Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
"I had hip replacement surgery on my left hip in 2011.  Surgery went fine, but I developed RSD in my left foot.  It&#039;s a long story, with me thinking I was going to die from the pain, to going to the ER one day, on the advice of the home health nurse that came 3 times a week to my house, to my surgeon sending me to a Pain Management Specialist.  He did a nerve block and most of the burning pain was gone.  He put me on a gradually increasing schedule of Gabapentin, which works very well.  If this awful thing had to happen to me, I&#039;m very grateful that Gabapentin works for me and allows me to function.  I have some days when I&#039;m feeling a bit of burning, but it&#039;s not bad.  Most days I&#039;m fine.  I have a brace-dropfoot-but I manage.  Thank God!"