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Originally Posted by RichS
After waiting at least a month I was finally able to get in with a Pain Management doctor. I did lots of research and he appears to be very familiar with RSD. Since my last visit to the forum my foot seems to have gotten just a very small amount better. The color is still bright red, but the swelling has gone down just the smallest amount. The bed sheets don't bother me anymore, and really I can tolerate most thing touching it. As neurochick mentioned before, he said its very possible it's not RSD. His plan of treatment is two rounds of cortisone shots to the S1 nerve. If that doesn't work he will do two rounds of cortisone in the sympathetic nerve. That's all fine to that point. What I'm concerned about is after that point, he went straight to doing the implant. Hopefully It won't get to that point. Isn't that option a little too soon after trying the shots? Seems like I read somewhere to avoid an implant at all cost?
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My first PM also suggested an SCS after my first 2 lumbar sympathetic blocks did not achieve relief. When I told his nurse practitioner I didn't want an SCS, she told me that was all their service could do for me. I found a different PM and haven't looked back. I've had to travel over 2hrs. to see him but it was worth it to me. Good luck.