I have good days and bad days; times with minimal pain and times when it seems unbearable, and different pains on different pains; where always seems consistent although a new pain has surfaced in another part of my leg. My most prevelant pain feels like red hot razor blade slicing into the front of my leg from knee down the shin, then there's the pain of steel wool rubbing on a really bad sunburn, the knife cutting feeling, and new is the hot ice pick stabbing in my calf and back of leg. I never know from one moment to the next let alone one day from the next how much it will hurt or for how long. I never wear skirts any more as the swish is worse for me than the touch of pants - think of it pants only have a small area to move before hitting the leg vs a shirt which moves a much further distance so seems to have more power. RSD is personal and our bodies reaction is personable. ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING!