I been reading in here for about 1 month , Sorry to see so many people in such great pain.
Id Like to ask as many of you that would respond to get your opinions. First off before I start it is hard for me to type Im on Lyrica (Which Whoops me ) and 5 Norcos on average a day so I am not the clearest person.

Ok with that said heres my story in a nutshell, January 08 I had basically my forearm jerked out at the elbo at work, Had bad pain immediatly went to hospital they sent me to ortho surgeon, The 1st Surg shot it up a couple times with cortisone He said I had a slight tear in tendon, Well after a month or so of PT He changed his tune and decided to do a minor surgery on it and removed all the cartlidge from elbow, Removed all the small bone frags from where the tendon literally tore the bone away, Fast forward 3 months more of PT and Id say about 4 more cort shots I went to anther doc.

2nd doc does a massive surgery inJan of 2009 He releases top and bottom tendon in elbow and moves my ulnar nerve, This scar alone is almost a foot long on the inside of my arm. After the surgery doc sends me to PT for month or so wasnt getting better , I told doc I cant stand to touch the inside of my arm feels like needls going into my arm, He sends me to Pain Management .

Pain Doc diagnoses me with CRPS 1 March 1st, Gives me Lyrica 75 Mill 2xs a day and Norco for pain 6 a day .

Ok heres my question to you all . I get burning but that is rare and isnt to bad, I get the red colored skin kinda waffle looking red/white. My biggest concern is what Ill call the numbness, Ill explain in a little more detail on this . If you took a piece of hair and ran it over my arm it would drive me nuts the feel of it NOT TICKLING but the most oddd feeling Words cant explain it or at least I cant. This (numbness thing) is spreading towards the top of my arm and up towarsd where your T-Shirt sleeve would end.
I am totally praying it doesnt get to my arm pit I do believe i would die if it did about 5 inches away at this point. One other thing I am noticing the most sensitive part is just below the elbow , Well that part is getting hairy and I mean real noticiable ( Iam Not hairy at all my 8 yr old actually pointed it out to me today. Ill also add that I do get sharp pains through my arm or in the inside of my elbow where the ulnar nerve is, Quite painful.

Basically half my arm cant be touched and the rest it seems to be getting numb but can be touched . Here is my question is this how it started for you all??? If not does it sound to you all that I have this CRPS???

In my opinion just from reading all of your posts it seems no one has what I am trying to explain or I am unable to understand due to this LYRICA medicine.

Here is another question the 21st of this month doc has it set up for the nerve block in my neck to see if that will help, However I have read that even a needle poke can make this CRPS spread to that point???

Thanks for any responses and thanks for all your knowledge , If I do have this I am sure I will be a long term member here. Sorry for ranting I am just nervous and uneducated about this CRPS