Allen & Mark -- I'm so sorry to hear that you are having problems.

Your posts were very timely for me. I'm off to see the pain specialist again this Monday. I haven't seen him in almost 18 months as there wasn't anything more to be done for me. Just taking my pain pills. Anyway, I ran into some real trouble with my meds a couple of weeks ago. I had shaking, felt very weak, nausea and horrible insomnia. My doc thinks I'm having addiction problems from the narcotics so I'm trying to cut down the dosages. It's a catch 22..... I needed the increased pain meds because I hurt so badly. I had a bone scan a couple of months ago and it showed inflammation in the ankles, knees, hips, low back, and right shoulder. The doc and I are sure that I have RSD spread to the right shoulder and in my right knee as well. A recent MRI shows that I have arthritis in the right knee now but the pain is much more severe than it should be. My shoulder was injured in February and just continues to ache with no improvement. I'm hoping the pain specialist will confirm if this is a spread and will have some options for me. I can barely get around and it's just been a really tough Summer for me.

I'm glad to see some members from the old forum are coming here. It's great to have a place to go again.

Cheers,
Catherine