My boyfriend has been on crutches from day one..He will never walk again. He also uses a wheelchair most of the time but we have no way to transport his power chair so he uses crutches most often. He is 33 and has had RSD for 5 years. It started with a broken foot and because of the way his foot is now at such a weird angle he will never be able to walk again. We are told if his CRPS did disappear it would take 30-40 corrective surgeries just to get his foot to the point of being able to be flat to put any amount of pressure on it.
Every doctor he has seen (which is more than 25 from GA AL and FL) has told him he has the worst case of CRPS they have ever seen though..
You are definitely not alone!