Thursday, November 8, 2012 - Day 4:
Well, the snow did melt by the afternoon - mostly because it has been lightly raining.
Appointment - 1:45 pm. Today Dr. Sheehan decided to try changing the pattern of the electrodes on my right knee.
Turned on machine - my knee shook/spasmed immediately. He had to adjust the electrodes a bit. Doctor believes the electrodes are causing the allodynia in my knee (allodynia - is a pain due to a stimulus which does not normally provoke pain. Temperature or physical stimuli can provoke allodynia, and it often occurs after injury to a site) to go into hyperdrive.
I had an hour of Calmare treatment today. Within 15-20 minutes of starting the therapy, again my RSD pain seemed to diminish.
The treatment itself hurts. It feels as if you are constantly being burned by a curling iron and then every few moments the iron shorts out and - and them every few minutes the doctor turns the intensity up higher.
I am trying to still "distract" myself -- that is so much easier said than done. I tried to read a magazine, but to absolutely no avail. Besides the fact that I have been having trouble reading since my RSD invaded my right eye, every time my knee spasmed, I would lose my place in the article. Tomorrow, maybe I will try listening to music. I am up for any ideas.
Well - results for today....after treatment I went an hour and forty-five minutes with no RSD pain!!!!! It it so incredible to walk and not feel pain with every step.
When the silence of pain wore off -- the pain came back at such a full force. I could not even stand anymore. I sat down and rested for about an hour. The pain subsided back down to a 5 (out of 10). I was able to resume my "normal" day.
Each day - the length of pain-free time seems to get longer. Maybe tomorrow it will be 2+ hours?
I will let you know.
