Hi all, a newbie here.

I had a visit with my Orthopedic Consultant last night having recently undertaken a number of procedures on my knee.

I originaly went in with Category 2/3 Arthiritis in my knee (Im only 36 years old, and have had 3 arthoroscopies to remove damaged menical tissue resulting in there being nothing left and the arthiritis got worse).

I underwent a Partial Knee replacement in December 2011, resulting in HORRENDOUS pain, the worst in my life, ive broken bones, hand a fair few cuts and injuries before and have never had a problem with pain.

I emptied the drugs trolley when in hospital and they had problems bringing my pain under control. I have a number of phemoral nerve blocks that helped massively until they wore off.

Complications occured and my foot turned 30 degrees, the consultant coudlnt figure out what was going on, pain continued for around 3 weeks and I was then re-admitted and underwent a Total Knee Replacement.

This resolved the foot turn, and likewise the pain subsided. However 3 months on, Im still not able to walk, Ive had severe muscle atrophy still have a fair amount of pain, am on oxicontin its was upto 80mg daily, but Im down to 40mg now (I did try coming off the meds but pain came back with a fair vengance), I have a reduced lag of movement in the leg, it cant get straight, pain is continous when walking and getting up in the mornings is a right grind.

I have some discolouration to the thigh area, but I dont have this "burning" pain that seems to be on the websites, although I do have a number of the other symptoms.

Generaly, I can touch the area without any major pain, I have lost nerves sensation to the right of the scar - its completely dead as a result of the incisions during the procedures.

The consultant thinks that it may be CRPS as we have ruled out any procedural errors and other causes from the surgery.

Ive been reading up on the web, but Im sure you all know what that can do, if you read to much you self diagnose with cancer and give yourselves 2 weeks to live.

The consultant is referring me to his Pain Specialist in the next couple of weeks.

So I thought I would post on here and get the thoughts of those that have the problem to see what you all think.

Is it likely that I have CRPS.