Dear Pepper,
Spreading is a very sad and horrible aspect of RSD. The amount of damage you might experience can and will surprise you. When my RSD went from the left leg to the right 4 years ago, I saw the right leg go downhill faster than the left had originally. Within 4 years, my right leg was 90% as damaged as the left was.
Will you survive it, darn right you will. Will you hate it. Darn right you will, but you will learn how to deal with it, I promise.
RSD can be the worse thing to ever happen in our lives, or it can be the single greatest thing that's helped direct our lives in more productive and positive ways. We're the ones who decide.
Before I had RSD, I actually thought my legs were the only part of my body that was halfway decent looking. Now look at what I've got. Maybe I needed to be reminded that looks didn't matter. Now I don't have two black legs, only one due to my above the knee amputation this past January. The doctors said they want to take the right one off too, but I'm hanging on because I (you and me and all the rest of us) understand RSD better than anyone else, and I'm betting that with less physcial stress due to the left leg being taken, the right will hang on longer.
Good luck, and remember that the beauty in the day is what we find in it, and if I'm betting right, I'll bet you still have all sorts of beauty around you, and now you're even smart enough to really know it. I know I am. Bob.
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Originally Posted by Martg1946
Hi everyone, I have RSD in my right foot and leg to my knee and also (doctor thinks) I have shingles on top of that..ok, now that I've caught everyone up, two days after I started taking the Valtrex, my LEFT foot and ankle has swollen and hurts if I touch it, no color change yet, the back of my ankle really hurts and has a little scab on it and really hurts like a raw sore burns but its not open, I haven't done anything to it, could the RSD be spreading and can it really go from one foot into the other or does it have to travel a certain way?? I really don't have a clue..thanks for everyone's help on this site...I have learned a lot...Pepper
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