Hi everyone,

I was told by 2 doctors that i have RSD. Last December i had a slip and fall accident on the ice and i broke the tib/fib in 3 places. They had to put 2 bolts, 11 pins and a plate in to hold my ankle and leg together. Since then i've been in terrible pain, Swelling and discoloration to my foot and lower leg and very senesitive to touch along with being cold all the time.

I've been too so many doctors and they all tell me they can't help me and i don't know where to turn i was told that this spreads very fast and i can tell a difference in it everyday. i hardly have any range of motion in my foot because i've tried for almost a year to get a doctor to treat me and no luck.

I live in upper michigan (harrison, Mi) and at this point i cant take it my family doctor has no idea what to do but make me wait for different doctors that all tell me the same thing (i cant help you)..

Does anyone know of any doctors that caan help that are in michigan or anywhere for that matter....

Thank You Betty

Thanks again for your replies. I was hoping that there would be a connection in my report from the vascular dr to the car accident. But there wasn't. There was also an error with stating that my brother has RA and it is my sister. So I may send him an email asking him to change brother to sister ans ask if there is a connection and if he would put it in the report. I finally contacted a lawyer since this diagnosis may have life long medical expensive and may be directly related to the accident. The lawyer stated that he has a dr. in Jericho (on long island) that specialized in RSD. He I think would like
In my OSS's office there is a pain management dr. I just got a call from them stating that they feel they can help me. I made an appointment for a consultation. I will ask about the stellate ganglion blocks, and ketamine treatment. Generally my hand and feet are affected, but I have read that joint pain and decreased ROM is also part of RSD. I can not figure out what is related to my spinal neck surgery, the car accident, osteoarthritis and the RSD. All of it is so in-twined. THANK YOU for al of your insight. Happy New Year. Hope you have a pain free year with full ROM.

Hi everyone,

I was told by 2 doctors that i have RSD. Last December i had a slip and fall accident on the ice and i broke the tib/fib in 3 places. They had to put 2 bolts, 11 pins and a plate in to hold my ankle and leg together. Since then i've been in terrible pain, Swelling and discoloration to my foot and lower leg and very senesitive to touch along with being cold all the time.

I've been too so many doctors and they all tell me they can't help me and i don't know where to turn i was told that this spreads very fast and i can tell a difference in it everyday. i hardly have any range of motion in my foot because i've tried for almost a year to get a doctor to treat me and no luck.

I live in upper michigan (harrison, Mi) and at this point i cant take it my family doctor has no idea what to do but make me wait for different doctors that all tell me the same thing (i cant help you)..

Does anyone know of any doctors that caan help that are in michigan or anywhere for that matter....

Thank You Betty

There are some studies coming out of Britain and France about using high dose Vit C for ankle/wrist surgery/trauma patients.

They found when given for 50 days or so at onset of the surgery there was significant reduction in RSD formation.

Now, you are post surgical for some time, so I don't know if it would help you. 1000mg Vit daily... Ester C is easiest to tolerate.

We've had a Vitamin C thread here recently too:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...hlight=vitamin

If I were you, I'd look into this, since it is not a huge invasive thing, or a serious drug treatment. Consult with your doctor if you can take this amount of Vit C based on your medical records and history and treatments already.

This is one example to be found on PubMed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19840748

There are several other papers going back to 2000 on this topic as well.