Hi Littlepaw,
I'm not sure what you are talking about that I need some other ortho type...I have been seen by 4 separate Drs now and all 4 agree that I have CRPS. I also go to physical therapy. I broke my foot and tore tendons that attach to that bone and it never healed. Now the swelling has gone up my leg. It is very painful, leg and foot. And yes I have had other imaging to see what is going on. The reason I am looking into the ketamine is that I get very sick from most pain meds they make me sick. And I can't have steroid injections because I have very bad tendons all over my body, they tear very easily. I just had 3 tendon repairs in my left hand and in two weeks I will have two repaired in my right hand.
They tell me that we caught the CRSP very early which gives me a good chance of it going away, but I have RA and some other major Autoimmune issues so some Drs aren't so convinced it will get better.
Now about the ketamine. Can anyone tell me if the insurance will pay for it or not. I keep going back and forth that my ins will pay but two Drs in Pa said they won't. Has anyone had the ins actually pay for it. And then there's the oral, I guess it's not as strong as the IV kind. I just got an appt with a pain Dr at Johns Hopkins, we shall see how that goes, I hope I get some relief from the pain soon. Thanks all..
Mary