Originally Posted by lefty

I am beside myself today. I had ganglion block about amonth ago with little results. While in the recovery room my pain level had gone from a 4 to a 3.
Now this is the weird part...when I got home that same day. It was as if my body was trying to fight back with all it had! Got a call from the clinic nurse asking how was I feeling. I told her what was happening and she just politely said okay.

A few days went by and I started feeling much better. Pain level was at a 2 if that!
Well, that was short lived and now I'm back where I started but much worse. It is mirroring in my right arm as well. I'm to see my pain doctor next month, but a little birdy told me that he is now saying that I don't have CRPS...WHAT!

Yesterday, I had an appointment with a new Hand and Arm specalist to look at my cubital tunnel which I have in both arms. I had a flare-up so bad in his office that he could not examine me! I think my stress brought it on! He said that I needed a Cubital tunnel release done, and that it is extremely important that the dystrophic process be addressed first. He suggest that I be evaluated for a SERIES of stellate ganglion blocks. He also wrote, he would not recommend taking out my hardware at this point in time and would be very leery to do any surgery unless the dystrophic compont can be controlled.

I left his office after paying out of my pocket $180.00 DAMN THIS CRPS (I don't have health insurance)! I don't care what that workers comp pain doctor said! I know I have CRPS, I don't want it but its there! My private doctor gave a name of a doctor that deals with CRPS patients. My private doctor was the first of two docs that said I have CRPS. Was suprised that the pain doctor said I didn't. He asked, "then what does he think it is?" Having haven't seen the pain doctor yet I said I didn't know. He said, "Know wonder your blood pressure is high today!"

Can someone tell me just what is meant by Dystrophic pain? How about your ganglion block did it work right away for you, or at all?

PLEASE HELP, don't know how much more of this I can stand!!
Thanks

I don't think that W/C will pay for another block.