Hi everyone

I was recently diagnosed with RSD. It was in June that the Doctor's finally figured out what is wrong with me. I had a major flare going on and was a real mess. I ended up going to the ER down in philly (Hahnemann Hospital) because my neurosurgeon who performed my spine surgery recommended I go there immediately. Once there, i was greeted by the neurosurgeon team and they called in Neurology. I didn't even see the ER Doctor. I saw only specialists who decided to admit me for 4 days. They ran every test under the son. I was seen by Doctor's all day, every day. I was then seen by Dr. Schwartzman in ground rounds in the auditorium of the hospital in front of about 50+ Doctor's. I was basically put on display and Dr Schwartzman examined me in front of them all. They then discussed my case to come up with a diagnosis. It was CRPS/RSD. I was discharged to then see Neurology and they discussed Ketamine treatment. I have been to hell and back the last couple years. This all started wtih a work related injury...a repetitive strain injury caused by sitting at a desk keyboarding all day. I was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in January 2007. It then escalated from there. I had a scalenectomy for the TOS in January of 2008 after all treatments failed and I just got worse and worse. 5 months later I was back in the hospital with spinal cord compression due to herniated discs in my thoracic spine. Had surgery for that. Then I went down hill from there. I have been dealing with alot. I hate all of this. It's very frustrating. My life was taken away. I was such an active person before all this.

I have 3 teenagers and lots of stress which doesn't help. I do have a blog that gives more of my story and updates on everything. Please feel free to check it out.

http://updatesbytammy.blogspot.com/

I'm glad this forum is available. I have a hard time sitting and typing some days so I'm not always on but I will try to post when I can.

Take care!