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From: Bill.Elwood@p0.f52.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Elwood)
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Subject: Re: Reflex Sympathetic Dystropy
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Date: 13 Feb 90 15:14:45 GMT
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I got it from my right elbow (unbelievably sore spot there) down to my 
wrist after having my right arm shortened by an inch to compensate for 
removal of the readial head. I also had an ulnar transfer to get the 
crazybone nerve moved out of the travel of the bones. I have had all 
this unbelievable pain for 2 years. I spent an entire month. I was to 
.... I spent an entire month awake! I dumped my Dr. {To my advantage!} 
after having these nightmareish nerve blocks through the adams apple 
and into some ganglia near the spine... The jerk giving them to me 
missed as many as 5 times per treatment. They knew that they hit the 
right spot when the right eye got droopy. I think it was a 
troubleshooting technique more than anything. I hated it... I also went 
to a pain clinic where the 2 (ahem) people running it told me that I 
was ineligable as a "candidate" because my pain was real {thats post 
$1500 for testing in Medical terms}. I also took L- Triptopan, on the 
pain clinics' advice... It was recently removed from all shelves for 
causing a rare fatal blood disease. My arm and hand have a mind & soul 
of thier own... it is sometimes very hot and sweaty, sometimes ice-cold 
and very sweaty, and almost at all times just like the sensation normal 
people know as just having hit thier crazy-bone. I have become very 
good at masking pain for short periods of time by mentally re-directing 
my anger. But I still have a long way to go to be "safe company". Tell 
me more about you. Where are you? Do you use Biofeedback? How do you 
deal with the anger?
                       ## Bill Elwood ##

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