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Old 02-11-2012, 08:21 PM
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Smile Your Doctor sounds amazing

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Originally Posted by catra121 View Post
I brought it to her but she surprised me by having some basic knowledge of the concept. Similar to her knowledge of RSD when I first saw her. She definitely has tried to learn about a lot of different things and when she is approached with a new thing she dives in and tries to learn more. She has been such a godsend. At any rate...I printed off the stuff on the Atlanta clinic website that you posted a while back (including the section on tDCS as treatment for CRPS/RSD...which was new since the last time I visited). She seemed very excited by it all and I found that very comforting. She is not afraid of new ideas and techniques...she's one of those really special people who completely and totally has the best interest of the patient in mind. She hates restrictions from insurance companies that limit number of different treatments and physical therapy sessions and stuff like that...she is of the opinion that things take as long as they take and so long as the patient is getting the treatment they need then THAT is what should matter. I love this woman and feel so blessed to have found her. She also takes as much time with you as you need in an appointment to go over everything you want to. The only downside to that is that you are often left waiting a long time in the room alone before she comes in...but if that's the sort of time I want her spending with ME then I certainly can't be annoyed that she spends it with ALL her patients. She's really a special woman and the most compassionate doctor I have ever met.

And yes...I was cleared back to work...just gotta wait and see now if they will let me come back...
I just had to respond to your post after reading it. What a rare doctor you have! I mentioned tDCS to my Pain Specialist and this is what he said "Oh you should be careful about any treatment out there that is experimental. They'll just suck up a bunch of money and be ineffective plus most of them have little to no evidence to support their claims. I would not do it unless there has been a double blind study with CRPS patients." And I'm thinking to myself what medication have we tried that has had a double blind study with CRPS patients? And that was the end of the conversation. He had never heard of it, he didn't care to look into it or discuss it.

Anyways, it is great to hear that your doctor is on board! Please keep us posted on how the treatment goes once you start. I really hope it works!
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