Van,
I fell on my right side and I got rsd in my hands back on dec 3rd of last year and was diagnosed right away. My symptoms are burning pain,dark redness,blotchy redness, shiney skin, electrical shooting pain,numbness,ice cold pain in the tips of my fingers, numbness and burning pain in both feet . All of these symptoms occur at different times. At times I'm in a lot of pain but nothing compared to some of the poor souls on this site and at times the pain is just a tremendous nuisance.

At times I feel like I am studying for a doctoral thesis with all the research I have done on this disease and the most important thing I've come to realize is it's different for every person. Keep a journal of your symptoms and research as much as you can and keep asking questions,the people on this site are not only informative they are compassionate as well.

take care,

Joe