Percy in Dallas

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Percy,

CRPS is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. My Mom has it after she was struck

by a truck while crossing a parking lot (she was on foot and was thrown up

on the hood and then onto the pavement-thanks to NC's odd laws, the driver

of the truck was not charged and cannot be sued!)

Here is a link which may be helpful:

http://www.podiatrychannel.com/rsd/

I haven't had septic shock yet, but my cousin has had it something like

seven times so far. Like yours, hers sneaks up on her. Her most dramatic

complication was a blood clot to the brain (the bacteria make clumps and

encourage clot formation) which required emergency brain surgery! She's fine

now, but pays a lot of attention to low grade fevers, as you can imagine.

Its pretty scary when she has these episodes-Her temp will just zip up to

106 and she'll go into convulsions and need to be immediately placed on one

of those cooling beds, and agressive treatment started.Scares the c**p out

of us.

Margaret