I am a 43 year old mother of 3 who participated in sports for many many years. I now watch my children participate in sports and I love it. During my son's football practice in late September,I began power walking with another mom and I stepped off the sidewalk onto an uneven surface and rolled my ankle - I heard the ankle pop and it began to swell up to a grapefruit size.

After seeing to orthopedic doctors who basically told me I had a sprained ankle and to get up and walk... even after I told them the pain was so severe it was keeping me awake at night. I had been called a hypochondriac and a drug addict (because I needed the strong pain pills to try and sleep at night). I was finally referred to Dr. Stephanie Jones a pain management doctor who believed me. She read my bone scan and immediately scheduled me for an epidural nerve block which helped tremendously and I slept for 24 hours straight. I hadn't slept that long in 3 months. The pain is subsiding some and I am forever grateful to her. I thought I was losing my mind.

I am really interested in why this particular ankle sprain triggered RSD when in all of my years of playing sports and spraining ankles and breaking bones I have never felt the symptoms until now.

Wow, scoobymom, sorry for all you've been through! I don't have RSD, but I notice there is a lot of support on this board amongst people who do.

Welcome to NeuroTalk! Glad you found us!

hello and welcome to neurotalk ... there are lots of friendly and supportive people here ... below is the link to our RSD forum where i am sure you will find answers and friendship ....
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum21.html
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Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help. We are all here to assist each other as possible.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hello and welcome to Neuro Talk, you will find Neuro Talk is filled with some really helpful and wonderful people. So do not hesitate to ask question or concerns you may have. Again welcome to NT

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk!!

Hello and Welcome to Neurotalk - you will meet many great and supportive people here who I am sure will be more than happy to help you in anyway they possibly can!!!

I'm so sorry to hear about everything you have and are going through , I am so glad that you have finally found a Doctor who believes you though - that is so very important!

I also suffer from RSD, I have it in my left leg and right arm - I developed it when I was 12 years old and am now 13. My RSD started in my left ankle also after an ankle sprain in March 2007 and I was diagnosed 4 months later. When I was diagnosed, I asked my Pain Management Doctor WHY that ankle sprain caused me to develop RSD and he said "I'm sorry but I honestly can't tell you". I had sprained my ankle and wrist, broken many bones before that ankle sprain in March 07 and never had any problems until then.

If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask - I am more than happy to help you in anyway I possibly can as I know how scary it can be at times dealing with this horrible illness.

Take care and I look forward to seeing you around the forum more real soon!
Alison.