Hi Inspire,

I am glad you have a comfy car. It does help. It sounds like you are doing a lot to take care of yourself.

I applaud your decision to make sure the doctors take a look at that foot. It can be too easy for every symptom we have to get lumped in as CRPS when sometimes it isn't. (flashback to my rash that was NOT neurogenic and other members infections, cysts etc that caused pain that was not CRPS). What concerns me from the outside (and without knowing details so forgive me if I am off base) is this tendon issue. You said it ruptured which is really serious and will cause swelling, pain, inflammation and later mechanical changes to the entire foot if left untreated. Sometimes tendon ruptures can heal in a boot, but sometimes they dont and require later debridement and repair. Without either imaging or a through ortho exam really putting that foot through physical manipulation testing I don't know how it can be assumed your pain and swelling is all from CRPS.

Ketamine is a powerful treatment and it is doing a lot for me but if I had a torn tendon that didn't heal right then probably not so much. CRPS raises challenges to healing properly, inflammtory factors are high and circulation is poor. Please go to bat for yourself and make sure all is as it should be in there. I would think the docs would want to be sure too. Make sure the new ones know the rupture history and that there hasn't been much follow up at least from what I have read. Again forgive me if off base. Sometimes people have had everything in the world rechecked already. If all is well then your outcome from the ketamine will be much more positive.

Hang in there girl.