thanks littlepaw! my dr thinks i have some kind of skin infection and prescribed a medicated ointment that i am to use every nite and a prescription shampoo which i have to use every other day until the infection clears. he thinks its an infection and that may have been caused by rsd but is not sure. either way he said to try the prescriptions first before the more invasive nerveblocks and i am ok with that too. my ekg was also done but i didn't get results back yet. will get a call by tomorrow. hopefully that will be nothing but stress. thanks again for your great advice. i really appreciate it. i had thought of shingles but he said no. thank goodness for that! hope you all have a good nite. i am glad i don't have anything serious on my head so i think i will sleep better just because i am so relieved. soft hugs to all.