Originally Posted by swampcricket

In 2013 I had a accident at the firehouse little finger on left hand got smashed by a trailer tendons ruptured and nerves severed.went to surgery to fix. The surgeon was not able to repair had to amputate finger. Three weeks later I get this pain in hand and it turns purple with constant shocks and swelling along with a cold felling in hand and cramps. Doctor says CRPS but bwc don't believe him. Fast forward 6 months still no treatment pain specialist says CRPS he gets ganglion nerve block approved I get 3 of them no relief. Fast forward another 6 months on gabapentin 3000mg day baclofen 20mg a day and nortriptyline 50 mg a day and lidocaine patches hydrocodone 5-325 for pain 2 more nerve blocks no relief. In September they do surgery to implant nerves in hand in bone and muscle of hand. No relief see surgeon 2 days ago.my hand is in a fixed position can barley open fingers hand is swollen so much its 2 times normal size. Surgeon says there is nothing more they can do x rays show osteoporosis in hand EMG shows nerve delay in hand.Surgeon wants to amputate left hand he says CRPS is spreading up hand and wants to amputate at the wrist so it don't spread up arm. Is there any more treatments I can do so they don't amputate my hand. Any help will be appreciated thanks for taking the time to read this.