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Changed Forever By RSD

Post a new topicby livingwith on Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:31 pm

Hello everybody. I’m writing my story in the hopes that it will help others that live with RSD or any other chronic/terminal disorder, pain oriented or otherwise. I fell through a table at a greenhouse I was working in as a summer job on my June 4th 2002, my 21st birthday.
After they told me that my left foot was just sprained, I thought it would heal within a few weeks. However, after 2 weeks it burned, was always swollen, extremely painful to the touch (socks, baths, bed sheets,shoes,...Read the full article
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Re: Changed Forever By RSD

Post a new topicby christine1003 on Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:04 pm

wow that was an amazing story, you know, I have rsd and am awaiting a neurostimulator inmplant I am a restaurant manager and i am out on short term disability right now. I try to get out everyday usually in the morning to just get out for a bit Usually I am done for the day at like 2 pm when I say done i mean I cant function too well after that. Sat morning I went into a thrift shop at a church i moved to florida 5 years ago from massachusetts and had not been to church since I have been in florida, this church was the faith i was raised on and something is knawing me to begin to go to their services, I am going to go next sunday morning at ten am and I am even going alone, thanks for your inspiration
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