Originally Posted by bobber

Dear Nadapickle
Im sorry to hear about your condition,,all the advice from everyone above seems to be a very good course of action,,,Sadly,,it does sound like the ssigns of RSD,,,and as everyone has said,,its crucial to get on it now,,there are alot of avenues to go,,as mike said and others,,try the blocks,,and as for the meds,,,everyone is different,, also remember,the bone scan,is a diagnostic tool,,but there are alot of different readings on a bone scan that the DR looks at,,,loss of bone density and atrophy and hot spots,,,but theres also a grph on there to ,that I [think] shows something to do with the spread that they look for on the legs,,if your doing a lower scan,,I had one done,but i forget wgat he mentioned about those reading,,,Theropy is a great tool,,but it appears in your condition ,that is hard to do,,even if you can wiggle or do ankle pumps,,I pray that you get relief,,,it sounds like your still in a acute stage from nov 09 . RSD wise and surgery wise,,,Please let us know how we can help,,and dont be afraid to ask anything