Hi everyone.

Thank you so much for responding to me.

The physician did the block, but the fellow was the main person that I saw. The MD who did the block opted to not do the procedure down in the radiology department. It was just in an exam room - I sortof relate it to torture. Atleast for me it was...

I know the neurontin is helping because I tried to titrate off of it about 6 months ago. I didn't realize just how much it was helping. I do think that the RSD mimics side effects of the medications - where you don't know if it's the medications or just the RSD. I just recently was talked to about Lyrica. Yes, I'm going to try it, but I'm told that it'll be more expensive. I already spend about $120/mo on medication copays. I do also have the lidocaine patches - which are very expensive but they do seem to help when I'm WAY overly sensitive. I use them pretty sparingly.

I did also try cymbalta. I had a side effect that caused my eyes to be permanently dialated. It's taken about a month but since being off of it, my eyes are pretty much back to normal. Sensitive because of the RSD, but not horrible.

Ok - now for the SSI question. If I were to go on SSI, I can't work for a year before I would qualify in my state. Believe me, I checked it out. If I were to quit my job, I would lose my house. That's the reason why I'm going through all of this. I can't afford to not work - I wish I could. I'm one of those people that when I buy a lottery ticket, I actually think I'm going to win...

Oh boy, thank heavens it's Friday. Thank you so much everyone for your comments. I'm just barely holding things together.