Hi Jim.

I've had rsd for almost two years now. My new PM gives me epidurals with Lidocane. He gives them right over my tail-bone as my rsd is in my leg. I get about a week of relief. Very good relief. I am unable to walk for a day or so right after the injections and I feel like I have the flu (all sore and just crappy feeling). But, I do get relief, which is just incredible. My old PM gave them to me in the L5 area and I got no relief. Just the flu symptoms. My new PM said that if I had been given those in the begining, I would be cured. I agree with you and your wife about the invasive procedures, but I am just desperate enough to get ANY relief that I was willing to try them. I know this is not very helpful, but I wanted to share my experiences.

Hope you get the answers you are looking for.

BTW - thanks for the info on the attorney.

Kim