Stallate ganglion block = :(
 

I had my first one. Had high hopes. Thinking at least the electricity type sharp pain would go away. I would have been happy if it were only for a week. Nah. It was a fast procedure. Got lots of IV pain medication but at the end of the day when the haze wore off, nothing changed. I'm on day 5 and still nothing. I may try one more. I hear the more they do, the better the odds of success.

Was it via flourscopy? Did they use Depro Medrol? Did you have a massage after?

Yeah it was fluoroscopic. Had fentanyl 125 units and diazepam for nerves. Lidocaine on the neck. Don't know what he used for the blocking agent. No message just diluaded. Horners syndrome. Sore for a day but not horrible. I have blue shield ppo, private is the way to go. It covers anything I need. I may do a few just to make sure, will not go for SCS. Interventional can only go so far with RSD.

Discuss having him add Depro Medrol if you try again. It extended my results substantially!

Massage after a Block is a good idea.
http://www.rsdrx.com/massage_therapy.htm

I understand the feeling. I hated how the procedure made me feel and no better....It's really more of a diagnostic tool.....you now know you have SIP instead of SMP

It's really not that simple.

Not totally, however that is how the Anesthesiologist explained it to me. He said sometimes it provides relief but usually only when it's sympathetically maintained pain. He said only a very small portion of CRPS sufferers have SMP, usually have SIP Independent pain. and when you have the independent pain it doesn't respond very well to the Block but at least they would know which type of pain it is

I understand what he told you, but again this is simplified. I started to dig through to link explanations of why this isn't always the case, and decided it would be a project I didn't want to start. Research RSD, SMP/SIP, and blocks...