DianaA, I wish I had this last summer when I went to the ER in California. My male nurse knew nothing about RSD & treated me horribly. He wa so bad that I ended up not having to pay my portion of the hospital bill & the hospital is lucky I am not suing them. If I had this maybe my treatment would have been better. He tried to put my IV in my RSD arm after I told him I had RSD in my right side. He tried to take my blood pressure on my right side. He did not understand why I was so cold. That was before the RSD had spread to my left. And the list goes on. I had an extreme flu & had not had my meds & was very flared up. I couldnt keep anything down including my meds. I lost ten punds in 5 days with that flu. And was in the ER twice. I will do what you say & keep one of these in my purse with my meds list. Thank you so much.
Hugs, Denny

Denny,
I have found with my twenty years of this, that having something in print always seems to get so much more attention. It seemed to carry more weight, than when I would tell them. Now instead of the person drawing the blood or the ER doc...looking at me like I am crazy, they seem to take extra care and ask questions. Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Hopefully that will never happen again! Di