Hi SPJ,

 I live just north of Denver about 50 miles, My case of RSD was started by a carpel tunnal surgery but I couldnt blame the Dr because I needed the surgery 4 years before I finally got it and the median nerve was damaged by being trapped so long.

 I was 46 when RSD happened to me, at the time I still had a 6 pack stomach and played in professional raquette ball tournaments regularly around the state and in Wyoming n Nebraska as well. I rode my bike to work and back even in the winter for a total of 30 miles a day, I sno Skied in the winter almost every weekend and water skied in the summer along with going to ski resorts in the summer and taking my mountain bike to the top and riding it down.

 I know exactly how you feel right now...exactly! The best thing I have done for myself and everyone around me was to accept my condition and make the best of what I could still do. I also live by my self, my wife left me after 5 years of my having RSD. There is a RSD group right in Denver that I belong to, check out www.RMRSD.org We are having a large group meeting and fundraiser this comming weekend on the 27th, I would be glad to pick you up and bring you along so you can meet others in the same boat as we are in. Go to the website, contact Helen the group director if you want...I think it would be good for you. If you would like to talk with me just let me know and I will email you specific contact information, I can call you this weekend or any weekend as I have free long distance on weekends, be happy to get to know you and for you to be a part of our group.

Frank