The Plot Thickens....

Like any good soap opera, The Spaghetti Wrist Show has plenty of twists and turns. It seems that our hero has developed a rare and exciting syndrome called RSD or CRPS, OMG LOL. It stands for Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. According to the NIH:

"Doctors aren't sure what causes CRPS. In some cases, the sympathetic nervous system plays an important role in the pain. Another theory is that CRPS is caused by a triggering of the immune response, which leads to the inflammatory symptoms of redness, warmth, and swelling in the affected area.

CRPS has two forms:

• CRPS 1 is a chronic nerve disorder that occurs most often in the arms or legs after a minor injury.
• CRPS 2 is caused by an injury to the nerve."

Mine, of course, would be Type 2 from the fun incident with my friend the glass pitcher. You can feel free to read more about RSD from the Mayo Clinic, although I prefer Vegenaise... mmmm

The perfect potato salad, don"t forget the Dill!

Well, so there is no cure for this syndrome/dystrophy, but my ever-growing team of doctors are certain that they've caught it early.  I have undergone some aggressive treatment so far in the hopes to kick it into remission. One of my new Docs, Dr. Malone, told me CRPS is like cancer that doesn't kill you. He said that you don't wait around to see if your cancer will get better, you attack it with radiation and chemo and whatever hippy-raw-food-30-bananas-a-day-diet you can think of. Makes sense. So I'm now attacking my CRPS with a medicine cabinet full of drugs and weekly nerve blocks. I'm sure I'll get into that more later.

Goodnight for now!