Thanks...I will definitely check those out. Also thank you for the suggestions on questions to ask...that helps a lot.

As for my MRI...the shoulder one was normal and the only thing the MRI of the cervical spine showed was indication of tendinitis. MRI for cervical spine was done in May and MRI for shoulder was done in January.

The skin punch biopsy was done in my left arm at a site above the elbow and one below...took me 4 weeks to heal from that and those areas are still tender...the joys of RSD.

My EMG was normal. The only thing besides the skin punch biopsy that was abnormal was the ultrasound I had done on my left shoulder. The dr couldn't see something he was looking for and the muscle wasn't moving correctly...but both of these things were dismissed after the MRI results came back.

I did see a neurologist way back when...5 years ago I think...for the RSD. He was not helpful at all...just one dr in the string of doctors I saw who referred me somewhere else until I eventually ended up with a doctor who wanted to actually help me achieve my goal of functioning again and getting back to work. She is the one that diagnosed the serotonin syndrome and helped me get off all med. She got me the in home physical therapy that got me on my feet and ordered the TENS unit for me. She is the one who helped me with tDCS treatments. So once I was off all meds and able to return to work and life in general with just the use of a walker...I didn't really need anything else from doctors and specialists. I just lived with the pain every day, had great coping mechanisms, things I did every day to keep the pain levels lower, changed my diet to help with inflammation, etc. Honestly...going through the process of getting the RSD diagnosis and then going through the process of what happened after it spread and string of either incompetent, lazy, or uncaring doctors...I very much lost my faith in the medical community in general.

Unfortunately this fall off the ladder has changed everything and I need to see these specialists. The pain dr really seems to know his stuff and actually has given me hope that I may actually get some pain relief. This process has not exactly restored my faith in doctors but hopefully the neurologist the pain dr referred me to is going to be just as helpful.