tresas's Journal

I've had redness,swelling ,painful and sometimes sweaty hands for the last year and a half...at first the doctors thought it was from carpal tunnel that I had in both hands...well 1 did and 1 didn't.....this continued well after I had the surgery on both hands...I saw every doctor you could think of almost...dermatologist, neurologist,  3 primary care, 2 rheumatologists.orthopedist, my oncologist ( i'm a 13 year breast cancer survivor) Until I saw one rheum, and a different ( the 3rd ) primary..no one had a clue what was going on. Had x-rays, blood work, 2 emg's, tried all sorts of med's and no hope. Finally the second Rheum. said it could be rsd....my pain mgm dr( iwas seeing for neck pain) said he didn't think so, I'm not seeing him anymore!) Primary (3rd) said rsd and a new pain mgmt dr.said rsd..Finally a diagnosis....not a very good one, but now I have something to go on...trying med's to try and control pain....it varies from one day to the next. Is this normal? Considering spinal cord stimulator..anyone have any experience with this...

I have good days and really bad days...i guess this is to be expected...thanks for listening while I get this off my chest..hugs to all and hope you have a pain free day>=!