Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

[livingwith]

I was 9 years old when I was getting ready for a basketball game and I was coming down the stairs and tripped and fell. I had a weird pain in my right ancle and it hurt to move it. I was taken by my mother to the hospital to get some x-rays to make sure that I didn’t break anything… nothing came back on the x-ray and they simply told me that I spraned it and it would be fine in a couple of days armed with a pair of crutches I left. Only three weeks later the pain was still there̷...Read the full article

[Mrs C]

Hi, Jenna. I just wanted to say that your story was the first information I've read since being diagnosed. The doctor and Physical Therapist (who suspected my RSD) didn't tell me much, except that it was bad. Your article gave your experiences in a positive manner and your encouraging words at the end of it, helped me to dry the tears and read on! Your story was very well written. Thank you for sharing it. Take care and keep striving! Mrs. C.