Hello Every One!
I am new here. But RSD has been with me for 7 years and 51yrs old and I can't remember all the Doctors I have seen. I hear epideral and I want to scream! I had 7 of them in 9 mths. Also a nerve oblation on my left leg. Which then turned the pain up to a constant 7,8. All the Docs I saw said "it's all in your head. Seriously I thought I was going crazy & scared out of my wits! I have 4 children, My daughter the oldest has 2 beautiful little girls 2&5. I have been married for 28yrs. To the same woman, as luck would have it she is an RN. I was having a real bad seizure type episode and we went to St.Lukes hospital in Denver, an hour drive. Finally found a Doctor who had a clue. He did some simple tests and said "this man has CRPS/RSD. Finally some relief from pain. St.Lukes closed the Pain clinic. So the Doc split back to his home town. I am glad to find this site to talk to people who know what I am going through. I just went through a 4 mth, pain flair. I have to educate my new Doc to this disease: I ended up making a quick cheat sheet to give to Doctors. Ketamine worked good with the old Doctor. But the new Doc won't prescribe it. Thanks EveryOne argy