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  • About Me

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    CricketM

    Female, 33, Single
    Rock Island, USA
    Member since May 10

    • About Me

      I work as an activitiy aide & teach arts & crafts to senior citizens. I\'ve just recently been diagnosed with RSD after 9 years of struggling with knee problem - surgery after surgery, then injury, then surgeries then staph infection, then slight injury - always pain but has gotten worse & painkillers didn\'t work & no one knew what was wrong - felt like no one cared & everyone thought I was a liar.

      I work as an activitiy aide & teach arts & crafts to senior citizens. I\'ve just recently been diagnosed with RSD after 9 years of struggling with knee problem - surgery after surgery, then injury, then surgeries then staph infection, then slight injury - always pain but has gotten worse & painkillers didn\'t work & no one knew what was wrong - felt like no one cared & everyone thought I was a liar.

    • Website

      http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=8...

    • Interests

      I love to make jewelry & dream of making a business out of it someday. It\'s my pain therapy - I work on it while watching TV or listening to music or a audio book. It keeps my mind busy so it helps me not think about the pain I\'m in. I love the outdoors, I used to be in the greenhouse industry & specialized in annuals & perennials I haven\'t done it in years & feel that my degree has gone to waste - my memory is bad & I cannot remember the things I learned about it all. I miss the smell of a greenhouse! I love my cats! They care for me & help me keep my spirits up =] I love to watch movies & go out with friends when I\'m able to.

      I love to make jewelry & dream of making a business out of it someday. It\'s my pain therapy - I work

  • Recent Activity

    October 31

  • Journal

    • Waiting, waiting to start my life....

      Mood October 17, 2009 10:50pm

      My pain has gotten so bad lately that I have had to give up driving. My right hip is just burning with pain & some days I've had to stay home …

    • My VERY long story

      Mood August 6, 2009 4:22pm

      Ok well I decided that I would just go ahead and write this all out because I get asked this all the time and if I do this then I can just refer …

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    • I’m With You

      From Phoenixfire October 21

      Hello Cricket. I hope that you are feeling better today. I will be praying that your 'normal' day comes through soon. Don't give up on your dreams. They are worth fighting for. Gentle hugs.

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      From EvelynJean3 October 19

      The neurostimulator really works. I have one and am off all pain meds. because of it. Good luck in getting the okay. Ev

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      From ColleenH October 18

      Hi Cricket. Thank you for asking me to be your friend. I hope you have better days soon. Please take care. Colleen

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      From 2deepthinker October 18

      Hopefully that implant will work, I'd be happy for you!
      I have not done nothing since we ended seeing each other. Just watching the kids one weekend then hanging out the next with a few casino trips mixed in. You know me, I like the relaxing route to calm my nerves. My bi-polar has been much better of late and all those wild anxiety ridden attacks stopped with the proper med. I always will hope the best for you. Keep in touch every once in a while, I won't bite.

    • Ray of Sunshine

      From mountainmom September 18

      Hoping things are going okay, and letting you know I'm thinking about you, wondering how you are?

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

      I've had a long haul for 9 years of 5 surgeries on my L knee one being a bone graft & another I got a staph infection from so had to clean that 1 out w/ another surgery. I'm very blessed to have family that is here for me. I pray I will one day meet that someone that can understand it all & be by my side & I can help them out too =]

      Treatments

      Ativan Working / Worked
      helps with anxiety
      Clonidine Not Working
      I was working but I broke out in an awful rash with it that lasted for weeks after I took the patch off
      Mobic Working / Worked
      helps with the arthritis I have from so many surgeries
      Nerve Blocks Working / Worked
      So far it seems to be working
      Neurontin Working / Worked
      It does better than all the pain meds they had meon for years that didn't work anymore. I have flair ups though & we are still working on getting it right (me being "new" to RSD-just diagnosed 1 1/2 months ago)
      TENS Working / Worked
      Helps most of the time (not all)during the day for the flair ups
      Tramadol Working / Worked
      helps a little but not much
      Voltaren Not Working
      Not working on my knee but was told to start using on my hip where I have compensation damage & pain
      Hydrocodone Working / Worked
      I dont have to rally take this that much anymore but I take one a day if I am having a bad day
    • Close Depression

      Treatments

      Wellbutrin Working / Worked
      Works a lot better than Paxil that I was on...I've been on this for years
      Ativan Working / Worked
      helps with the anxiety
    • Open Chronic Pain

      I've had "chronic pain" for almost 9 years with several surgeries over the past years...some thought made better but then I got hurt & then the biggie I got a staph infection during the 2nd to last & that did it in for me. Have new doctor that doesn't seem to think it's "in my head" & thinks it might be a form of RSD so he's treating it as such & the treatment is doing much better than any from the past years! Still lots more to go through though...

      Treatments

      Acupressure Working / Worked
      works sometimes
      Hydrocodone Working / Worked
      Have had to up the dose several times but it does help a lot better now with the Neurotin
      Lidoderm Somewhat Helpful
      worked for a while but doesn't seem to do much now
      Mobic Working / Worked
      works ok
      Neurontin Working / Worked
      works real well!
      Reiki Working / Worked
      I think it works
      TENS Working / Worked
      Seems to work pretty well
      Topamax Not Working
      didn't seem to do much so stopped taking
    • Open Bipolar Disorder

      my boyfriend has bipolar & I want to understand it & help him & be supportive as much as I can

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