Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)? The physicians I’ve dealt with so far don’t even seem to agree on its name! No surprise that it’s so difficult to find a good, brief, description of CRPS, so I’ve cobbled together my own. Read More …
When I started searching online for information on CRPS/RSD in May, I started with medical journals and other reputable sources. Which is how I found out why this disease has 2 different names. The name Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy was replaced by Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Read More …
While reading about rare diseases over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed that these conditions often involve some type of pain. And there seem to be a lot of different descriptions for pain, including: In articles in medical journal, the two Ns came up the Read More …
The cycling season on the western portion of Montréal Island usually begins in mid- to late March, once all the snow and underlying ice have melted off the roadsides, and ends when the winter snow starts to fall again in November or early December. It’s Read More …
On May 27th, the day of my diagnosis, I had the first of a series of 6 day-surgery procedures; all within 10 business days – or 2 weeks. These medical procedures were all performed by a specialist physician, a neuro-anesthesiologist. I found out later, from Read More …
This is one of those friend-of-a-friend stories. One of my friends is an almost-retired nurse, working part-time in administration at a small healthcare company. The firm specializes in full-time home-care for older folks, who wouldn’t otherwise be able to keep living in their own homes. It’s a fee-based service, which isn’t funded within Read More …
