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Hello, my name is Charles Matheson, Sr. and I will turn 75 years of age in February of 2009 . I live on our farm near Elgin, Texas and prior to November 2004, I was a very active person. I am writing this because not many people know about RSD/CRPS including Doctors and Nurses and I want them to learn about it.



I am a member of American Legion Post 76 in Austin, Texas and was serving my third year as the commander of said Post in addition to serving as the newly elected commander of… Continue

Hi Adrienne,

My 13 yr old daughter, Rebecca, has RSD. She is currently an 8th grader at Gorzycki Middle School and will be attending Bowie High School next year.



We have been fighting this for 2 years. She was a gymnast who sprained her ankle multiple times. Evenutally she got RSD as a result. It was misdiagnosed for sometime.



She went from doing gymnastics, rock climbing, cliff jumping (Inks lake), water skiing, etc to unable to walk. She has undergone intense… Continue

About 2 years ago, my daughter, who was a freshman in high school, was hit on the head during physics class. She had a mild concussion, and we thought all was fine. About 3 1/2 weeks later, she called me one day and said something was wrong with her feet. Terrible pain. We went to the emergency room, but they couldn't find anything wrong and send us home. We saw about 10 different doctors (all kinds of specialists) until one finally diagnosed RSD. I spent hours on the internet, and found a… Continue

Hi Adrienne, I wanted to share with you about our daughter who was diagnosed with RSD last year at 16. She had undiagnosed burning back pain for over two years before her foot presented with the classic RSD symptoms like your father's. The day she was diagnosed in Feb. 09 we found Dr. Donald Rhodes on the internet as a pain specialist in Corpus Christi. His website is www.paindefeat.com. Dr. Rhodes invented a machine that sends electrical impulses to the… Continue