Hello New with RSD,

There are treatments that help and when it is diagnoised early, sometimes it can be put into what is referred to as a hold. Go to the RSDS.org website and you can get a lot of information that will help. Talking with people on this web site will be a huge help. Western Medicine knows a lot but when it comes to the nervous system they have a lot more to learn. No two people have the same nervous system and this conditon affects each one of us differently. While there is no cure there are treatments that offer relief. I see a Chiropractor 3 times a week he was the first doctor to say I have RSD. I have had it for 8 years. Find a pain management doctor and a pain management phycologist. I go to the YMCA and water walk and take an arthritis class. Since we are weightless in the water it doesn't hurt to do these things. For all that Western Medicine is able to do this conditon is so complex that some doctors don't understand the conditon and they are intimidated by what they don't know. After all they are in the business of helping people and this condition can make them feel helpless. Take charge of your health care ask questions. Right now you are in shock you have been told you have a condition that there is no cure for. You made the right decision to come to this web site for support. Go to the RSDS web site so you can get informed. Take control of your health don't let it control you be an active participant in your health care. If you don't have a personal relationship with God now is the perfect time to start one. He offers a peace that passes all understanding.

I began a intensive research of RSD and grew more and more disturbed with each bit of new information .My wife who is "only positive " discourages me from study fearing I will learn more bad news .
I found a physical theripist who is now treating me .The treatments are uh ,building "character" if nothing else .Now I think I know what burn pts have to endure .( although they are now sedated during wound care )
I noted you have endured the affliction for 8 years ,the suffering you have no doubt been through has to have made you an extraordiary person .Im pleased to meet you . My attitude has improved to positive .Thanks for your thoughts