Posted 2/8/2013 9:41 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Josh, Welcome to the forum. You're in good company here. I was DX'd with CRPS or RSD just in November, they said mine is stage 2. I'd have to say it definately trumps the exposed nerve in a tooth that I had last year, though it's in close with the dentist drilling that out before it was numb; didn't crush the tooth though. Do you have a 24hr pharmacy near by? They sell emergency temporary filling kits at the pharmacies and at the grocery stores here in my town, if you can get that nerve sealed up, even temporarily, it will cut the pain in half, I've been having to use that for several months now, I lost my dental insurance, then had back surgery, and still don't quite have enough money to pay a dentist to fix the bad tooth.
about the RSD, we have a few members here that have it, including one of the moderators, though she's been having an extremely rough time lately and hasn't been able to write on the boards a lot, but I'm sure she'll see this thread. I am completely convinced that this disease came straight out of the movie the exorcist, don't think it could have come from anywhere else.
The great part about this forum, doesn't really matter what everyone's history is, we all have something in common, and it brings us together as friends, and gives us all a place to come for advice, chatting, venting, and for encouragement, when there's none around us anywhere else. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to post whenever you want or need to. Again, welcome.