Thanks for the welcome, Darlene.

I checked out that forum, and I can honestly say I don't think that's too similar to what I experience, except perhaps the intensity of the pain. Mine is a radiating, pinched nerve kinda pain, and though I had extreme tenderness and sensitivity to touch in my calf immediately after the injury, it doesn't hurt now to be touched- in fact, I think there's more a loss of sensation in the skin, most likely from sitting on heating pads every day for more than 2 yrs. :/

However, reading stories of RSD makes me realize how much worse things could be, so I genuinely sympathize with anyone struggling with it.