I am so sorry to hear that you are in such bad pain at the moment and really hope it starts to settle down soon and that you feel better - I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers and sending you many pain-free hugs!!

I have RSD in my left leg and right arm. The RSD started in my leg after an ankle sprain and later spread to my arm after another injury when I fell and severly sprained my arm!! From what I have read on the internet and been told by my Pain Management Doctor, RSD does whatever it wants, whenever it wants unfortunately and it can spread from another injury and sometimes without a known cause!!

The most important thing I can suggest to do is to keep moving your foot ... I KNOW it hurts a lot and that you probably don't want to because of the pain but it is probably one of the best things you can do in the long-run!!

As the others have said, please make sure your son knows that it isn't his fault that this has happened!! I know you have probably told him lots of times already but it's important he knows that this isn't his fault and that accidents happen and that there's nothing you can do to prevent them unfortunately!!

I would definitely speak to your doctor when you can and see what he says! I know it's hard but please try and stay positive and not panic too much - that is only going to make things worse!!

I'm thinking about you and please keep us updated when you can!