Meredith,

 

My son has an appointment with Dr. Schwartzman in April.  We have waited 14 months to see him because when we phoned his office at the beginning of 2007, this was the earliest appointment he had!  I would love to hear of your experineces with him.  We have to travel about 3 hours to see him and stay overnight in Philadelphia so I am not sure how we will manage the ketamine treatment even if my son is a good candidate.  Have you done or are you doing any other treatments with Dr. Schwartzman or is it only the ketamine?  Any information would be much appreciated.

 

Linda

Hi Meri,

 

We are so glad to here from you. A BIG HIGH FIVE TO YOU!!!  It takes a very strong person to keep going when you have as much pain as you do and during the busiest and most awful time of year. TAX SEASON!!! YUK!!!!!  Don't forget to take care of yoursesf when you get home. Eat right when at work and get a doctors note if you need more break times. I know I keep pushing the meditation thing but I have seen it work in my husband and has been a life saver when it gets really bad. It can help you get through this tax season's  agony. I hope when things slow down for you that we will see more posts from you. I am trying to get to know as many members as possible so keep me in mind when you have time and add me to your buddy list if you would like. [email protected]

 

Talk to you soon

Tami

Hey Linda,

Its nice to here from you again. How have things going for your family and your son? I am happy to here you finally have an appointment with Dr. Schwartzman. I have heard his treatments may be a possible sign for a cure here in the US and it seems to be helping those who have been getting it. My prayers are with your family and hope he is a good candidate for the program. Please keep us up to date with how it all goes. How is your son feeling about it all? I hope he isn't too scared. It is sooo much harder on children but they are amazingly addaptive and accepting of their lives. Please let him know that all of us are thinking about him and we are here if he ever wants to talk too. Do you have him involved in a group for kids yet? If not I have a few other sites I go to and they have support for children as well. We offer it here but I don't know how active it is and there may be more young ones to talk with on other sites. I think it is good to have several options to find support. If you are interested in them let me know and I can email them to you.

 

Please keep in touch with us

Tami

Tami,

 

My son is 27 years old but lives with us [I can't imagine how he could function on his own].  He is on some list serves but not on this one.  He is also in telephone contact with a couple or people who have RSD.  He is actually doing quite well now and we are not sure whether to continue what we are doing or try the ketamine which is about 3 hours away and requires multiple trips .  We will see whether Dr. Schwartzman thinks he is a good candidate for the treatment and then make a decision.

Linda

Hi Meri...my name is Diana and I was just reading about you being a patient of Dr. Schwartzman....I have an appointment with him in May of 09....I have asked my Dr to get me in there so I can see if I can go for the Ketamine Treatment....I only live about an hour or so away....Not sure how I would work it out but I have time to work on it...Please keep us all informed of your treatment and I'm really proud of you for continuing to work...your one tough cookie....Thanks for your words....Diana

 people like you give me hope that when i finish unversity next june that I might be able to manage to hold down a job so thank you for that.I'm sorry that you are having so much trouble  hopefully it calmed down some since you wrote this post.

keep being strong

mirage