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Junior Member
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 9
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 9
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A Burden
Hello,
it is so nice to find this place. I feel your pain all of you I have read about you and I feel I should introduce myself to you, my name is Lilly my friends just call me Lil. I can remember the day I got this horrible RSD it was in 1996 I was working with a temporary person the company brought in oh this young man was not paying attention and was showing off and dropped a empty pallet on my right feet it was like right than and there it was instant pain but with burning little did I know what I was in store for.
I worked for this factory for over ten years it was a good job in my area of Missouri in the Ozarks, not many jobs, and not many paying much. So I was happy and my income was good for these parts, as some of you in small towns know. I was taken to the hospital by a co-worker and the emergency room did they’re thing and said nothing was broken just a bad bruise and to stay off it and to follow up. I did what I was told and yet my feet was not getting better but the pain kept getting worse and worse, I could not understand it and the doctors the company sent me to did not help they all said nothing was wrong I was crying and begging for help so they sent me to a therapist who was telling me stress was causing all this I looked at her and said how can stress cause my feet to swell up and turn blue and burn! Oh, I broke down again. I was told to find a lawyer so I did I thought this man new what to do he said don’t worry this is how the system works they want to scare you. I told him everything that happened to me and what was done he said he has a doctor to send me to so I went to his doctor who said RSD I asked him what is this and he told me a little about it and said that I need to be seen by a specialist for this. I was scared yet HAPPY some one had a name for what I had funny to say that but so true for me.
I will not go into everything I know it is hard to read sorry for my spelling, I went to a specialist finally and started treatments for this the work comp people said I had this and my lawyer said it and that I will never get better so I was told to settle and move on with my life, as I applied for SSDI and was getting that so my lawyer said we should settle I was in debt so I did settle for almost 20 thousand. If I knew then what I know now I would have never settled, no use crying over it I have other things to cry about.
I now have to rely on my church and others for help, I have a nice couple next door who go to my church and give me rides there, they came over a week ago and put up plastic on my windows since they rattle they said and cold air comes in, also they came by and help me get my fire wood in my house and on my porch, I thank them so much for helping me. I have meals on wheels come by and I talk to them awhile, also have to go to Saint Louis for treatments and have people at my church take me there it is such a long ride to get help. I feel like I owe everyone for helping me, like I am no use and cant do anything for myself anymore without help. I had people come by from church the young kids this past summer and paint my outside of my house since it looked so bad, I feel like I’m the town charity case they got me this computer to help so I don’t feel so alone. I hope to talk with others in Missouri too.
I have RSD and was once self reliant and did things now I’m no use, I hope I can be on your board with you I just do not want to be a Burdon any more. Thanks Lil.
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