Dear General,
Wow, I am sooooo happy to hear of your pain relief. I was saddened when I first saw your posting since the same scenario happened to me five years ago. I was in severe pain and my body was shutting down from how severe the RSD had gotten both internally and externally and I was in the ER four times in one month and two of them I was admitted for (the first two times). However, I did not have Ketamine then because they kept refusing to give it to me and sent me home but the second time they sent me home I have no recollection of four days at all. I even let a nurse into my home and signed some papers from her with NO KNOWLEDGE of it!! Scary. It seems when they put me in the hospital they kept injecting any and all medication to get me pain relief. But they never took into consideration that all of it mixed together could have killed me. Thankfully, my son recognized (at 16) that something was wrong with me and had a friend take me to the ER for admission. They could have killed me so I know how you feel about the forgetting of it all. But count your blessings and rejoice that you are doing so well now. I am awaiting the Ketamine IV procedure here in Philly for over three years now and have been in court 3 times in the last year fighting workers comp to pay for it so I any day I should hear one way or the other and I will be running (in my wheelchair with my canes of course) to the hospital for it. I too was not aware of two day coma in the U.S. Wow, I am hopeful. Best of luck and keep us informed of your progress.
kathy d