Well, I spoke with my doctor about it on Monday, and basically she wants me to see a dermatologist. At this office (my pain doc) if anything comes up, they won't give opinions...they either refer me to my MD, or they refer me to another specialist. They won't dx me, really. HOWEVER, she did say that she has seen this before, and not ONLY in rsd patients, but also in patients who are on pain meds. Even though I may not have had a reaction to the pain meds before (I've been on the same ones for quite a while) I may have suddenly contracted some type of allergy to it. But she won't say that's for sure.

And now...I have one on my BACK! Arggghhhh! So it's traveling. It's moving. the only thing I REALLY hope is that this doesn't mean the rsd is going to move along with these sores. And they are DEEP! Yes, some are crater-like, with a deep hole in the center. Others are just flat...but they are LARGE - they dn't even start small and get bigger...they just start out large. And I turned and lookjed at my "bum" the other day, frogga, and there is a large purple spot on it...almost like I pinched it on a door or something. But it's not sore, and isn't breaking open, so it's not like th others. By now, the others would have turned into these sores.

the doc didn't want me to put anything on them, cuz she said if there is infection in it (whcih, in looking at them, she does't think ay are infected), she doesn't want it all covered up keeping the infection inside. So, I'll let you all know when/if I get to the dermatologist what they say....

thank you all so much for your responses and advice. Yo are an awesome group. And frogga, I do think your idea of a comparison photo gallery is great. But may take up too much bandwidth. I'm not sure. I'll try to get a good pic of my OWN sores, though. I won't take a pic of my rear ones, that may scare ppl. I have plenty on my legs and the one on my back that I can take a pic of.

And I'm sure you dont' smell like cheese