Hi, everybody:

I have full body RSD. I might need another left knee surgery (the eighth one): an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) revision reconstruction with an osteotomy of valgisation.

During some of my seven previous left knee surgeries, I had post-operative control, either with MSIR (morphine sulfate immediate release) capsules (I am still using my fentanyl patches) or with a femoral nerve block for the left leg (Ropivacaïne was used in these blocks).

After my seventh knee surgery, during which a femoral nerve block with Ropivacaïne was used, my RSD spread from my left knee/leg through my spinal cord all the way up to my brain, then my RSD became full body. All this happened despite the post-operative pain control with the Ropivacaïne femoral nerve block. The anesthesiologist (and the orthopedic surgeon) knew I have RSD in the left knee, so why was nothing done to prevent my RSD from becoming full body or is there just nothing that can be done to prevent such a thing from occurring?

I would like to know how to prevent my full body RSD from flaring up, aggravating, and spreading even more after the coming eighth knee surgery. If there is nothing to be done, I would like to know the truth.

If you have link(s) to medical protocols I could show my anesthesiologist to prevent a full body RSD flare-up and aggravation, please post them so I can print them out for my doctors.

Thank you very much for the information.

P.S. I will also post this message in the Chronic Pain forum because different persons, using different threads, might have different ideas and experiences to share.