Originally Posted by Mslday

Hi There, I'm sorry to hear of your problems that could lead to surgery. I hope you don't have to have surgery.

I am recovering from a recent surgery I had to have on my rsd foot. I went to Germany because there is a 3 year wait list here in Canada. Following the surgery I was offer a continuous peridural catheter for 7 days. The peridural catheter access was directed to the sympathetic nerves of my left leg, but my pelvis was also numbed for the whole week.

This treatment is used in Germany as the Gold standard for newly diagnosed treatments with very good success rates. Since I have had RSD for 6 years they had little hope any long term relief, but we did decide to use it to try to prevent any futher spread. I seem to be doing well and the healing of the bones and wounds has been normal so far.

I do also have 800mg of lidocaine IV treatments normally every 3 weeks and my doctor here has agreed to do them every 2 weeks for the next couple of months. I also take extra vitamin B, C and fish oil to help with the healing process

Good luck with your appointments with the surgeons.

MsL