Hi,
I'm new here, although a long, long time ago I used to post on the RSD forums.

On October 13th I had an ankle scope and debridement due to a badly sprained ankle that happened about a year ago and never fully improved. Because I developed RSD after a wrist surgery back in 2003, it was decided that I would have a (tibial?) nerve block for the scope. The injection hurt very much and my leg kept twitching on its own during the injection. The anesthesiologist kept saying to hold still, but I didn't have any control over it.

Anyway, my lower leg and foot were totally numb for about 44 hours and then over the next few hours I got about 70% of the feeling back and it has stayed this way. One month later, I am still partially numb from the the place where he gave me the injeciton behind the knee to my toes. Its like I feel everything through a sock. But worse than that, I have really bad burning nerve pain in my foot, particularly the arch and toe area.

I don't think it is RSD/CRPS as I don't have any of the other symptoms associated with that (no discoloration, no swelling, etc.).

My surgeon said that she hopes it will resolve on its own, but it's actually worse than it was 2 weeks ago, so I'm getting more concerned.

Have any of you gotten neuropathy from a nerve block? Does it resolve without intervention? Can long term damage result from not getting some kind of treatment at this stage?

Thanks for reading this.