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Right Foot pain, redness, swelling


by: jep on Mon, Jul 02 2007

Hi, I need to know what WORKS - so Please post successful therapy (meds, PT, etc) stories here. For four months I have had right foot pain, redness, and swelling. My doc thought it was neuroma Foot doc said it was RSD Pain doc prescribed PT and Lyrica. I just started the Lyrica and start PT next week. Please let me know if anyone has tried these and if they work and what else works.

I am in my early 50’s, had no accident before the pain and swelling started, I thought it was just a result of getting older and hormones. When it did not go away, I began to worry. My leg and foot feel better when I sit with it propped up or lay down. I can’t stand for more than 15 minutes and I can hardly walk. I can’t drive for more than 20 minutes because my right leg gets cold and my foot gets red and swollen. I live in a small town and I can no longer drive to the big city because it is more than an hour away. I used to take brisk walks daily of at least a mile, now I can’t walk even a fifth of that distance. Very frustrating because I have trouble even cleaning the floors of my house and I am in the middle of a project to put wood on my bedroom floor. I have three rows of wood down and old linoleum for the rest of the floor. I can’t afford to hire someone and I enjoy doing this work myself, but my leg and foot have prevented me from completing this project.

I work at a hospital as a clerk, it is a mental health center, and no one, including myself has heard of RSD before. Even the psychiatrist who works on my unit had never heard of it, and he was a med doctor before he was a psychiatrist and he is in his 50’s. None of the nurses that I have talked to have heard of it either.

It is very frustrating and annoying.
I am just grateful that I have a job that keeps me off my feet and grateful for my friends and family. Also I am thankful for my cat, who still makes demands of me despite my complaints (she could not care less), but these demands make me move around, which is probably good.

Please post more positive stories which will help all of us who are in need here.

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July 2007

  • 11 year old daughter - by debbie o - (Sat, Jul 28 2007)
    My daughter was diagnosed with RSD, after several months of being told it was “all in her head”. Thank goodness her first specialist sent her directly to physical therapy It was after xrays, MRI and EMG that we realized it was not broken, but that her hand had closed and would not reopen. Any touch would send her into a deep state of tears and severe pain. [more..]
  • finally diagnosed - by DB - (Thu, Jul 26 2007)
    in March 2007 I fell at work and broke my foot I am an active 35 yr old and what a challenge this has been. Its been 5 months now and I am just beginning to take some steps without using crutches. [more..]
  • where am i - by Mary - (Thu, Jul 26 2007)
    two and a half years after being diagnosed with RSD, friends, family, and assosiates are gone because of my emotional upheavel. where am i? where do i go? what do i do? i want to be myself again. [more..]
  • RSD sufferers please TRY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENTS! - by LIANNA - (Wed, Jul 25 2007)
    I already wrote my story earlier but I felt that I left some very important issues out and that is what you are all feeling which is unbearable pain and suffering. I was so bad that I could not even put my foot down or bend my knee to get up to go anywhere. [more..]
  • Just found out about RSD - by DW - (Wed, Jul 25 2007)
    It all started when I work on the ramp as a fueler, that’s right fueling jumbo jets of major air lines. Well I was standing plane side talking to ramp agent, when another ramp agent came driving up from behind me so close that there was not enough time for the person I was talking to warn me. Before I knew it I felt my pants tug and turn to see this ramp agent smiling while he was on top of my foot. He drove over the back of my achilles and ankle trapping me under the tug vehicle. [more..]
  • RSD carpal tunnel? - by Susan - (Wed, Jul 25 2007)
    Well back in 1998 i had carpal tunnel surgery (open). I had relief for a few years and slowly started getting that feeling back again. Dropping things, pain in shoulder/elbow etc. Always feeling i had to cradle my arm. My job of 14 yrs. is a phlebotomist. [more..]
  • Living with RSD for 13 years - by Marie - (Tue, Jul 24 2007)
    I am a 30 year old stay at home mom struggling with RSD, fibromyalgia, and depression everyday of my life. I have constant pain. I have tried all oral meds the Dr.s could think of but my stomach can’t handle them. I have had well over 30 spinal blocks, 1 stellate ganglion block and have had 2 radio frequency ablations. [more..]
  • Re-occurring RSD - by JulieAnn - (Fri, Jul 13 2007)
    I am a 55 year old RN who has had re-occurring RSD since 1993. It started with a left ankle sprain in 1990, which continued to resprain at least 3 times a year. [more..]
  • RSD - What Works for Me - by Gin - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
    I am a 30 year old female who developed RSD after a fall at work. I was working as a CNA and slipped in urine and sprained my ankle. After about three months of pain, missery, and questioning my problem I heard……we think you have RSD. [more..]
  • Right Foot pain, redness, swelling - by jep - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
    Hi, I need to know what WORKS - so Please post successful therapy (meds, PT, etc) stories here. For four months I have had right foot pain, redness, and swelling. My doc thought it was neuroma Foot doc said it was RSD. [more..]
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