Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

[livingwith]

Rsd can be hard for a regular Dr. to diagnose. I lived with it for 8 years and was put on 400 MG of oxycontin a day morphine patches. I was zombie and lost my wife, kids and business.
I was never diagnosed by Loyola Hospital in Maywood IL. They had all the resources to cure me but Rsd or the new name which slips my mind at the momement, is all what the MD’s call experimental treatment. Even though it was named during the Civil War!
Now sympathetic nerve blocks are proven to help but st...Read the full article

[mweinhaus]

How long did each nerve block last? I found out this week that I have RSD, and have had it for 10 years. My Doctors felt to have any quality of life was to amputate just below the calf muscle on each leg. I went to see the Surgeon that was going to do the amputation and he is the one he diagnosed me with RSD. I'm changing to a new pain management doctor that does blocks. I haven't had one yet, but am not optimistic that it will work. I also have two non-unions of bone fusions in each foot. A total of 13 surgeries.
Hopefully I will learn more next week. In the meantime, pain pills and more.

[wrightone]

We are just trying to figure out if this is what my husband has. His right foot started hurting after a summer of playing golf with our two oldest boys whenever they had a chance (we had a golf pass close by). He just assumed it would get better. Finally, he went to a podiatrist who diagnosed it as perineal tendinitis and put a special wrap on it. When that did not cure it, he tried orthotics and was referred to a physical therapist. The physical therapist indicated there was something more going on, but didn't know what. Orthotics seemed to eventually work on the tendonitis, but areas of pain kept moving around his foot and the swelling in the ankle and foot can no longer be brought down with ice, rest, and anti-inflammatory medications. Now the pain is even increasing. The original x-ray did show bone spurs and another doctor suggested degenerative tissue such as osteoarthritis. What is confusing, though, is that the pain moves to completely different parts of the foot. Is this consistent with RSD?

[RSD64]

Wrightone, if you suspect RSD, DISCONTINUE the ice immediately. This will cause the RSD to get worse.