Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

[livingwith]

I am a 35 year old woman that used to teach children with Autism. The students at the school that I worked at had severe enough Autism that their counties couldn’t place them in public schools so they were sent to our school. On June 13, 2007 my student aggressed on me. He first pulled my hair which I was able to free myself from using the training that we were given to help protect us from injury. His Behavior intervention plan gave him 30 seconds of aggression or non-compliance to re...Read the full article

[sissychap]

Hi, I am a 44 y/o female, and also a nurse. I was told I have RSD from an injury at work on 02/11/08. My job did not carry work comp ( Not sure why), but I was let go because I could not due my job per dr's orders and I know I could not with the pain. I have never known pain like this. I have had a number of abdnomal surg. and would due all of them again to have a pain free day. The one thing I know is that we as RSD suffers have got to stay together and have a voice as one. I know about the pain, depression and not wanting to leave the house, but we can not give in to this horrible syndrome.
I had a nerve block that did nothing but cause more pain, the burning, swelling, and sweating are all apart of this syndrome. I make myself do the thing I do not want too, like everyday ADLs, going outside ect. I am NOT going to let this beat me down, and on some days it does. I hope I help you some and remember hang in there one day may be better then the day before or after.