Hi all,
Im a newbie. My name is Alison and Im a 12 year old female. Ive just been diagnosed with RSD in my leg after a recent injury. The injury happened on the 16th March 2007, we went to our hospital a couple of days later because there was no improvement, they x-rayed it and said it wasnt broken and to follow the RICE procedure. they also made me an appointment to have physiotherapy. A couple of days later I started having physiotherapy it was extremely painful but I could move it a little. A couple of weeks later things got worse and my ankle went into eversion, the physios said I was making it up to get out of school!! A few days later the pain got worse so my mom took me to another hospital where they admitted me and ran blood tests which confirmed that I was at risk of developing Athritis. They told me and my mom that they thought it was RSD but to be certain they had to transfer me to another hospital to see a specialist in it. The day after I was transferred and I saw the specialist who told me it was RSD. 2 days later I had a nerve block which had NO effect. I was put on Gabapentin to help with the pain and the spasms I was expieriencing. Ever since been put on the Gabapentin I was really wobbly, so they have stopped the gabapentin and put me on a new medication, although Im still extremely wobbly. Can anyone please answer me this question?? because Im still growing and my foots held in such an un-natural position, will this cause trouble in later life? And will my foot always be in this position?
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many thanks
Alison