[richie]

Hi all,

I thought that the NHS was supposed to be getting better  :.   Im waiting for an appointment for the treatment of CRPS at the Pain Clinic at City Hospital yet the waiting time is 4 months and that is just for my next check up.  They are aware that my last proceure didnt work yet nothing is been done.  Enquired about going private last time,  the cost for 1 of the 5 injections was nearly £1000.
The procedure & monitoring takes no more than 2 hours.    Wouldnt it be nice to earn that kind of money in CC

Richie

[The Great One]

Hi

CRPS?

Are you getting Cortisone injections?

Regards

Martin

[The Great One]

Hi

Yes, I know, that's why I was asking.

I was offered it some time ago for a prolapsed L5, couldn't wait to get out of there, nasty, destructive stuff.

Better to go natural.

Regards

Martin

[Mike Osbourne]

Yes if you can't get hold of a proper Doctor, Charlatans are much cheaper and readily available.


Only joking.

[spencer davies]

I consider my Health Insurance more important the older I get. 

Its shocking when you consider how much money Mr Brown has poured into the health service. 

S

[Mike Osbourne]

The problem is it sounds like one of those conditions that they give a name to but they don't really know whats wrong and hint it's psychological (which it may be).

You may well hear the dreaded words, 'you'll just have to live with it'.

It's not all bad though because there are lots of proven pain management strategies and you may well find you can take charge of it very successfully.

Good luck

[Mike Osbourne]

So what is the problem then Rob?

[richie]

CRPS = Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.  There are many web sites for CRPS which used to be called RSD.  http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=674     http://www.rsdalert.co.uk/FAQ/witdifference.htm

The nerve pathways that contro; pain.  I have had a course of Guanethadine Blocks already but these did not work aswell as was expected.  Looks like i will just have to eait & see.  I take various pain relief 1 of which is Oxynorm which contains morphine.

Richie

[Mike Osbourne]

So Rob, what is CAUSING the pain?

[The Great One]

Rich

For my prolapsed L5 (for which the pain was 24 hours for weeks)

After taking 500 Co codamol pain killers over 6 weeks I used natural remedies which have given me a 100% recovery.

I used ginger (500mg)

Ginger is an anti inflammatory and worked within a week.

I also used sports massage therapy to relieve the trauma to the area.

Regards

Martin

[richie]

cheers martin