Welcome
to Bob and Melody's RSD pages!
I hope that in these pages we are able to help
other's in their fight with RSD/CRPS or any other chronic pain
condition.
These are accounts of what we ourselves have been through, and only our
opinions and viewpoints on how we see the situation. We are not
doctors,
or nurses, or even in the medical field at all. But since I contracted
RSD/CRPS my wife has been diligent about collecting professional
and responsible information about it from whatever source possible.
These
include the internet, support groups, specialists we've been sent to
see
and from other RSDers in our area. But the sites we have are to help
inform
and bring awareness, and in no way to make or presume a diagnosis. They
do however include some of my own diagnosises and results thereof from
our viewpoints.
I'll start by telling you a
little
about myself.
I was born in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
in 1967, at the city hospital. I met my wife in 1988 under very strange
but interesting circumstances and we married in 1989. We have two
little
redheads, our daughter was born in 1989, and our son born in 1993.
In January of 1998 I was taken
off work for several reasons, the pages that follow are an account of
what
happened in the past year and the major events leading up to the
realization
that I suffer from a rare disease called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
(RSD)
or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) as it's otherwise called. I
write
these pages for a few reasons, first is to get this off my chest..
Because
somedays it get's too much to handle without some form of release. And
with these pages I hope I can give understanding and support to anyone
who suffers from any chronic illness. And promote awareness of this
little
known disease. In January of 1999 I found out that RSD's pain has been
compared to cancer, which really surprised me but made me more
sympathetic
to chronic pain sufferers plight.
I hope you'll take the time to
read
through and get to know about a disease that anyone can get, and from
anything
as small as a pinprick and as major as surgery.
You'll also find some links on
the
following for medical sites on this disease.
Thank you for taking the time
to
look through my site.
Bob.
A
look at my rare condition..
by Melody
Bob's
diagnosis of RSD and background events..
by Melody
What
is RSD (CRPS) and what does it feel like?..
by Melody
Dealing
with RSD (CRPS) and it's symptoms..
by Bob
Updates
page #1
by Bob
Updates
page #3
by Bob
Updates
page #4
by Bob
For some unknown reason, a
friend
of mine gave me this award.
But no matter what it was for,
I appreciate it!
Thanks LS.
(RESPONSE FROM LS;)
the ~LadyShark~ Wrote:
-Give Bob a message...Wacha mean
no matter what it was for?! *L* Cuz you are education us about RSD! You
are contributing to bettering the world so there! :oP~
-Hee hee, Thanks Ladyshark,
just
doing what we think needs to be done, and maybe help others along our
horrific
road.
For 
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God bless,
RMK.
