| Last Updated June 29, 2005 |
My TOS :
I DEVELOPED TOS AFTER AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON 4-24-04. I ALSO DEVELOPED CRP (RSD), OTHER INJURIES I SUFFERED WERE A FRACTURED HIP, 3 HERNIATED CERVICAL DISCS, TWO TORN MEDIAL MENISCI, AND TWO VENTRAL HERNIAS, AS A RESULT OF THE SAME ACCIDENT. i WAS REAR ENDED AT A HIGH SPEED WHILE I WAS STOPPED, MY VEHICLE WAS HIT SO HARD I WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR STOPPED IN THE FRONT OF ME. (TWO CRASHES IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS.) NO WONDER MY BODY WAS SO SERIOUSLY INJURED. BEING A NURSE AND KNOWING WHO THE BEST DOCTORS ARE WHAT HELPED ME THE MOST. I CAN'T LEAVE OUT THE FACT THAT I ALSO LEARNED A LOT HERE ON THE INTERNET. THAT IS HOW I CHOSE DR. TOGUT. HE TRULY IS PHENOMENAL. I HAVE ONE HAND THAT TURNS WHITE, AND ONE THAT TURNS BLUE. WHAT TRULY AMAZES ME THE MOST IS THE NUMBER OF DOCTORS I HAD TO SEE BEFORE GETTING AN OFFICIAL DIAGONOSIS. THE SECOND HARDEST PART OF THIS BESIDES RECOVING FROM ALL OF THE INJURIES I RECEIVED WAS BEING THE PATIENT, AND NOT THE NURSE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ALL TOS AFFLICTED PEOPLE TO REMEMBER IS THAT YOU ARE THE PERSON IN CONTROL OF YOUR BODY, AND DON'T BECOME TOO DISCOURAGED IF IT TAKES THE DOCTORS A WHILE TO FIND YOUR TRUE AILMENT. I HAVE FOUND THAT KEEPING A JOURNAL OF ALL DOCTOR VISITS, DISCUSSIONS, AND QUANTITY AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF THE PAIN IN THE JOURNAL. DON'T FORGET TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT AGRAVATES YOUR SYMPTOMS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I AM A CANDIDATE FOR TOS SURGERY, HOWEVER IT IS A VERY COMPLEX CONDITION THAT CAN BE MADE MUCH WORSE WITH AN INEXPERIENCED DOCTOR, OR THE SCAR TISSUE BUILD UP AFTER THE SURGERY CAN MAKE THE CONDITION WORSE THA IT WAS BEFORE THE SURGERY. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOUR DAMNED IF YOU DO, AND YOUR DAMNED IF YOU DON'T. EVEN WITH AN EXPERIENCED DOCTOR. SCAR TISSUE BUILD UP IS INEVITABLE, THAT IS WHY MOST DOCTORS TREAT THE CONDITION CONSERVITIVELY, EVEN IF THEY FEEL SURGERY MAY BE CURATIVE, IT IS A DECISION THAT MUST BE WEIGHED VERY CAREFULLY. I AM CONSIDERING THE SURGERY BECAUSE AFTER ALMOST A YEAR OF THERAPY, AS WELL AS A LOT OF PAIN MEDICATION, I AM STILL HAVING A LOT A PAIN. THE MEDS I TAKE ARE DURAGESIC PATCH, PERCOCET, ELAVIL, SKELAXIN, AND VALIUM. THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL COMBINATION OF MEDICATIONS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY ONLY TAKE THE EDGE OFF OF THE PAIN. MY TOS IS THE NEUROGENIC TYPE. FOR ALL OTHER TOS'ERS OUT THERE HERE IS A TID BIT OF INFORMATION THAT MAYBE USEFUL BESIDES THE DOCTORS I HAVE LISTED BELOW: THE MOST COMMON ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR OF RSD, IS TOS. DR. TOGUT IS EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE, HIS SPECIALITY IS TOS. HE IS WONDERFUL, EMPATHETIC, AND ONE OF THE BEST DOCTORS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS CONDITION. DR. KURT MORAN IS ALSO WONDERFUL, HE TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE AMOUNT OF PAIN A PERSON WHO HAS BOTH RSD, AND TOS, HAS, AND WILL INSURE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND DO A FEW MORE OF THE THINGS A PERSON MUST DO ON A DAILY BASIS WITH LESS DISCOMFORT. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
DR. ALLEN TOGUT--FOR TOS DR. KURT MORAN FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT