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Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 12
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 12
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Thank you everyone! In response to Ballerina, I first saw a nurse who took my height and weight and asked me a few questions. Then an assistant came into the room and asked my sympyoms, when they started, took my blood pressure (my entire arm goes numb and hurts when my blood pressure is taken), and she examined me. Took her notes she wrote to Dr. Schwatzman. He entered the room with six assistants. As he examined me, he was training the assistants and asking them questions. He took this tool and put it on different parts of my body to check how coldness affected my body. On my legs, it gave me chills up my spine and pain shot into my toes. On my arms, it caused pain into my thumb and pointer finger. My feet are grossly swollen and purple in color. He wanted me to wiggle my toes. I couldn't. He had me try to bend up only my big toes and bend the rest of my toes down. That hurt. He pressed on my shoulders, arms, and legs asking if that hurt. It did. He asked me a lot of questions. Told me the RSD is throughout my entire body. Said I would benefit from Ketamine treatments. I then met with another nurse who gave me a packet all about Ketamine treatments. She gave me an appointment in September to see a neuropsycologist for evaluation, an appointment in October for a QST test and a number to call a cardiologist for a complete cardiac write up. All these are needed before Ketamine IV treatments can begin. I cannot afford the treatments. Nurse suggested Medicaid because it's fully covered under Medicaid. But, I am covered through my husbsnd's job. Anyway, I loved Dr. Schwartzman. He was very nice and showed compassion. He was very thorough with his examination. My appointment was at. 10:00 a.m. I left his office at 12:10 p.m. I would highly recommend Dr. Schwartzman.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask me any questions that you have. Thanks.
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