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Check this out this painting was made from one of my photos!!!!! You better bet your sweet asses I am coming back with a vengence! Now is the time for me to blossom! My Bala... With friends like these who needs anything else.... THUG LIFE.... Damn it feels good to be a gangster Something more current: Recently I was diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (also known as Complex Regional Syndrome)in my Right arm. This is not a psychological syndrome, but people may develop psychological problems when physicians, family, friends, and co-workers do not believe their complaints of pain.I am all for the cause and raising awareness of the disease so please spread the word. I will be holding a fund-raiser/fashion show event soon to help the cause and raise money for research as well as funding to help children who come down with this awful disease at early ages. Please stay posted to find out the dates on it! Just posting information on my disorder so people can have a better understanding of it... About CRPS > Fact and Fiction Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is poorly understood by patients, their families, and healthcare professionals. In some cases the condition is mild, in some it is moderate, and in others it is severe. We have compiled a list of some of the common misconceptions about this syndrome followed by the facts. * This is not a psychological syndrome, but people may develop psychological problems when physicians, family, friends, and co-workers do not believe their complaints of pain. CRPS/RSD Fact Sheet * Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by severe and relentless pain that affects between 200,000 and 1.2 million Americans. * CRPS is a malfunction of part of the nervous system. Nerves misfire, sending constant pain signals to the brain. It develops in response to an event the body regards as traumatic, such as an accident or a medical procedure. This syndrome may follow 5% of all nerve injuries.1,2 * Minor injuries, such as a sprain or a fall are frequent causes of CRPS. One characteristic of CRPS is that the pain is more severe than expected for the type of injury that occurred. * Early and accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment are key to recovery, yet many health care professionals and consumers are unaware of its signs and symptoms. Typically, people with CRPS report seeing an average of five physicians before being accurately diagnosed. * Symptoms include persistent moderate-to-severe pain, swelling, abnormal skin color changes, skin temperature, sweating, limited range of movement, movement disorders. * CRPS is two to three times more frequent in females than males. * The mean age at diagnosis is 42 years. However, we are seeing more injuries among young girls, and children as young as 3 years old can get CRPS. * This is not a psychological syndrome, but people may develop psychological problems when physicians, family, friends, and co-workers do not believe their complaints of pain. * Treatments include medication, physical therapy, psychological support, sympathetic nerve blocks, and or spinal cord stimulation. What is CPRD/RSD? Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, is a chronic neurological syndrome characterized by: * severe burning pain * pathological changes in bone and skin * excessive sweating * tissue swelling * extreme sensitivity to touch Criteria for Diagnosing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (RSD) * The presence of an initiating noxious event, or a cause of immobilization * Continuing pain, allodynia, or hyperalgesia with which the pain is disproportionate to any inciting event * Evidence at some time of edema, changes in skin blood flow (skin color changes, skin temperature changes more than 1.1°C difference from the homologous body part), or abnormal sudomotor activity in the region of the pain * This diagnosis is excluded by the existence of conditions that would otherwise account for the degree of pain and dysfunction Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II (Causalgia) * The presence of continuing pain, allodynia, or hyperalgesia after a nerve injury, not necessarily limited to the distribution of the injured nerve * Evidence at some time of edema, changes in skin blood flow (skin color changes, skin temperature changes more than 1.1°C difference from the homologous body part), or abnormal sudomotor activity in the region of pain * This diagnosis is excluded by the existence of conditions that would otherwise account for the degree of pain and dysfunction. For More Information on the disease or to see how you can help check out this website: http://www.rsds.org/index2.html A view of what the disease looks like... Can't get enough of this scary ass shit!!!!! (Missy you will really appreciate this!) As if you didn't get enough of me already.... Here is my latest adventure.....

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Southland Tales - Scene on the beach
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Southland Tales - Scene on the beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNlhez_18f0