Pain specialists here usually first try medication. If that doesn't do a thing, they switch to blocks and/or infusions and if that doesn't work there's the SCS.

There is no cure, it's been said. All they can do is try to treat it. Your best chance is early discovery, early diagnosis. In early stages, when your body hasn't been affected that long yet, treatment will have a better chance of working. You might possibly go into remission. Then again, not every treatment works for everybody. They need to find out what works for you. If nothing works, or if it doesn't work well enough, the RSD might even progress and continue to spread throughout the limb, and body (but try not to think about that).

It's true, once you have been affected, you will not get rid of it totally. Otherwise there would be a cure!

Try to focus on treatments suggested to you by your doctor.

Stay strong!!!