results of 3rd block - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Message Board

dayton · 06-11-2003, 08:45 AM

hi everyone, had my third block yesterday. I told the doc I did not want sedation but when he showed me the needle he uses, I said "oh, lots of sedation." GIVE ME DRUGS... I got a big lecture on the way over there about how many of these are you going to have, how much leave are you using, why can't you work half a day, I mean it went on and on. I was so upset when I got there I was nauseous. I told the doc hubby doesn't believe I have this, my boss is a cross between Attila the Hun and Hitler, and the stress is killing me. But at least I had no pain in my foot. They gave me the iv and put something in for nausea, burned really bad, I mean it hurt, so they gave benadyrl, boy was I sick. Anyway he said to call them on Friday and if I'm still pain free he may not have to do another block, just monitor it. He said he thinks it was caught pretty early as my syptoms were very mild but in his opinion he likes to get started within 4-6 weeks of the injury. Gees, that's earlier than I had read. I can massage my foot up to knee and the swelling around the knee has gone down. The front of the ankle also doesn't hurt. He said he'd talk to hubby but I don't want to cause World War III, so I said I would just tough it out. I got to work this morning and boy was my boss a monster. I was shaking within an hour. I'd rate my day so far as 9-10 on that funny face scale. Thanks so much for your support.

cattys · 06-11-2003, 01:39 PM

Boy, I tell ya girl you do have it rough when it comes to your husband and boss. Does your husband actually think that you have the blocks done because you love being tortured. I don't know how you do it.

I hope you have a half decent day after all of that.

Take care
Cattys

scriptor · 06-11-2003, 06:47 PM

Hey dayton,
You need to tell your husband and your boss that making your life harder and giving your more stress is going to do more bad than good. RSD thrives on emotions and stress! Trust me! Tell them they are going to make it spread if they don't stop. That's what happened to me. I lived with 3 other girls, suppossedly my friends, and they it was awful. They wouldn't clean, for instance. I was hobbling around with my crutches cleaning our apartment and they would just be sitting on the couch watching me. Also, they wouldn't pay for anything. And because I couldn't work anymore I was spending money on them. My RSD spread throughout my leg within three months!!! That's fast!! All because I was sooo stressed out because of them. And I didn't have the guts to say anything. They did lots of other things to me as well, so one day I couldn't handle it. I told them that I had to move because I was in too much pain, I couldn't drive my car anymore and I have no money. Guess what they said. No you have to stay here with us until we leave. Which would be another two months. So I decided to stay. Then I told them again I couldn't, I HAD to leave. They again said no. So finally one day, I just packed up and left. I told them earlier that day when I had been at my parents house that I was moving out that day, and the first thing they said to me was "what about next months rent?" I couldn't believe it. But I couldn't take it anymore. One of the girls had been using my car for almost a year without helping me pay for it at all, and she was always short on rent and she never had any money for food or the bills. It was so stressfull I had to get out. I got the RSD because I had been so stressed out and it just fed on it.

So anyways dayton,
don't let yourself be in stressful situations. Make your husband read this, just so he'll know the danger he's putting his wife in. He's probably just so upset that he can't cure you or help you. My dad is that way. The only way for him to cope if for him to believe that I don't have RSD. He's just now coming around, and it's been a year. But we still fight like cats and dogs. My dad thinks I should go back to work. I should be walking everyday for miles upon miles. But I know he's just frustrated. As your husband probably is as well. Just talk to him.
Hope I've helped you a little with my lengthy story.
scriptor

AngeInBoston · 06-12-2003, 09:37 PM

Hi Dayton!

I'm glad your third block is seeming to help the pain well....I hope you're doing well!

My "Ramrod" Joe has his first block scheduled for Tuesday...and he hates to take any time off from work too! I've told him his health is MUCH more important than missing a few days pay!

Joey's pain has been helped greatly by the new Demerol we squeezed out of his Dr., and his Valium too. Are you on any anti anxiety drugs? Sounds like you need them!

I'm sorry, but I can't stand your husband! He sounds like a jerk to me who is angry because his meal ticket is sick, and this might mean that he's gonna have to start doing more cleaning and laundry! I hope I'm wrong there, and I don't want to offend you, but he sounds like a controlling jerk who needs to be in alot of pain himself and yet have NO ONE who cares about it.

Oh, I was wondering, are you doing Physical Therapy too? I want Joey to find a new PT, since the young Airhead one he had doesn't even think he has RSD......

I was thinking, wouldn't a place that has water massage be wonderful? Like blasting hot water whirlpools? How about Massage Therapy? Can we get the Insurance to pay for anything like that?

dayton · 06-13-2003, 06:29 AM

Hi Ange, they gave me 75 per night of elavil before I even got to pain management doc. I asked about PT at my last visit and was amazed when the doc said no, I really believe since you have mild symptoms now that increasing physical activity would only aggravate it because you're working full time, doing all the house work, shopping, bank, paying bills, on and on, he said you get plenty of walking around and standing on your feet got enough to do without the pain of PT. He recommended hot baths and gentle hand massage. So far so good.....