hey ozzie,

i was thinking maybe if you PM towelhorse, he might be able to help you find some good TOS-savvy practitioners in australia. i realize the 2 of you may live thousands of miles apart, but maybe by putting your heads together and brainstorming a bit... well, you just never know.

i believe towelhorse is a workers comp case, too. i could be wrong. but he definitely has what we yanks refer to as a "can-do" attitude and that will stand anyone suffering with TOS in good stead. it pays to be creative with this nonsense we have going on physically. then when you add to it that legal crapola you guys have to deal with it, all the obstacles thrown in your path by big business in collaboration with the government... oh, best not to get me started on that subject.

i've been reluctant to even post on this thread, for fear i'll go off on some sort of tirade and not be able to stop! i think it was towelhorse who posted recently something to the effect that it seems rather suspect how they pretend there is all this "medical controversy" surrounding the TOS dx...

is it REALLY all that controversial, or is it just cheaper to pay a bunch of whore doctors to testify to that effect than it is to pay out on the myriad of labor claims that big business is flooded with in terms of RSI's - including but not limited to TOS - suffered by injured workers?!?!?!?

it's a political football/nightmare that affects ALL of us TOS'ers and how (and whether) we are treated by medical professionals, WHETHER we as individuals are involved in any sort of litigation or claim (W/C, SSDI, LTD, auto accident, etc.), or NOT!!!

and whether we have indisputable evidence of nerve injury or compression or not, as well.

politics and money, my friends. sadly, i have come to the conclusion that that is what underlies the so-called "controversy" here. of course, the lack of a clear diagnostic test, the high surgical failure rates, the chronicity, the fact that TOS is so intractable to to tx... all of that does not help and the lack of public awareness, not to mention the ignorance within the very medical profession itself re TOS, is appalling. and it somehow works together to keep us all feeling like mushrooms, doesn't it.

kept in the dark and fed a lot of *****!!

well no more. to arms, i say!!! puns be damned.

alison
"Be Brave"