Originally Posted by steve6561

To answer your question, yes i did hire an attorney. He is experienced in handling RSD/CRPS cases, along with W/C. Also, I went a couple of days ago and had the stellate ganglion block. When I awoke from the procedure, my pain actually was almost gone. The doc said this was the numbing medication that he injected prior to the steroid. Unfortunately, I woke up the very next morning in more pain than I had to begin with. I called the anesthesiologist and he said this wasn't uncommon, and also agreed with the referring doc that I have every symptom of RSD, and gave me the official diagnosis. The case manager seemed very p.o.'d about this, and even tried to say that she still wasn't convinced. I had to remind her that she was a nurse and not even close to being a doctor, and her input wasn't worth the two cents she chipped in(HA HA!). If she wants to be like this, I will make her hate to come to my appointments, and even to speak to me. I am not a rude person, but it is so fun to treat the case mgr. and the insurance co. just as bad if not worse than they are treating me. So I do have another question, the case mgr. nurse says that there is no limit to the amount of blocks that they can give me, but the anes. doc. says he would try a couple more before he would stop. Does this sound right?