Lit, it's been about a year and a half since the initial pain started and only a few months after tops that the RSD set it (I'm really bad at remembering dates). I'm willing to try inpatient ketamine. The only option I had available to me was outpatient at the time and I took it. Now, I have to look out of state to find a dr. who will take me and I also have to find a way to pay for it.

fmichael, I'm in a state with temporary disability and I already collected when I was out for about 2 weeks. I was only back at work for about a week before my employer decided I wasn't well enough to work. Since it's now Sunday and my appt is tomorrow morning, I don't have time to find a lawyer and ask them what to do before my appt. I have to find someone who'll give me a free consultation though because I'm lucky if there's enough money in my account to last until my spouse's next paycheck comes in. Plus there's a 1 week waiting period for TD that I won't get until I'm out for 8 weeks. Even though I was just out, I returned to work already. So, I have to wait that week all over again.

I just want some advice for my dr. appt right now. He's good in that he knows only the patient can say how much pain they're in. So, I think he's going to ask me if I feel as if I can return to work the next day or not. I haven't asked for any accommodations from my work except the heater and they gave it to me. They offered the closer parking spot before I even asked. I don't think I can ask them to provide a motorized scooter or something similar to get around with. The question is can they really tell me I'm not well enough to work....last I checked, none of them were doctors. If my dr. writes me out of work, I will certainly apply for TD, but for now, I'm only home because my work told me to leave and see my dr. to get written out of work. Maybe once I tell him that, he'll be able to steer me in the right direction. I'm just not sure that he'll be able to though. I can't imagine many of his patients have had their employer tell them they need to see the dr. to get written out because they just aren't well enough to work and they need more rest.