Dear L2L and Pete,

Thanks so much for your reply and sharing your thoughts and your experience with RSD with me.

I don't have a doctor that really oversees my RSD in a holistic fashion either. I see my Pain Management doctor for my infusions and blocks. He is great but the bottom line is I need to get the last piece of metal out of my foot and he isn't good with stuff like that.

I've had a couple more LSB nerve blocks over the past month and that has helped but as you know they don't last. My Lidocaine infusions don't seem to produce the same magic response it once did.

Perhaps I'm putting blinders on but I don't think the RSD is spreading. At least I don't want to believe that it is happening. I don't have any of the other distinguishable signs of RSD in the other areas of my body where I feel the pain, no swelling, discoloration etc...

I'm working towards trying to get the last screw out but it is going to be tricky and I'll need to find a good team of doctors to help get me through it.

I still have hope and wish you both much peace.

MsL