Hi I'm at the end of my rope with CRPS. IT BEGAN in both knees almost ten years ago. It is still in both knees, the pain and burning have progressed to the unbearable and has spread down my shins and calves and feet. I am a former athlete and have had 33 surgeries in the last 25 years. I had both knees replaced at 40 believing that would take the pain away. When I stopped all the drugs the pain was not only still there but it was worse. That was almost three years ago. The pain is always there and it's bad enough on a normal day but the flare ups are ridiculous!! I am a husband and father of four boys and it kills me that I am in too much pain to give my family what I know I can give them. First PM strung me along for a year and all the meds and 8 sympathetic blocks made no difference WHATSOEVER!! Now on to the second PM who is taking me off of all the meds the other guy had me on. So I'm detoxing and trying to keep it together to do my job. I am a stay at home father which I love but hate that I can't take advantage of it. Hell anyway that's the super short version.