Hi ,Thank You Jewell for explaining the PAD anagram ,I would imagine many of us would get Peripheral Artery Disease ,I can't even fit into normal shoes my feet and legs are so swollen and my so many of my blood vessels have broken my feet are black but I can walk a few feet .Having RSD (Sudecks Atrophy was what the Austrian Doctor Dx ed it as which is RSD but now I have it in all four limbs and my lower back ) but I am so Thankful I can live here at Sheltercare ,in my own Studio but living in others houses because I only get SSI has probably been the worst thing I have gone through .My Ex was a Crankster (I figured since my first wife is an Angel (literally unfortunately) that all women were ,I married a crank addict ,she watched me and went to a Pain Doctor lying and saying she had RSD etc to get OxyContin and I don't know what to sell so she could get her crank ,I married her in 1992 and in 1998 I told her I would help her get off crank or I would leave ,she stole a lot from me but that was 10 yrs ago ,I as I said earlier had to rent rooms from others until 2004 when I moved in here ,and it has really helped but I do have severe Depression and I shot myself about 20 years ago .No matter what I did no one other than my mom in my small family ever believed RSD was real ,though it looks like my daughter has it ,she is 31 ,.I think one thing that makes the pain even worse is other than the PC or TV ,(except when my lady comes down)I found the only way I can make it is to live in the moment .I think all of us with RSD have it now and that means we have it the same amount of time .
They think I got RSD from when I dove off my Grandparents barn trying to fly like Superman(it didn't work) but I know a lot of people must wait many years to have their RSD dx ed
Thank You for writing if I can ever help anyone (I know a lot of Doctors that work with RSD Patients especially in Tenn,Ken,NC hills and Ca\lifand Oregon but I think with RSD finally being recognized and even Fibro(I was put in Mental Health and told there is no such thing as Fibro before so my RSD was dismissed too in th 1980s .I think things will even get better for RSDers too ,I'm grateful to the Doctors who have stuck with RSD for us
I keep a good thought for you all
Thank You rsdno