Phantom Limb Pain

Dr. Richeimer monthly pain article: THE RICHEIMER PAIN UPDATE: JULY 2000 PHANTOM LIMB PAIN Almost every month I have a patient who comes to me in such severe pain that they ask, 'Doctor, can't you just cut the nerve?' Sometimes their distress is so great that they will suggest that I amputate the painful limb. This seems to be the logical, if horrific, end to all their pain. However, phantom limb pain is our proof that such drastic measures are likely to fail. We can suffer with severe pain, even when the painful part is no longer part of the body. There are hundreds o...