I have been a nurse for 30 yrs and never dealt with RSD until it happen to me. I guess I am lucky in some ways the pain is controlled but it is climbing up my leg. I had surgery on my ankle Jan 10,03 by the end of Feb I notice my ankle and foot was blue Dr convinced me My brace was too tight. ok call me stupid I listen to him. My foot was not getting any better so I went to another the first thing he want to know how long my foot had been like this. By now 6 month had gone by. He told me up front what it was.