The Brooks Family Foundation for RSD/CRPS
After 9 years of pain, Tracy has her life back!  Help us help others get their lives back too!

 

Click on "Gayle's Notes" for the latest updates on Tracy, others undergoing the ketamine coma, and our efforts to fund RSD research through the foundation...
Our first fundraising event is "Strike RSD!" Come bowl for a cure at Bowlmor lanes in New York City on Sunday, May 4. 

Click on "Strike RSD!" tab for more information.

Tracy lived in pain for nine years.  She was finally diagnosed with RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, in March 2007.  Under the treatment of Dr. Robert Schwartzman at Drexel University and Dr. Randy Rosenberg, she underwent awake lidocane and ketamine infusions.  Both procedures provided only temporarily relief, so in October-November 2007, Tracy spent five weeks in Germany to undergo an experimental ketamine coma, which Dr. Schwartzman believed would significantly improve her quality of life if not provide a cure.  He was right, and today Tracy has her life back.  We are all so thankful for her truly miraculous recovery, and can think of no better way to express our gratitude than to raise funds for research to find an easier, safer cure that will be able to be used in the United States.
Links to sites for other patients who have undergone, are undergoing or will soon travel to Germany for the ketamine coma:
Kyle: http://rsd.kyledon.com/
Judy: http://www.carepages.com/ServeCarePage?cpn=JudyHopkins2007&seed=350841&ClusterNodeID=jb04&tlcx1=default
Alessa: http://www.reachforrecovery.net/


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PLEASE HELP US TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RSD RESEARCH AND AWARENESS.  The Brooks Family for RSD/CRPS is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all funds raised will go directly to RSD research.

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You can send a check to:

The Brooks Family Foundation for RSD/CRPS
832 Second Street Pike - Suite 3
Richboro, PA 18954-1098

Or call 215-953-1730 to donate by credit card.


Tracy is a Special Ed teacher in the suburbs of Washington, DC.  She has spent the last few years working with severe-needs students and is truly gifted at teaching these special children.
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