oh my god, what a nightmare! You poor thing! Thanks, I know I should proceed with caution. It was just amazing to have relief for those two days! I always have back pain, but I can live with that. This pain is something different all together. Hope that you feel better!

Welcome to the forum. This is a great place to learn different things about the disease and the process. It is also been a great learning tool for me on what to do or not to do. You will meet great people and friends here as well.

As far as sympathic blocks, it is a good standard first step and it will also help the dr. determine whether it is pn or crps. For me the first set was 3 weeks apart and I did not get any long term results only a couple of hours. But when we did it one week apart I had more long term results.

It is scary but for me it was worth it in the end. Again, welcome to the group.

I had 13 stellate ganglion nerve blocks in several series - CRPS after shoulder surgery mid 2010. I made sure that the pain management specialist was one of the best and he helped me - so it was worth it!! It did not get rid of the CRPS, but I am grateful for the improvement. We reached a point where there was no further improvement so we have stopped them, however I may be needing to do another series one of these days. Good luck. The sooner you get on CRPS, the better for most people