[lindkaye]

Hi - just needed to vent and hoped someone here would understand. I have been doing acupuncture for rsd in my right knee (after tkr 12/26/07 did not go well). Ortho did manipulation of knee in March - but did not gain anything from it and he has not wanted to do any more visits - sent me to Pain doc. Pain Doc has me on methodone, oxycodone, lyrica, cymbalta and I'm still in pain - cannot get knee to bend or straighten. Has gotton so bad I can't drive which is really driving me nuts (so to speak). We finally made decision to file for disability - have appt next week. Well, I thought I should go see the ortho doc since I was applying for disability. He states that he now wants to do surgery on my knee (which he wouldn't talk about earlier) and open it up to clean out any scar tissue - he now thinks this is why it wont bend. He stated he would talk to the pain management doc to make sure the anesthisia would be taken care of - maybe a pain pump in the knee, in the hospital 2 extra days or so to maintain the pain. I am sooooo confused at this point! I will do anything to make this pain go away and be able to move - but not sure if this is the right thing to do. And now, how will this effect my disability petition? I don't want the RSD to flare up - cant imagine more pain - but yet - I can't imagine not being ever able to move more than what I can barely do now. Sorry to ramble - this has just gotten me more upset than what I am lately! Any input from anyone is appreciated!