laura40

finally...a place to talk to others with the same health issues.let me start by saying my name is laura and my husband has rsd.he has had rsd now for 3 yrs.
thru an injury at work...after all that we have been thru i could write a best selling novel.when he first was injured he was 49 yrs.old,he ran 10 miles a day,& had never been sick a day in his life.however thru the inhumane events that occured after his injury,he now cannot walk a city block,has terrible atrophy in left leg,has short term memory loss,has had 2 seizures,can hardly see,hypertension 190/125 and this is daily ,and now he is having TIAS on a daily basis,we have been in and out of hospitals now for 2 weeks,& all test have came back normal,i feel as thought they think were either crazy or were making it up as we go.for 2 weeks now he has had these so called episodes were he will start by saying he has triple vision,he starts slurring his speech,he is very confused,sometimes can't hardly speak,numbness in left arm down to fingertips,headache,and unable to walk.these are now happening whether his b/p is low or high,& whether he is calm or nervous ..so we don't know and neither do the doc's.we are finding that he has more bad days than good,we have already settled our w/c claim last yr.he won w/c medical for life..
we also have a lawsuit on the employer...he has been found disabled it will be 2 yrs.in dec.anyone with input,questions or just helpful hints please contact me....thank you for taking the time to read this...laura

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