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dee_burrisBless her heart. Nancy at My Ancestors and Me left me a comment in an entry, wondering where I had been and if I was all right.
I had a rollover accident in my SUV on February 22, described in my other blog, here.
The surgery to fix my wrist went well, but then I developed a complication called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD. It's also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS.
I was referred to a neurologist, who has a God complex to the nth degree, and am now trying to get a referral to another one.
I'm not 100%, and probably will not be for quite a while. Typing is still difficult, although I do manage much better than this time a month ago.
I have also gained an enormous amount of respect for the thousands of people living with chronic pain disorders.
One of the things I haven't been able to do is get out with my camera in cemeteries. I've been back at work since March 12 - 10 days post-op - but have multiple weekly medical appointments including physical therapy 3 times a week. My PT is my hero, because he's the one who saw the beginnings of RSD and galvanized my ortho doc into action.
Thank you, Nancy. I appreciate your concern more than you know.
ETA: Thank you to all the geneabloggers and the grapevine.
I had a rollover accident in my SUV on February 22, described in my other blog, here.
The surgery to fix my wrist went well, but then I developed a complication called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD. It's also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS.
I was referred to a neurologist, who has a God complex to the nth degree, and am now trying to get a referral to another one.
I'm not 100%, and probably will not be for quite a while. Typing is still difficult, although I do manage much better than this time a month ago.
I have also gained an enormous amount of respect for the thousands of people living with chronic pain disorders.
One of the things I haven't been able to do is get out with my camera in cemeteries. I've been back at work since March 12 - 10 days post-op - but have multiple weekly medical appointments including physical therapy 3 times a week. My PT is my hero, because he's the one who saw the beginnings of RSD and galvanized my ortho doc into action.
Thank you, Nancy. I appreciate your concern more than you know.
ETA: Thank you to all the geneabloggers and the grapevine.
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Date: 2012-04-21 05:15 pm (UTC)Nancy from My Ancestors and Me
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Date: 2012-04-21 11:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-22 12:00 am (UTC)Prayers, healing thoughts, best wishes for finding a new doc and all kinds of good thoughts heading your way. I've a pincushion I've used this last year when I REALLY needed to get someone out of our lives that I can haul out if you wish. It's certainly not the kindest way of changing physicians, but it works!
Wish I were just a couple hundred miles further south. I'd bring dinner. Heal. We'll be here when you're up to it.
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Date: 2012-04-22 01:41 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for the kind words.
This nasty accident
Date: 2012-04-22 12:47 am (UTC)Re: This nasty accident
Date: 2012-04-22 01:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-04-22 11:31 pm (UTC)Hope there's been some improvement...
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Date: 2012-04-23 02:19 am (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2012-04-23 07:06 pm (UTC)RSD
Date: 2012-04-25 09:34 pm (UTC)Re: RSD
Date: 2012-04-26 12:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-14 02:08 am (UTC)I am so sorry to hear about your accident and all of the pain you've had to endure because of it. I wish you a very speedy recovery, but don't push, take it easy!
Liv @claimingkin.com
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Date: 2012-05-14 11:33 am (UTC)