November 22nd

Could it get any worse? My mum died suddenly on 22th nov it affected me very badly the RSD went off the pain scale.



My Dad was devastated he is not a well man and  has been ill a long time [heart disease and  blood pressure problems] all so he has alsimers. Christmas came and went I found it very hard to cope.

October RSD confirmed

Sue sat me down and told me I had RSD I had never even heard of it she said how sorry she was, she explained what it was I was devastated, I was given crutches to use.The pain continued so did the weird things happening to my foot.I continued physio most weeks twice it seamed to help a little. I was very lucky getting sue as she recognised RSD straight away as it can be hard to diagnose, sometimes taking months or years.

September Physio

The pain in my foot did not seam to be getting any better at all it was numb and a strange colour and I had trouble moving it.

I went to the docs he though I had torn a muscle so sent me to a physio [sue] who said I had a grade 3 tear and 2 grade 2 tears, 3 being the worst possible tear you can get , rest physio and  you will be fine. The pain continued to get worse by now my foot was blue/ purple very swollen and  painful, sensitive to touch, hot felt like cold ,cold like hot giving way under me all the time and not sleeping because of pain.Sue gave me a stick to use as my hands wear better by now all so did ultrasound and tens on my foot to help the pain nothing seamed to work I though I was going mad!!!??? - I was put on 8 TRAMDOL a day for the pain.