hi, my name is beth I was recently diagnosed with RSD of both legs. I am 33 mother of 2 and recently had back surgery in sept 2006. I've found myself totally consumed with every new symptom and my body image sucks. I was doing great 10 weeks post op and then one day I did acouple bending lifting sort of things and could barely move my legs the next day. I called my surgeon who ordered a new Mri and told me to take the Percocet (all the pain meds which I had gotten off!). It didn't seem to matter what I took, what I did or what I didn't do there was no relief,sleep, or happiness to be had. My life took a whole new direction. I now became a problem with ongoing pain, unable to be fixed, the surgeons didn't like me anymore. They treated me like a drug addict, acrazy person. I cried every day. Three months later I was referred to a pain management practice because my medications were "out of control". I thought I was crazy. I had asked for alternative non-narcotic meds and the surgeons would not try them and thet had no explanation for my skin mottling and unrelenting pain. The pain management doc looked at my legs and said "yes RSD". Is it to late? My skin has beem mottled with buttock pain since last may and no doc ever correlated the 2. I had RSD in my hand in 2003 and got rid of it secondary to an auto accident. Can someone please help me I'm lost. Thanks for reading my epic.