You sound so tired of all the fighting to get what you need and the frustration of doctors being ignorant about RSD. We all hear you and sympathize. Many of us have been through it. It seems that you are on the cusp now of finally getting the treatment you need and I hope that you do.
You can justly be proud of this achievement. Being a fighter will stand you in good stead with this disease. Hopefully it won't always be so difficult to get the treatment but you will always have to fight the RSD. If you feel you need an anti-depressant, I have found Cymbalta to be great, not just for the depression but for pain too. Just a thought. cailinruaidh
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Originally Posted by podsantus
Hi my name is mike and i am 28 years old. I was currently diagnosed with Rsd of having it for the better part of 4 years. Everyone i talked to didn't believe me when i was telling them of how badly my pain was i mean in fact the funny part one orthopedic doc i had laughed at me and said to me i didn't know what i was talking about and that i was lying to his face! He said there is no way possible that i could have all these pains in random places at my age, that i was just milking the process because i was reluctant to work. Well that was 4 years ago like i said from the start so after that i was transferred to another orthopedic doc and he said that i had a little tear in my right shoulder of my labium i think that is how you spell it, well anyways i had surgery before on my right shoulder before and had 2 anchors placed in there to hold my rotator cuff in place. So at this point the doc thought that this was just a recurring injury so he tried to send me back to work while sending me to a RA Pains specialist. While seeing the specialist they sent me to physical therapy and aqua therapy and all the mean while my pain was intensifying and getting so much worse with my mobility. So they cut me off and said that i am just at my maximum treatment that they couldn't do anything further. So now i am still fighting the oh so reluctant Workman Comp trying to get my benefits back and stop them from fighting me to get these treatments down that i need. I am currently inline for keteamine infusion and blockage or the spinal infusion thing with the blockage with a pump implanted in my abdomen. I am in so much pain but i have gotten so used to the pain over the 4 years of having this but i just get so depressed because of everything that i used to do i am not able to, my rsd has gotten worse to the point to were i have a hard time taking a shower because of my pain. It has gone from just one hand and arm swelling and color changes to both arms, hands, and both legs now. There times that i just feel so helpless and all my friends just say i am just being mellow dramatic plz if u have anything opinions anything please tell me what i can do about this. Thank you for listening to me.
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