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[Lady_Wu]

Originally Posted by lipstixgal

What's rsd? hope you are on the mend!!

rsd is reflex sympathetic dystrophy, other defined as "PAIN disease."i am quite serious-that IS how it's defined. it is sometimes caused by an accident or sometimes you are just born w/it. in my case, though i did have a very bad auto accident, i think i was born w/it. i remember having these symptoms-extreme pain and cramping of my right extremeities-as a child. i am on the fentanyl patch and ultram for pain. sometimes even that does not help. i deal pretty well, though, and try not to complain. others have things far worse.
thank you for the well-wish!
Lady_Wu