sam
I don't know where you live, but hopefully you are right that after the holidays the dr.'s you have contacted will start to return your calls.

As far as rsd or not, like you said we are all different. There use to be stages of rsd but they found (those who created the stages) that some of us had symptoms from each stage, but did not have all of them from just one. example. My foot has been black, blue and red for 3 years, with moderate swelling. My toenails turned an ugly dark yellow and now they are normal color again.
A key factor is having sensitivity to touch.