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Hi,

My name is Stickles and I am writing to you from New England. I

have the pleasure (kidding) of being diagnosed with RSD in my right

arm.

I have had problems with this since I was 11. Only recently has

it become bad enough (in the past 6 years) to seek medical

attention.

It started out when I told my first doctor there was something wrong with my arm

and he wrote me for 1000 motrin 800's! He did nothing to help with the problem.

My doctor I have now (a wonderfull doctor) has sent me to specialists and helped

alot. I have has 4 nerve entrapment surgeries and carpal tunnel in my arm they

worked a little but it has gotten WORSE since then? I don't know if somehow

something got " nicked " in all the cutting or the surgeries traumatized my arm to

the point that the nerves are fired up for good?

I currently have alot of pain at a 5 on the 1-10 scale and spikes to 7 or 8. I

am currently on percocet 7.5/ 325 as needed for the pain.

I had been on Oxycontin for about 6 months and came off of that (more to come).

If you don't have to DON'T get on that stuff...it works great to kill the pain

but when you get off IT KILLS YOU!

The reason why I dropped off of it was my wife... ever since my doctor started

me on narcotic pain treatment regimen she swears I am an addict AND TELLS

EVERYONE ABOUT THIS.

When I came off of the OC she treated me like DIRT for the whole week and said I

needed detox center??? Well I came off fine under my doctor's supervision and he

watches me and we talk ALOT.

They are thinking about putting me on a spinal cord stimulator? Has anyone had

this? Does it do away with the crappy drugs? I am getting so sick of this whole

thing it is unbelievable... any help would be greatly appreciated!

Many advance thanks!!!

Stickles