Thank you, thank you, thank you for your replies! I for sure understand how heartbreaking it is to spend all of this $$$ throughout the year on teeth ... and then as I mentioned I still had to have all of my lower ones pulled. My dental insurance was really good when I was working ... at the University of Pittsburgh for 21 years ... but I STILL put tens of thousands of $$$ in my mouth ... so far the implants on the top have been okay ... knock on wood ... but when I turned 65 ... the dental insurance that Pitt offers the retirees is horrible ... but then I don't have any on the bottom to spend money on anymore ... so I guess that is one positive thing? Ha Ha.

I would NEVER had been able to figure out what was going on if I hadn't had my teeth pulled ... would have continued to have crowns and partial plates, etc etc ... also, lucky for me that in 2002 when I broke my wrist and in 2003 when I broke my elbow ... my sister was my physical therapist ... I wouldn't allow my first PT to work on me ... I was screaming and screaming when she just touched my arm ... so my sister took over and immediately diagnosed me with RSD ... I loved the Brandy suggestion ... will try that ... by the way ... this is my eighth day on the neurontin and I believe it is helping my pain a little teeny bit ... I ate an egg sandwich this AM and didn't cry after I ate it ... so I think something is working ...

I think the lack of compassion by the medical professionals has been worse than the pain ... well not exactly ... but it comes in second to the pain.