Thank you for letting us know how things went. So glad that you are home safe, and that the nurses took precautions to protect your CRPS limb while you were there. Hoping that all turns out well in the coming 6 months. I have heard that lanolin works wonders, as does the salt water rinse as Littlepaw mentioned. I have found that some hard candies work too sometimes, but not always. Just a suggestion, but it sounds like your intubation was a little too rough for the candies to help. Hopefully you will start feeling better soon.