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'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'm very grateful that Gabapentin works for me and allows me to function.  I have some days when I'm feeling a bit of burning, but it's not bad.  Most days I'm fine.  I have a brace-dropfoot-but I manage.  Thank God!"