Ugh, so sorry you had to go through this. It is so frustrating going to a new doctor, giving your whole schpiel and having it be a negative experience.

I am concerned about the block you have scheduled. At a minimum, whether we like our doctors or not, we have to have confidence in them. You gave many reasons for questioning this doctor so letting him do a block on you sounds like no good. God forbid it doesn't go as planned like some recent posters and you have odd pains and need to call the office for anything.

I also have issues with two things you brought up. The ROM criteria, not everyone has all CRPS symptoms or presents with them all the time. And the block, not responding to a block doesn't mean you don't have CRPS. You've probably seen this in your reading on them. It just means your pain is not sympathetically mediated which is not mandatory for CRPS and even then placement is important. There is a lot of controversy over these blocks with percentages as low as 30% for responders.

There are so many reasons to get out of there. Don't let this doctor and his clinical opinion affect your records any more than necessary. If he does a block and puts whatever his judgement of the outcome is does that affect your case? Blech, the whole thing is maddening.

Sending Healing Love, Littlepaw