Hi Mirage,
Thank-you for you welcome, I look 
forward to corresponding with you and hope you are feeling better after your 
spell in hospital.
I am due to go in on Weds but it is 
only for a carpel tunnel release and scraping of the tendons , usually it would 
be a day patient basis but they are going to try the aneastheric on my arm for 3 
days, I will not know anymore until after wards about what they use or how they 
find the nerves when they open it up.
I have just bought a book on pain 
called The War on Pain by Scott Fishman M.D. with Lisa Berger, so far it seems 
pretty helpful in understanding the pain mechanism.
Doesnt stop RSd but at least it 
acknowledges it, I got because it is one of the few books that had pages uopn 
pages about RSD.
Hope you are having good 
day.
love Helen