Adelaide, I'm so glad you had a positive surgery experience and are coping well post-op - surgery is always scary, but with CRPS it's a right mare!

I'm sure you'll do well, you have an excellent mix going - listening to the docs, but being very sure of what you need, where to make compromises, and where to be firm. I hope it continues to go well. Don't worry that it's taker a little longer than you thought to lower your pain meds, we cripsy folk work differently to regular people when it comes to nerve stuff, and yours will be firing more than they should be after the surgery. It'll settle down again.

Good luck with everything, and keep us posted

Bram