I FOUND IT!!!!

[Guest guest]

ok guys remember when i posted to see if anyone had heard

of " imagine " well i finally found it!(damn this rsd memory loss), i

still have no idea where i got it from maybe the redhope site but

anyway, I want to share it with yall. I am in no way trying to take

credit for it so if anyone knows who wrote it please give cresit

where credit is due. This reduced me to tears it just explains the

personal side of rsd so well not just the clinical side, and the

ending shows exactly what most of us feel when we are finally

diagnosed, relieved then very depressed and confused here it is:

Imagine.....

Imagine learning that within every second of every day, for the rest

of your life you will be in pain. You will not sleep another full

night as long as you live. No longer being able to do simple things

without being in lots of pain. Not being able to continue to work,

and fighting off depression for the rest of your life. Something

that no one can see, no one can seem to understand, not even

Doctors. You go from Doctor to Doctor to Doctor and try various

things, and still you know you still don't have the proper

diagnosis. You spend your days going from therapy to therapy, X-

rays, nerve studies, injections, pills and more pills, and nothing

seems to help. Your limb starts to turn blue, swells to double it's

size, you find blood clots you can see on the surface of the skin, it

hurts so bad you want to scream. A single accident as small as

spraining your wrist is all it takes. Tests come out negative,

everyone starts to doubt you, even your family. The doctors start

telling you that it is all in your head.

Then you find a Doctor that knows.............he tells you that you

have RSD............for the rest of your life. And he doesn't know

how to help you.

Isn't that so true? I love it I have showed it to my family and

friends to try and help explain why this condition is so devestating.

So let me know what you guys think and if the author is out there I

would love to talk with you!

Keep on keeping on

mandi