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Originally Posted by lolo217
hello jimking ! ty for responding, i appreciate it alot. i was diagnosed about a month now, i still have the broken wrist too, guarding it like crazy, as there is no cast, bones didnt heal together, so surgery cant come soon enough. i will show him your letter, maybe he will get it, it hurts my heart that he sits on his pc and does not even look it up, hopefully he'll come around? i dont know what or whered i be without him. again ty and say a warm hello to the mrs from me, you're a wonderful husband jimking, where is her rsd, how did it happen? id pm you but havent figured it all yet? ty again very much, kind words go a long way  |
She broke her right wrist back in 2002 from a trip and fall. We were out of state at the time visiting family when it happened. She had her wrist temporarily set until we came home for her doctor to look at and treat. It turned out the set was not correct so she had the rebroke and reset.
To make a long story short my wife did not tell me about her RSD for two years although I knew something wasn't right. She's a private person so I didn't ask questions until she told me. Her fear was that I'd leave her because of it. I will say at the beginning I buried my head in the sand, not at all happy in what I was reading about RSD. Then she could no longer deal with uncaring doctors and work. She worked an additional 4 years before she called it quits. From there she really needed my help.
One month is not alot of time to learn to deal with this condition. However, It is in the early stage of this disease when you really want to aggressively treat this! My wife did not have that opportunity because she was misdiagnosed for two years. I strongly urge the both of you to manage stress very carefully because I have a strong belief that stress can cause as much pain in the long run than the broken bone itself. Your husband will have to learn not to transfer his stress onto you, and that is not easy because it took sometime for me to realize that I was putting stress onto my wife and not knowing it. Anyway I can ramble on and on but am currently at work. Don't hesitate to PM me.