RE:hi, its nancy (intro)

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Hi Everyone,

I've been reading all the intro's so i thought i'd add mine. First off

though, Tracey, I WILL be back laying down as soon as i finish this. I love

you. Thank you for your support.

Okay, for those of you who don't know me, my name is ann e,

however I go by or when i signed up for the chatroom, my name was

taken, so i registered as Nancie620. I welcome emails from all and will

answer all.

I am 43 years old, (44 in June), and on April 15,1996 was wearing a pair

of heels for my step daughters spring concert. Needless to say, I fell. My

intial DX was a simple sprained knee. I was told to Ice it. By Sept. it was

DX''d as RSD. I just had a MRI of the knee done a few weeks ago, and I have

torn ligaments, and torn?cartiledge, and cysts in my knee. I also have

cellulitis right now in my more severe RSD leg, which means COMPLETE bedrest,

for those of you who know me, I am a fircely indepent stubbon person. I was

told three years ago I'd be in a wheelchair shortly. My dr. says he admires

my " fight " . I use a wheelchair to go to the mall cz concrete floors are

horrible for RSD. I also use a blue tie dyed cane all the time. Everyone

around here knows me by my unusual cane. When Tom bought it for me he said

" This is going to be your best friend. I want it to be a happy cane, " or

something to that effect. Since we're both " old hippies " its approriate.

I take MScontin, and Norco's (hense my s/n) for breakthough pain. They

also right now have me on Tranq. cz they know that's the only way i'll rest.

I also take clorazapam and ambien and bacoflan at bedtime to try and sleep.

LOL> I sleep (if thats what you want to call it, about 3 hrs at a time).

I have 3 teenage sons, and own a double block home (we will own it in 29

years.lol) with my " significant other " Tom, and his two dgts. (he has sole

custody, and lives on one side, me and the boys live on the other) Tom built

a doorway in between so each one of the kids could have their own rooms and

we share a room, but still have access to both sides. Its the best of both

worlds for us. We're with each other, but have our own space.

I also have a cat, Muffin, and a dog (sheltie) whos name is .

tells us when my oldest son is going to have a seizure. , (my oldest son)

is a severe epiliptic. On Friday, he has 3 consecutive seizures. , my 17

yr. old, is ADD and Jimmy my 13 yr. old is ADAH. I also take care of my dad,

(84 in march).

I am trying to keep this short, as i'm suposed to be on bedrest and

am sneaking on the puter right now. I am in extreme pain, not even the

morphine and norcos are helping.

One last thing. In my previous life (before RSD) I was a social worker.

When I applied for disabilty, they said i was 4 mo. shy of qualifiying for

SSD because I had taken leave of work to take care of my epliptic son, then

take care of my brothers kids (he died a few years ago) and then take care of

my mom till she passed away.

So I only qualified for SSI. I had a horrible experience with a C-Sec. in

1982, it was suposed to be a normal C-Sec (my memory is horrible now, i can't

remember what they call it, just numbing your lower half) anyway, the dr.

screwed upand I ended up with 25 punctures to my spine. (yes i sued, but the

day of the trial, my greedy ex-husband took the 10,000 they offered, their

first offer no less, and by the time the lawyer took his we ended up with

5,000) My next C-sec. I was put totally under and woke up during the C-sec.

I heard Jimmys first cry and the drs say " its another boy " before i fell

asleep again. They apologized profusely, saying it happened like once in a

million. (no i didn't sue) but i still have nightmares about waking up during

surgery. I think the reason I have RSD in my back now is from the 25 needles.

Okay, thats the short version of my life. Belive me theres much much

more, but I put in some of the important relevant stuff. Except that my

favorite color is Pink, I love angels, I'm catholic, and I get depressed

ALOT. and I HATE being " finacially challanged " and most of all I HATE RSD. I

have also been an Alanon family member for about 12 years now. (a support

group for families of alcoholics, but there sayings, readings, and slogans,

apply to everyone who suffers emtionally) and I know we ALL suffer emtionally

from having RSD.

Hope I didn't bore anyone. Love you all. I'm very happy to be a part of

this new family. God bless and love always,