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Louise Plaster and Barbara Schaffer at the 2002 Bounty of Hope Dinner. Jane O'Laughlin uses triathon training to manage her CRPS. Trudy Lapinskis, a British member, presented a CRPS awareness petition for Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Your Stories

Take Flight With Hope: Stories of Hope and Transformation
This brochure offers an array of patient stories, and as Executive Director Jim Broatch, MSW, writes "People make changes, they move forward, they live lives they never imagined they could or would. CRPS brings huge losses, but, as you will read, there are significant gains as well."
Single copies are available free for our members. Additional copies are available for $2 (members) and $3 (non-members).

Anna Brilliant's Story
Testimony from the NJ CRPS Awareness/Education Bill Hearing

Drumming Through the Pain
By Don Doman, Jr.

My Life With RSD
By Louise Plaster

Hope and Transformation—The Means to Recovery
By Kathleen Campbell, M. Div
(Note: The link at the beginning of this section takes you to the abridged version of Ms. Campell's excellent 36-page article; for a link to the entire article, click here.)

Training for Life
By Jane O'Laughlin

Truly Moved Beyond Words
By Tricia Scott

My Story
By Keven Mosley-Koehler

Hitting it Big in Las Vegas
By Keith Groller

Endless Struggle With a New Twist
By Idamarie Scimeca Duffy

Let the Healing Begin
By Tina Mohr

Getting Off of the Merry-Go-Round
By Barbara Schaffer

Remembering Rachel Tobias

RSD and Your Family

Talking With...

Raising Awareness in the UK: Talking With Trudy Lapinskis
By Daria Charlesworth

Raising the Curtain on Awareness: Talking with Cynthia Toussaint
By Debra Nelson-Hogan

A Dose of Southern Hospitality, Talking with Louise Plaster
By Debra Nelson-Hogan

Talking With Dr. Robert J. Schwartzman
By Debra Nelson-Hogan

That's the Spirit: Talking With Ashley Mahoney
By Debra Nelson-Hogan

From Patient to Person: Talking With Penney Cowen
By Debra Nelson Hogan

Talking With Steve Shisler
By Debra Nelson-Hogan

Talking With Deana Kiser On Advocacy and Awareness
By Debra Nelson-Hogan

Treatment Stories

Weighing the Results: Patients and specialists share stories about Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy
By Patricia McAdams

Eduardo's Story—Treating CRPS with HBOT
By Patricia McAdams

Alternative Therapy Brings Relief
By Michele Langstaff

Suicide: Tips for Prevention
By Linda Lang

The Taboo of Suicide
By Linda Lang

Listen to an RSD song!

"RSD A Mystery" - KJ Reimensnyder-Wagner. For more music by KJ, click here.

Updated July 14, 2008

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