Thanks Joan, for the bit about meds being poison. My mother, who is on many many meds, developed Lupus about 10 years ago. I wanted to read all about it, so I got online. I quickly realized that it was the meds doing it to her... the dr. never even told her that "drug-induced Lupus" existed! When she confronted him about it at her next appt., he sighed and asked "Who's been on the internet?" She told him me, and he rolled his eyes and told her not to worry about it. Of course, she believes her dr. knows best, and has never even tried to get off some of her meds to find out. My turn to

Mine started in my legs also from a work injury in 1998. It started to spread within 9 months and I now have it full body

Sending some gentle 's your way

Thank you all for posting it is so nice to find a website like this so people can understand what I am going through. I noticed also lately that when I wake up or anytime during the day my hand are also burning and I had my bf touch them and he stated that they felt like fire. The pain in my hands is so bad that I just feel like wrapping them up in something. My rash that I have has come and go. This is a hard battle for me to face and I never even heard about RSD until my doctor told me about it now I try to educate myself as much as possible. Sending good wishing and pain free days to all!