Originally Posted by kathy d

I am so sorry that you had to go through this awful experience. I too had a supposedly pain mgmt doctor who did basically the same thing that happened to you but also told me when he was 8 years old his dad ran over his foot and he is fine. I didn't realize it until afterwards but he was making fun of me because a car sat on my right foot and crushed it and I have full body RSD now. I told my insurance company I would never go back to him and I would never even take my cat to see him. I think you should report him to the state and American Medical Association. Funny thing...my doctor's last name was Schwartz too. His full name is Linden Matthew Schwartz, M.D. He was here in the Philadelphia, PA area. After his "thorough" medical exam (as the ins co said) I was in severe agony for 9 days and could not move out of my bed. It was horrible. They even lied to me and said he was a neurologist and I researched him on the Internet and found out he was a psychiatrist(PT doctor). I was so scared to go to another doctor after him and I still get scared of doctor's touching my sensitive body. You need a better doctor. Maybe someone is from your area on this site and can help you find a better doctor. Some of these pain mgmt doctors only want to hand out drugs and move on. They don't want to be involved with any long term patients such as RSD patients for fear of problems from the state. The laws are good but people that really need the pain medication for real pain are suffering. Best of luck to you and know there are better doctors out there.
Kathy d