My husband has kind of been on the cutting edge of treatment through this 30 year ordeal; unfortunately, that meant that mistakes were made in his treatment along the way. He had a sympathectomy way back in 1986 that didn't do anything. He's had all the spinal blocks, etc. He's been through a number of spinal cord stimulators; his current one didn't last long -- he needs the settings up so high that it just eats battery life. Apparently now they do have rechargeable stimulators now so he might consider it again down the road.

Probably the biggest help in his treatment was the implantation of an internal morphine pump about 15 years ago. It does reduce his pain quite a bit, and he doesn't have to take oral pain meds that created all sorts of other issues. He's just had this for so long that the disease has progressed so far that not much more can be done at this point. His bone has deteriorated so he is almost always walking on multiple stress fractures, but of course, they can't cast him because that causes severe atrophy.