[NeverGiveUp78]

Good morning all, my wife broke her toe badly last Sept. She was fortunate to be quickly diagnosed with CRPS as of January when her pain kept getting worse and worse.

We have her with a pain management specialist through Univ of Michigan and they have her on a treatment plan currently (I might be missing something, but this is the majority): Nuerotin, Methadone, Percocet, self-physical therapy (gentle scrubbing every few hours with the hand) and she's been getting the numbing shots in her back every two weeks for a couple of months now. The shots do help some for about a week. The past 3 months the swelling in her foot is getting out of control though. She's reduced her workload in half but we have two children and it's hard for her to rest as much as necessary.

We've purchased a Temper-Pedic bed about a month ago that can keep her foot elevated while resting. I also bought some DMSO recently that we've been using for a few days now but I've read that could take awhile to notice. She uses compression socks also until they get to be too painful.

Any suggestions at all to help reduce the swelling? Even if it's just something basic that we might haven't tried (more water, less water, less sodium, etc??). I would be so grateful for any advice you might have.

She's petite at 5'6" and 120 lbs but here are two pics of her foot currently (add an h to the beginning of each link, since I'm new it won't let me post links):

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