I have RSD in my left foot and leg. My foot has been hurting since a injury when I was 15. I am now 28. I only got diagnosed after another injury to that foot in 07. When this injury occured I was so blessed to have found a great doc who knows lots about RSD. Until then I have saw doctor after doctor and test after test to be told it was in my head. My new doc and my pain managment doc have a great relationship so the work together on my case. By the time I recieved the diagnoses, my foot had major coldness,color change, and lose of movement. I tried physical thearpy for months it made it worse. I tried the lumbar injection it did not give any relief or changes except in tempurature of the foot. Within days it was cold again. My doctor still says its RSD. I tried the epidural drip inpatient for 5 days. It worked for about a week. After many failed attempts the doc suggested a spinal cord stim. I did the trial and it worked great. My permanant one works great but i am now having pain in my back and have had 2 surgeries to put the battery in a comfortable place, but to no avail it is protruding from the skin again. Now its time to move it or take it out. Im not sure what to do. Try everthing available before any surgery because in my case I dont know which one is better my now excrutiating back pain and foot pain relief or if I had just left it alone and took meds and dealt with foot pain. Also my last surgery has left my neck at the base of my head pinching a nerve because of the way my neck was positioned during the surgery. This causes severe pain in my head and neck. I then had to have injections through the side of my neck to my spine to help relieve that pain. Just whey your options carefully before getting invasive treatment and u need to try to fing a great doctor and form a good relationship with them.

Hope u can get some pain relief. I will keep u in my thoughts and prayers!