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| | From:  djofone (Original Message) | Sent: 8/13/2008 2:47 AM |
Hello. I just wanted to introduce myself and give you the lay out of my RSD. I am a 33 yr. old male that developed RSD this past March after three surgeries to correct a sprained ankle (yes, you heard right. Sprained ankle). I was told after the third surgery where I had a bi-section of my heel and a cadaver tendon placed to the lateral side of my right ankle and hardware placed prominently in the weight bearing heel to (get this) "bear weight as tolerable".
A week after the cast was removed, began the first sensations that I was told and deduced as being "normal" given the extensiveness of the procedure. It was at the office visit of the "chop doctor" did I ask for permission to go to Florida. It was granted providing I heed all applicable warnings. One week later I had barely set foot in the Sunshine state when I experienced a burning sensation followed by a throbbing pain that left me unable to walk. Needless to say, I am stubborn and packed my pride in my suitcase while leaving my crutches behind. My fiancee had warned me to either bring my walking boot or my crutches in case something happened. Taking my pride to the extreme and giving to the "no pain no gain" credo, I only packed the weighty walking boot. As soon as the sun shone on the Space Coast I was first in line at the local Walgreens buying, you guessed it, crutches. My familiar old friends (yeah, right).
Within a day my ankle to my calf was a sun burned red color and bare resemblance to a club and not the foot I had come to know and love. I entered into a walk in clinic (via prompting by my fiancee and mutual friends and a nice lady at the boutique that exclaimed "honey, that just doesn't look right"). It was proposed that I might be suffering from cellulitis and possible bone infection from hardware. The doctor showed concern for a blood clot and sent me packing to the women's walk in clinic for an ultrasound. My masculinity in hand I went to the clinic and waited my turn for the gelatinous goo to be applied to my ankle and calf. After the humiliation and laborious tests were completed I returned to the doctors' office and waited for the results. Cleared of blood clot pandemonium I lazed the remaining days beach side with crutches in tow.
Since then I have succumb to this dystrophy disaster in mind and body and at times in spirit. I'll be the first to say, shaking my fist at the heavens is not in my daily grind, but I can't help wonder, WHY ME!
Unfortunately the saga continues. I am currently on work comp. and my employer is self insured by the work comp bureau. This means, they hold the majority of the cards and make it known who the puppet and who the puppeteer are in this unfolding series of events. I am still awaiting approval for a spinal block (already encountered three) for a prognosis and a strategy for attacking the problem. Work comp. puts food on the table but due to the inability to sustain my previous income level I am being forced into foreclosure. Fortunately the cars are paid for but, not exactly what I call the American Dream anymore. Most days, I just hang out with the cat on the porch or watch movies while masking the pain to those around me. I lose my temper easily and feel a certain defeat for losing all I have worked so hard to attain. I realize it's just stuff and I can eventually get back to a fulfilling lifestyle. I just wish that I could avoid the many pit falls that have already consumed me or those that the future hold.
Well that's me! Thanks for listening and I look forward to participating in this beneficial group. |
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welcome to our little group and thank you for sharing your story with us.I hope that worker comp doesn't drive you crazy.If you have questions about workers comp there are many here going through the process who would be able to help you. Every one wonders why me,life would be so much easier if we didn't do that to our selves but that what human do question everything.I got mine from a heelcord lenghening surgerym, funny how something so basic changes everything.I hope that being a part of this group will help you in some way take care of yourself mirage |
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