Holy crap Vrae! I am so sorry for what you have been through and are going through. First thing I have to say is that doctor sounds like a complete idiot. Does he not realize that RSD/CRPS does not present the same in everyone....does he even know what it is?? You definitely need to find a new PM doctor. I know it's a pain (pardon the pun) to find a new one, I am in the process myself...again! Just get a job and take your mind off of this...yeah, right! If only it was that easy!

I hate that, when you finally get in with someone you have waited to see and you end up leaving their office crying and feeling so deflated. Believe me I have been there! Several years ago I changed to my husband's insurance (when I was still working) just so I could go to the University of Virginia's pain clinic. UVA is where I was diagnosed in 1991 and treated so well, of course I wanted to go back there. The idiot dr I saw this second time around was talking to me like I was a child (real close and tilting her head and talking real soft). Told me she didn't think I had CRPS, that she thought I was depressed and needed to see this doctor on the floor above the pain clinic...they could help me and use biofeedback...WHAT??? REALLY??? You guys are the ones that diagnosed me so many years ago! I had on jeans and a long sleeve shirt, she never examined me, never even turned my hands over to look at them...so, how could she say I didn't have it? My husband and I left soooo mad!! The good thing for me is that I have a great PCP, she backs me up with getting in with anyone I request.

Anyway, I sure hope you can get in with someone else soon so you can get some relief.

Take care and good luck!
Nanc