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Hello Friends! I want to begin today in my continued sharing of my story/journey with RSDS/CRPS. I had written earlier that CRPS was 'Chronic' and it should have been 'Complex'. So, I want to correct myself in this statement first, today.
Today, I want to share with you how important 'open communication' is a key factor in your doctor/patient (person) relationship. And, I feel that all of our experiences can be helpful and cross the threshold with one another in hopes to strengthen us separately and collectively.
I had stated early on that finding a doctor and a diagnosis to your pain is an important key to your treatment and recovery time into remission. It is vital for you to find a doctor that you can feel comfortable. You have a right to know and understand how the doctor is treating you and sharing with the doctor in an open dialogue will speed your treatment. If you do not understand your treatment, ask questions until you do and/or speak up. Just remember, if the doctors wanted to treat something that could not talk, they could/should have been Veterinaries.
I remember after several months of walking with the aid of crutches my doctor took them one day and threw them across the room. He did this to make a point. Well, he did, indeed. I wanted to leave immediately but I knew that I would only be hurting myself. He told me that I had to walk on my foot or my foot would die due to lack of circulation of blood. The bones in my foot had already started thinning. He told me that I would have to undergo many pain blocks to withstand the pain and I would possibly have to enter a rehabilitation with a dripping IV to control the pain. He said that I would need a number of medications for possibly a two year period to control the RSDS/CRPS that was trying to take over my nervous system. Please know that not all doctors treat in the same method and sometimes the use of equipment is/will be necessary for an individual.
Nevertheless, after approximately 18 to 25 months, I had the honor to speak at a RSDS Symposium as a person living with RSDS/CRPS in South Bend, IN. There were sixty doctors that attended nationwide as well as RSDS/CRPS persons. I will always remember feeling the bond of kinship among those there that particular day.
After I had spoken the words relating to the 'doctor/patient/ relationship versus the Veterinary profession; at intermission, a number of doctors thanked me for sharing the need to communicate with their doctor.
So, please realize that you are the spokesman for your body. Lean into your treatment with confidence that you with the help of your doctor will/can turn your pain into something more livable than as you see/feel it today.
I want to begin today in my continued sharing of my story/journey with RSDS/CRPS. I had written earlier that CRPS was 'Chronic' and it should have been 'Complex'. So, I want to correct myself in this statement first, today.
Today, I want to share with you how important 'open communication' is a key factor in your doctor/patient (person) relationship.
And, I feel that all of our experiences can be helpful and cross the threshold with one another in hopes to strengthen us separately and collectively.
I had stated early on that finding a doctor and a diagnosis to your pain is an important key to your treatment and recovery time into remission. It is vital for you to find a doctor that you can feel comfortable. You have a right to know and understand how the doctor is treating you and sharing with the doctor in an open dialogue will speed your treatment. If you do not understand your treatment, ask questions until you do and/or speak up. Just remember, if the doctors wanted to treat something that could not talk,
they could/should have been Veterinaries.
I remember after several months of walking with the aid of crutches my doctor took them one day and threw them across the room. He did this to make a point. Well, he did, indeed. I wanted to leave immediately but I knew that I would only be hurting myself. He told me that I had to walk on my foot or my foot would die due to lack of circulation of blood. The bones in my foot had already started thinning. He told me that I would have to undergo many pain blocks to withstand the pain and I would possibly have to enter a rehabilitation with a dripping IV to control the pain. He said that I would need a number of medications for possibly a two year period to control the RSDS/CRPS that was trying to take over my nervous system.
Please know that not all doctors treat in the same method and sometimes the use of equipment is/will be necessary for an individual.
Nevertheless, after approximately 18 to 25 months, I had the honor to speak at a RSDS Symposium as a person living with RSDS/CRPS in South Bend, IN. There were sixty doctors that attended nationwide as well as RSDS/CRPS persons. I will always remember feeling the bond of kinship among those there that particular day.
After I had spoken the words relating to the 'doctor/patient/ relationship versus the Veterinary profession; at intermission, a number of doctors thanked me for sharing the need to communicate with their doctor.
So, please realize that you are the spokesman for your body. Lean into your treatment with confidence that you with the help of your doctor will/can turn your pain into something more livable than as you see/feel it today.
We will share again, soon. God Bless!