I often simply tell people, (or ask, if I suspect someone has, and is trying to describe RSD, and they're not yet diagnosed), that my bones feel as if they're on fire, while my skin feels as if it's in a blast freezer.

Being around so much of the public as I have, I've sent at least a dozen people to doctors, and given them RSD info. It solved their "searching for an answer", which so many of us know so well....

I got to know that "look on the face", and when they mentioned pain all over, or one spot, I was able to zero in. The thanks I've gotten are sweet, but sad....

Pete