Hi,

I've been diagnosd w/ stage one rsd in my hand by having a bone scan, but I was never properly diagnosed or counselled by a nuerlogist, just a hand surgeon.

I had to re-locate to northern ca shortly thereafter, and have been having a very hard time finding a nuerologist specializing in rsd. I have tried the clinics, ie. Stanford, USF, ect. and no help.

I found a pain Dr. in Napa, and he wants to do the implant device...which I just don't feel ready to do. (The blocker shot he tried had so many side effx for me, it didn't help my pain all that much.) His conclusion was that the pain was more due to the mix up in the spinal cord, than the actual injury. You guys know what I mean...

Meanwhile, I feel I am losing strength little by little in my hand and pain is worsening. I really want to figure out how to proceed.

I'm sorry to be redundant, I'm sure this has been talked about ad nauseum, but I could sure use some help.

Thanks, Diana