Originally Posted by AliM

Anyone else have RSD bad enough you're often on crutches? I guess I'm just hoping to not feel so alone in this. I have had RSD in the ball of my left foot for the past year and a half, and my specialist and I have tried everything: PT, steroid injections, injections to try to deaden the nerves, etc. etc. Nothing has worked, so I just always wear my ortho walking boot when I leave the house since it helps me put the weight on my heel instead, which helps make walking bearable. I've come to accept this, and embrace the attitude of "it is what it is" and move on with life. For the most part, I handle it swimmingly, I think.

I can handle walking short distances, like walking into the post office and back to my car, but for trips to the grocery store or errand hopping in the mall, etc., I definitely need my crutches. I'm 43, and was a competitive tennis player before being diagnosed, so I've been lucky enough that I was in decent enough shape that crutches aren't THAT big a nuisance, but sometimes I just feel so...tired, I guess. My doc reassures me that chronic pain is exhausting and that it's normal to feel that way, but sometimes my spirits just takes a ding.

So I was hoping to hear if someone else faces this. It might make me feel less alone.