[livingwith]

in august 2006 my dad took a fall at work suffered nerved damage in one hand and broke a small bone in his hand near his thumb. he was diagnosed for rsd after 2 second opinions from other doctors cause the one he had was a complete and total idiot anyways the idiot doctor had him try the nerve block and all it did was make his left eye ball droopy and put him to sleep for about 6hrs and the doctor told us that the nb worked well anyways he has had rsd since 2006 and its spread into above both of...Read the full article

[Pamela E]

I am so sorry to hear about your dad's rsd. I have no ideas just some sympathy. I now have this condition and am just beginning to make decisions about how to treat it. Your father's story is very frightening, though important for people like me to read. I need to know that things can get better and they can get worse. I have quit eating potato chips so I won't have trouble opening the bag. I read a couple of dietary recommendations, on salt, no mayonaise, no hot dogs, no caffeine, no butter, no vegetable oil. I don't know what is correct and what is just probably a good idea in general.

I hope matters improve. You can't do the suffering for him, so take care of yourself.

Pamela E