Because of the way referrals draw out forever, an appointment with a neurologist I was referred to at the beginning of the year, when I was starting with trying to figure out what was happening to me, was this week. In the interim I had made it to an RSD specialist, and I am being treated - blocks, ketamine coming up soon - but when this pvious appointment came up, I went anyway.

This neurologist, a big IVIg guy, treating a lot of CIDP cases at USC, suggested testing for inmmune factors, which hadn't been done before. So I had a spinal tap on Tuesday. I made it to Friday before the post-tap headache kicked in (I thought I was going to be able to miss it entirely...), and it is pretty bad.

But my concern is that a burning pain, and a deep ache, has spread to an area in my mid back, not at the site of the tap, where I haven't had pain before. I'm worried that the tap has now exacerbated my RSD. It's more than a little upsetting to think I may have caused more pain for myself.

Any thoughts much welcomed.