I see neurology again on Feb. 6th. He seemed to think CRPS but was quick to say CRPS is a spectrum and many people can improve over time. This doc spent a lot of time at Mayo so I'm sure has seen a bunch of everything. I think in light of the ambiguity he went with "neuritis" which I guess is a fair description for nerves that can't figure out what the heck to do. Pain mgmt seemed stumpted and wanted to do a lumbar sympathetic block to see if my pain was sympathetically maintained before making a diagnosis. As if that's a sure fire way. So much controversy. My pain is better on nortriptyline and I'd like to avoid anything remotely invasive. I guess I'll have to wait and see...so not my strong point.

Littlepaw