I hate the er. No one knows what rsd is. I don't usually go for my rsd pain, but i tell them that i have it. They look at me like i am an alien. When i broke my leg and had to have an operation, i did call up the hospital as did the pain clinic and explained my situation to them. To my shock, all the nurses had read about rsd that the head nurse had printed up from rsd hope.org. What was even more shocking, one of my nurses knew didn't have to read up on it. She had been assigned to me because her husband has had rsd for 19 yrs. It was the first time anyone took the time to find out what those of us with rsd go through and what could happen if they did something wrong.

Sue k