Good I am glad you called your doctor as each has a different approach. May I ask who suggested this and does this person deal a lot with rsd? Anyhow the point of the TEC was to allow me to do extreme PT. The catheter was just giving me better pain control not actually doing anything by itself if I am correct. I had a few fears from people who had done it and I am not saying you should not but like for me I have delayed pain and I feared after so much PT and when the catheter came out that condition. Also I know people where they had a hard time with getting the right doses etc. I hope you get some answers and direction. I know how hard these choices are to make