Week One - February 12, 2022 What a whirlwind of a week. When I first walked into the clinic, I was overwhelmed with how much activity was happening. It wasn’t the silence of a waiting room I’d been used to, and immediately I knew that the @speroclinic was going to be a very different experience. The doctors… Continue reading My Time At Spero – The Journey To Healing
Hi everyone! So as all of you know, I was diagnosed with CRPS nearly two years ago. I have explored many different treatments and medications for CRPS, but because it is a rare disease, I have already exhausted my options. I've had 10 Stellate Ganglion nerve block procedures, I was in OT for over 7… Continue reading The Spero Clinic
February 4, 2021 Doctor’s appointments: 197 SG Nerve Block Procedures: 10 Counseling Sessions: 20 Medications: too many There’s a moment every CRPS patient has when the doctor looks at you, shakes his/her head, and says there’s nothing more to be done. Nerve block after nerve block, medication after medication, physical therapy after physical therapy, dedication,… Continue reading My CRPS Journey: Part Two
May 1, 2020 Diagnosis and Treatment Definition: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a malfunction of the peripheral and central nervous system. It is a chronic pain condition that most often affects one specific limb. The chronic pain develops after injury, stroke, surgery, or heart attack. The condition is rare. Once you develop CRPS, you have… Continue reading My CRPS Journey: Part One
CRPS Bookshelf 