Dear Truffle,

I started with the same list from Broatch. I called the docs that were within driving distance of where I live in southern New England - NYC, NJ and Phila. - and booked several appts with the docs that would take me and my WC insurance. Dr. S. I had booked a year before, and he was 18 months out when I called. And I had already been to the Beth Israel in Boston and knew they weren't taking any new ketamine patients (their protocol is awful anyway, but my heart was still broken when they rejected me the previous year! Those docs were MEAN!!).

Anyway - your docs will determine which protocol - the outpatient or inpatient - they think you need. I was recommended for the 10 day outpatient by both Dr. Hertz at St. Luke's Hospital in NYC and Dr. Getson in South Jersey. (I never made it to Dr. S., I had had a good number of infusions by the time his appt. rolled around, and was feeling pretty good.)

I picked Dr. Getson because I liked him A LOT when I met him and a number of my family members live nearby. I grew up in South Jersey, and my parents still have a beach house at the Jersey shore. 3 of my siblings live and/or work in the area. So I had a place to stay and someone to take care of me while I received my treatments. My father gave me a ride back and forth from the Jersey shore area over and over again!! Getson has a great reputation, and all he does is RSD. He was truly great and I have no regrets with my decision. And I had my family to help me for the first few months that I was getting my ketamine infusions,

I was not sick enough to require a 5 day inpatient, but likely would not have gotten back on feet without the 10 day outpatient. I have CPRS I, it started in my shoulder (brachial plexus) and spread to my neck and the occipital region of my head. Later it spread to my right leg and just this year it started in my left foot. I have trouble in the cold with my hands and feet and face and suffer from hideous migraines at times.

I returned to work FT in June, 2 months after I started receiving the ketamine infusions, and one year to the day that I went out on my LOA. I am still getting my boosters, (in RI for the past few months). I am doing well, all things considered.

Let me know if there is anything else you would like to know, and the best of luck to you. XOXOX Sandy