Hi Leiea and welcome to this great group of people. I was not diagnosed very early with what ended up being RSD. I have been on a cocktail of various pain medications for over 8 years. Before the trial, I have had 8 surgeries on my arm with bone grafts from both hips and a total wrist fusion. After my RSD diagnosis, I did not have a very good PM doc and she just pushed pills. I found a new doctor and fortunatly he is very aggresive with treatment. I have had several injections and stellate ganglion blocks. I then had the SCS trial which ended yesterday. It was very successful and I had really great results. I have not had much time to keep up with everyone since I am back in college, so I don't know anything about your story, but I hoped this helped a little. Lisa