Settlements Reached and Lawsuits Won
On my website I have started a new section. It is here that I am placing lawsuits won/settled which deal with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, aka, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. The reason for this is to show you that even the courts, and fellow peers, acknowledge your pains as being real. Also, if you have an Attorney, you can take from these links and give the information to your lawyer.
Please let me know what you think.
Always pain free hugs,
Christine
Please let me know what you think.
Always pain free hugs,
Christine
Hi, Where is the settlements page?
It is located at my Home Page: http://christineleiendecker.com - Under Additional Support
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Always pain free hugs,
-Christine
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I tried a few lings but they do not work, I was just curious as I have had rsd for 17 months and been off work for 4 months and I am so scared that i cant return to work and wanted to see if a settlement would help me stay alive, I would rather not have rsd and be working then to have constant 24/7 pain and depression as well i know everyone would rather not have this. Thanks for your web site i have it under my favorites!
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Hi Christine, I just wanted to say hi and hope you are doing well, have a great weekend!
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Thank You so very much Christine for this site.
I cannot tell you what a life saver it is.
I am a scientific, rational man who has gone through 4 years of hell. Indeed, I write this to you from my bed where I have been for 10 days now.
I am a former ICU nurse who has had every doctors close the door on me and brand me as a "drug seeker".
Even the world's most esteemed medical center-who I have seen time and time again-as I sat shaking in mind bending pain told me: "Mike, you have axonal neuropathy...you just have to learn to live with it"
I have been turned away from this hospitals E.R. on two occasions, once escorted out under security-as if I were a criminal.
My "idiopathic" neuropathy(idiopathic is a way of doctors to say we don't know what is causing it) was probably instigated by my cycling but it was the physicians-their repeated failure to diagnose and treat that has allowed my disease escalate to unimaginable heights of pain and debilitation.
But those physicians are rushed from patient to patient like a mill. They have no time to think, to ponder, to examine the difficult patients the unusual patients like us.
And why? Because thinking doesn't pay...drilling, suturing, cutting pays...and it pays very very well.
The outcome of this disease, CRPS, is inevitable if left untreated: I am now crippled-both psychologically and physically. I have lost everything: my job, my girlfriend, my friends, my family....I am alone with nothing but my pain.
But my day will come as did your's
Our health care "system" is not a "system" at all, but a loose collection of computers which run advanced billing software so that high paid HMO execs and corporations can make enormous profits on marginal medical and surgical procedures.
Ours is not an evidence based medical practice. Too many times our health care is an end of life care-often drastic, unrealistic measures and attempts to save the dying..regardless of cost or return on investment.
In America, no one dies.
The preference is to do marginal quick, profitable, surgical procedures with no promen long term beneficial outcome. Ambulatory surgery centers spring up all over the country:knees, hips, eyes...these are the bread and butter, these are the money makers...regardless of outcome.
The American health care consumer has been duped by slick ads from pharma and medical device manufacturers. Palms of physic ans and HMO executives are still greased to ensure the "correct" device or procedure will be used regardless of patient or indication. Countless steaks are gorged on and glasses of wine toasted at the expense of the U.S. health care consumer. How do I know? I pay the bill. I sell the product.
The USA ranks poorly per dollar spent compared to other advanced countries with regards to health care and outcomes. This statement is supported by the World Health Organization(WHO) and sadly, my very own experience.
-Best of Luck To All
Mike
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First, thanks to Christine for this site and the information it contains. I am located in Jackson, MS and have had RSD (type 1) for 5 months after a rotator cuff surgery. My story is very similar to most on here in respect to pain and other things most have covered. I've been very fortunate to have been professionally doctored at a early stage of this demon and haven't lost faith that remission is possible. I thank God I haven't seen some of the suffering many of you have and I pray for your relief.
I'm amazed at the vultures that await an already victim of this demon from Hell with promises of cures, pain relief, big settlements, herbal secrets that the doctors don't want you to know about and more. It all brings new meaning to the old cliché, "take a nickel off a dead man's eye". They're worse, because they're not even waiting for you to die to get it. Just be aware of such things that sound too good to be true, commonly they are. Have you noticed all the research sites out there and how they need money to do this research on RSD. You got it, they want the poor souls who are stricken with this monster to donate. Where's the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, The March of Dimes, Farm Aid, somebody but the miserable souls that suffer every hour of every day that have this. Even the health care workers, I would venture to say 75% have never heard of the condition unless they are a PhD. There needs to be a world outcry, "Hey World, there's a demon sent from the pits of Hell on us and its name is Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)". Sooner or later the right person will get this, then, and only then, will it become a major concern to find a cure for it. Till then prayers for one another, good and bad experiences with physicians, attorneys, medications and such passed along to one another are better than fighting this battle alone. Medications have no boundaries, but physicians (distance) and state laws may effect attorney selections and/or outcomes. I live in Jackson, MS welcome any contact. Be aware I'm medically ignorant, relatively new to RSD, have no attorney yet, so I will not comment on my condition in depth. Anyone in my area seeking services for RSD, I will recommend NewSouth NeuroSpine in Flowood, MS if you are in the area. They won't have the deer-in-the-headlights look when you mention RSD, I promise that much.
My Prayers be with You,
Larry T.
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