Hi Nigel!!!!

I really hope you will heal completely soon. Something that I strongly recommend is your having Vitamin C infusions. A year ago I slightly injured my ankle, which caused my foot RSD that I had for years to spread to my ankle. At first nothing worked and it seemed sure that I would forever have ankle RSD. It was awful!!!!

Thank goodness, a doctor put me on weekly Vitamin C infusions which healed my ankle almost fully!!! Now, a year later, I don't have but the mildest of RSD, almost as how it was before my foot injury.

There have been studies proving the importance of vitamin C in the prevention of RSD. This is the link to one of them. Or you can just go to Google Scholar and type CRPS or RSD and Vitamin C. My RSD specialist also told me it is a proven fact.

http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20003017023.html

http://ebm.bmj.com/content/13/2/48.extract

The vitamin c infusions are through IV and are in my experience completely safe and extremely helpful. Definitely try them. They do them in Cambridge Massachussets and Welleslley Massachussets at both Marino Centers. Dr. Gordin is wonderful. Maybe where you live you can also find someone who does the infusions.

Best of lucks!!! I send you all my support and wishes for a speedy recovery. You will make it!