November 2009

• My Horrible Story… - by DeAnna - (Mon, Nov 30 2009)
  It all started in 2006. I fell down some stairs in my townhouse and pulled some ligaments and messed up my right ankle. Of course i was on crutches for about 6 weeks for it to heal. After the 6 weeks it still felt like it wasn’t absolutely healed so i my orthopedic put me in a Walking Boot to help me walk and with the pain i even had to sleep in it. So i was on that for 6 months and they still couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me. So i went to a diff doctor in my home state and he said “Oh you just need physical therapy” I had HUGE swelling in my right ankle and redness and he tells me that. I was furious. I even started crying. So then i went and saw another doctor and he told me it was because i had flat feet and took me off the pain medication i was on. [more..]
• fast progression of rsd - by A.M.H - (Fri, Nov 20 2009)
  hi all. i am a 26 yr old single mom of 2. about a week ago i started to get pain,hot,tender,swelling in my right wrist. took me 4 days to finally go to the doctor (i had this happen before and thought it would just go away after a few days like before)but the doctor told me he suspected that i had RSD [more..]
• Living with RSD - by Martha - (Fri, Nov 20 2009)
  I am a RN who was kicked on my left lower rib by a confused patient in 2006. I was having severe pain days after my injury, The pain felt like a bolt of electric show going down left hand and face. my left upper body was with weakness, tingling severe muscle spasm,tightness, and hot and cold feelings. [more..]
• living with rsd - by ANNA - (Tue, Nov 17 2009)
  I have had rsd in r foot since 04 has not moved so i am greatful for this. I stay in pain always but have learned to live with it. I take pain meds in order to walk. [more..]
• Life upside down. - by Cj - (Mon, Nov 16 2009)
  Hello I am a 18 year old farm kid from a little town in Ohio;Three years ago I was using a friends horse and he desided he was going to run over me;Well a 2,500 pound horse vs 135 pound girl;Yeah I lost;My arm started going crazy and I couldent stand the pain;My parents took me to the dr and I got dignosed with RSD in 2006; [more..]
• LIVING WITH RSD/CRPS - by Momo - (Mon, Nov 16 2009)
  Of all days on April 1,2008,I slipped and fell.I was working at a nursing home as a housekeeper.I went into a residents room to clean it.I walked across the room to start cleaning.Next thing I know I am on the floor.The A.C. unit had been leaking water into the rooms floor.Well long stroy short,6 or so dr.s,2 O.T.,and over a year later I was told you have RSD/CPRS and there is nothing else we can do. [more..]
• Mid foot sprain turned RSD - by Kimberly - (Wed, Nov 11 2009)
  It all started when I injured my right foot. Doctors called it a mid foot sprain. I had X-Rays done and it was confirmed I was told that I would have to be on crutches for 4 to 6 weeks. [more..]
• Living with RSD - by Cindi - (Tue, Nov 10 2009)
  I’m a nurse and I work in a nursing home I had a pt with Mrsa ans I was going to give her a breathing Treatment she become very combative and she scratched me in my upper RT. [more..]
• I WANT TO WEAR SHOES AND BE PAINFREE AGAIN… - by Donna - (Mon, Nov 09 2009)
  I broke my left foot in May 2007 and after it healed it continued to hurt. Dr. kept doing x-rays and said he had no idea why it still hurt. Started going to an orthopedic Dr. who through an MRI found I had a tumor that was growing to a nerve [more..]
• RSD/CRPS - by maxine - (Fri, Nov 06 2009)
  I was diagnosed with RSD/CRPS 1 and have been on crutches for 18months I can’t walk on my left foot atall. I have had the sympathetic block and 5 day ketemine infusion. I found when l was on the ketemine infusion it did help a bit but the block hardly did much atall. [more..]