Hi everyone. I just was diagnosed today with RSD and have looked everywhere for something...anything to give me some sort of idea of what I am gearing myself up for. A little background is called for I guess. I had my last knee surgery almost 6 years ago, and I had to have my C5-C6 fused together 2 years ago. My knee has constently be giving me problems ever since the surgery, but my neck has been feeling fine (still does). I went to my doctor July 6 for my knee b/c all of a sudden it started killing me July 5. To make a long story short my MRI relieved that my knee is perfectly fine (thank god!) but that my bone marrow is speckled w/ fatty marrow replacement. That coupled with the pain, cold leg, sensitive to touch, and sometimes strange skin-color of my leg, I was diagonsied today with RSD. I am waiting for my referral to a pain specialist. Now, my pain I would not exactly classify as "burning" I can't describe it. The type of pain that I dread the most is when it feels like i'm being a pin-cushion from the inside out, that pain I can't stand. I have read that emotions and stress make this worse. Well, that does not mean good for me. I have an anxiety disorder, ADD, a 3-year-old, i'm in college and to top it all off my husband is over in Iraq right now and won't be home for another 9 months. I'm just really confused, worried, scared, annoyed and frustrated. Can anyone offer some words of wisdom, advice, comfort? Possibly tell me what i'm in store for?
Thanks so much for atleast giving me the chance to get all of this off my chest!