My wife is at the end of her rope pertaining to doctors who ignore her diagnoses of nearly a decade. To this day doctors want to retest over and over again whether she has RSD or not. They do not bother with her records, they do not care of the fact she is on SSDI and medicare. They do appear to think RSD is a fraud. Could these retests be another way to pad their pockets? Very bad spot to be in and it seems to never end. Although this is putting a severe strain on my wife, she seems to be coming to the conclusion doctors are her enemy and must be avoided. She seems to feel pain is something she will deal with in her way, which is her choice 100%. Not to sound self centered but it has put a huge strain on me. I have become very bitter with our delivery of healthcare in this great nation. Did I mention most doctors will not except medicare? Also it seems paying out of pocket is getting more difficult because the fear the doctors have prescribing strong meds to a patient who is on medicare, yet they do not except it because it may send up a red flag to a federal agency? Bad spot to be in.

Sorry about the rant. There is always hope and certainly things can change for the better.