerve block and the pain stopped immediately. It has never come back. Luckily, mine was caught pretty early and there was no bone damage. W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 , I read your RSD story below. Wow,,, you are so lucky not to be in pain any longer. I work with RSD patients and RSD is very painful and hard to manage. I know when I was first diagnosed with SOD, a good friend of mine is an anesthesiologist. When I was telling him about all of my GI pain he said in a shocking tone,,,,, that almost sounds like an RSD of the GI system,, which has never been heard of. But it made me wonder if the sympathetic nervous system may play a role in our SOD pain. Just one of those intertesting thoughts. There is a GI condition called Visceral Hypersensitivity that is now starting to be studied more. I have not had a chance to look up much on this but apparently it has to do with some people being prone to a very sensitive GI system. RSD is much like pancreatitis. If you don't go to a good doctor that specializes in that particular area, then you can really get messed up. Experience counts for everything when dealing with those types of health concerns.I wonder since you reacted so well to the RSD block if your body would respond well to other types of blocks for your GI pain ?? Wishing you a better tomorrow than today , Lily Re: lovepoanna lovepoanna, didn't get your name. You have come to the right place. We can certainly relate. I have had RSD in my foot. It developed a few months after surgery. My foot hurt and burned 24 hours a day. Finally, a doctor recognized it as RSD. I had one sympathetic nerve block and the pain stopped immediately. It has never come back. Luckily, mine was caught pretty early and there was no bone damage. W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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