Hello, I have read through some of the threads after finding this forum. I am guessing this will be moved eventually to the introduction thread, but I have some important questions and hope the community here can help me. Here is my story:

On September 14th of this year I was shot in the leg at close range with a 9mm handgun. I sustained a broken femur in which I had surgery and a rod was inserted in to my leg to repair the fracture. Previous to the surgery I had ZERO movement in my lower leg, after the surgery I still had no movement in my lower leg and had foot drop. They said I had Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction and with PT and time I would most likely regain movement and feeling etc. I spent about 1 week in the hospital and was released still with no movement in my lower leg. A few days after my release I was able to move my toes and now (today) I am able to raise and lower my foot, move my toes up and down with some individual digit function and slightly spread them. This is still limited compared to my other foot but great so far. I have been going to Physical Therapy 3-4 times a week and accupuncture 3-4 times a week. I visited the Pain management clinic and the perscribed me the standard Gabapentin, Naproxen & Amitryptyline (They began to wean me off of the Oxycodone I was originally prescribed)

So here comes the issues, about 3 weeks ago it seemed like the pain in my lower leg had started to increase, and was getting alot of active shooting pain and some color changes. I was having super sensitivity and I was not sleeping. I was told that this was normal due to the nerve damage and I should expect this as the nerves are mis firing & "re-connecting". So 2 days ago (Oct. 21st) I re-visited the pain management clinic and informed them of how much pain I was in and that it had increased substantially, I couldn't sleep more than an hour at a time and it was ruining my life. I removed my foot from my shoe and showed them, as soon as it was taken out of my foot drop brace it turned bright red and my toenails appeared odd. The Dr. was pretty quick to the announcement of CRPS (which I had no idea what that was) and wanted to schedule a Sympathetic Plexus Nerve Block (which I am scheduled for this coming Tuesday). After getting home and looking up what this actually is I am terrified!

I want give a little information about myself I am a 31 year old male in great physical condition (former professional athlete). I have sustained many injuries throughout my life and have always recovered properly. So I guess the advice I need is to the following questions.

-Is the Nerve Block a good step to take right off the bat?
-Since this seems like it has been diagnosed early can I expect to have better results in management or remission?
-How can I prevent this from spreading anywhere else in my body?
-What are some of the life changes I should expect?
-Since the pain in in my foot and ankle what is the best home relief remedy that has worked for you?

Thanks!