The dystonia in my foot is now totally resolved. I knew it but did not want to post until I saw my doctor today. I truly believed that I would spend the rest of my life in the wheelchair due to a failed Spinal Cord stimulator. I am now using a cane at all times. I move rather slowly and cautiously but the wheelchair and walker are gathering dust. The alodynia in my foot is improving every week. (Not so much for the alodynia at the surgical sites caused by the Spinal Cord Stimulators due to multiple revision surgeries, but I am hopeful that continued tDCS will help)

Are you out there Catra?? I just know that you are going to follow me right out of that walker!

So now the score card is: headaches 0, dystonia 0, alodynia in wrist spread caused by the SCS 0, skin infections, also the result of the spread caused by the SCS 0, sleep disturbances 0. I am off all narcotics and I pray it is forever.

Today I went outside and sat on the ground in the warm sun and was laughing while I was pulling weeds. After the SCS failure my wrist was totally useless and even the air from the heat coming on caused severe pain. Now I am wearing gardening gloves, smiling at dandy lions and loving every minute of my life.

The atrophy in my leg is almost gone and now I am working on core training in PT. The physical therapist giggles when she sees me. My wife cried when she came home from work and found me weeding.

I don't know if tDCS can put me into remission but my money is on an eventual score of CRPS 0.

I can't wait to go to support group tomorrow to tell everyone, although I think this post might let the cat out of the bag.

Hope anyone thinking about trying tDCS will seriously consider it. It is cheap, non-invasive so it cannot cause a spread, portable and can be done at home.

Wishing everyone the kind of joy I am feeling today!