Cindy
Hi, I am so grateful to finally find someone out there that I can talk to about my new condition. I am a 40 year old woman with a whole life ahead of me. Then one day on the 23rd. of July 2003, that all changed. I was at work when I tripped and broke my foot in two places. My employer sent me right away to their doc. He x-rayed and told me "Yes its broke. But, its only a foot so we aren't going to cast it." I replied, "yea right only a foot isn't that the thing that holds up my body!" He told me that he was the doc and he new about this type of a break and then he finished with sending straight to physical therapy. The PT looked at my report and said that she really didn't want to work with me and then the doc yelled at her and told her just to do as he had ordered he was the doc. This went on for a month every day I woke up with lots of pain my foot and leg were dark purple and cold. I kept complaining to him he just ignored me. I ended up with foot drop, atrophy. After my thirty days was up I requested a new doc. My new doc was horrified. He said that a break like this needed surgery within the first 10 days. He diagnosed me with RSD and that there would be even more complications because of the surgery interrupting the nerves. They did a block at the same time hoping that it would help. No, that only lasted 1 1/2 days. Now I am on all these meds just to have some quality of life. My night stand looks like a pharmacy. Things are getting worse. Not only my foot it's now both of my feet,legs,hands, and arms. Staying busy trying to block out the pain is becoming impossible. I have days that I can bearly get out of bed. I finally took my docs advice and took off of work. That was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. Here I had finally found my lifes dream job. I was helping others with their own disabilities.Now here I am now one of them. How odd it is that with a blink of an eye your whole life can change. It's funny how people take for granted even the simplest things as being able to climb out of bed, holding a phone, or even hold one of your loved ones. Thanks be to God that I have a wonderful supporting and understanding family. Thank you for your time Cindy