Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry to hear that both of you are dealing with this.

I read about the Compartment Syndrome as Carrie did and it does have a lot of the symptoms as RSD.

What he might be dealing with is the spread of RSD but if the Drs. right he may have both. It sounds like they may be able to do the surgery for the CS. If they do want to do surgery, make sure you ask them to do a block first to keep the RSD from spreading.

Some people don't think surgeries are good ideals with RSD but there comes times when they have to be done and and a block can possibly keep it from spreading.

As far as Drs. it's very hard to find a very good RSD Dr. They have to be aggressive and not take their time about dealing with it when it first happens. I have seen people go into remission though after having it for years with blocks even though they don't always help everyone.

Good luck to both of you. Hang around. You will learn a lot here and meet some great people.

Ada