Newly diagnosed
 

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?
Please reply
many thanks
Alison

Alison,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. There a great number of people here to assist in any way they possibility can. I see that you have discover the forum dealing with RDS. I am not that familier with it but there a lot here that are.

Hope to see you in the other forums. May God be with you.

Darlene :hug:

Hi Allison! :Wave-Hello:

Welcome to NeuroTalk!

This is a big place with a lot of great people, so I hope you'll stick around through the quiet weekends and stay in touch.

I add your introduction to my reply in your RSD thread, and I hope that, combined with your original post, will help others find a way to assist you.


I'm so glad you found us, I'm sorry that you need us, you're much too young to have your days interrupted with this.:hug:

Hi Alison,

Welcome and happy that you found us. THere are some very smart RSD folks here that should be able to help you with some thoughts and opinions. Give em a little time, it can be a little slow here on the weekends. :hug:

Hi Alison and welcome to NeuroTalk. It looks like AMN gave you a link to follow, but it you need anymore help navigating, just let us know. :hug: