Carol comes from Wisconsin, USA. She is a dog lover and works as a volunteer for the Humane Society. Her first encounter with RSD/CRPS followed a skiing accident that caused a colles fracture in her left wrist. She is now in remission and wants to encourage people to keep positive and keep going. Read her story on Storyboard.

Carole, who lives in Florida developed RSD in the fall of 2000 and flipped out when she read what she could find about it on line. At the time she was totally disabled in the right hand and arm. Now, she is back to normal, except for the pain that is sometimes managable and sometimes needs a bit more work. She says "It mostly feels like a toothache but the more I use the hand, like typing or sewing, the easier it gets".

Linda is a teacher and lives in New South Wales, Australia - but she has also spent time teaching in British schools. RSD made her rethink things, but in fact she took on some the greatest academic challenges of her life. Linda has one adult son who has two children. She says "being a grandmother is a joy, but one that has been hampered by pain and fear of dropping the precious bundles".

Heather lives in Wiltshire, UK and has been actively involved with an RSD help group for several years before joining the RSD Alert Team in early 2005.

As Vaira was first coming to grips with this very painful condition she got a lot of help by going out onto the web and looking for answers. She joined the RSD Alert Team because she believes in giving back. Vaira lives in Wisconsin, USA and became a victim of RSD after a skiiing accident.