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Originally Posted by daniella
I was looking through posts of people who have seen him. Anyhow I am wondering does Dr S for treatment only suggest ketamine? I am not against trying this though am not sure. I just feel some docs have there thing they do like some always suggest scs,nerve block,catheter and don't look a the patient individually. I know the wait is long for him and Dr Kirpatrick does it in Tampa ketamine but his wait is like a week so that is concerning too. I am so confused on who to see now as I am in a bad place pain wise and it seems to be spreading more. This is a real downer since I was making slow progress for a time but this flare up and spread has been months. I am drained from going so far to see doctors too. I would fly to Japan if it would help but when one goes so far to get little relief it takes a toll. I also seem to be getting more skeptical of docs and treatments as the time goes on. Can anyone give me some thoughts?Thank you
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HI Daniella, I have seen and been treated by both Dr.'s. Ican tell you that they both have certain ideas of how to treat an RSD patient. Dr. Kirkpatrick definely had his own way of doing blocks {because he did them himself] and with the kind of medicine he would use,period. He was definately not one of my favorites. He seemed to just treat the problem that he thought you were having,even if at that point you needed help with another area. As to Dr. Schwartzman he is the kindest most caring Dr. I have seen except the Dr. I have here in Florida, But Dr. S. is also pretty set in his ways too. I believe that his big thing is sending people with severe RSD to Germany for the Ketamin coma. That whole coma thing scares me. Well I know how draining it is to find the right doc, heck it's draining to have RSD let alone finding the right treatment for yourself. You just have to keep on trying to find who and whats the best for you. Your friend Wendy