Mayo already has my info stretching back to '99. If I resubmit, how can I just give them a 2 year history? Won't they know? If they destroy/throw out the first medical reports, that's good. If not, won't I look like a nutjob sending in records for the past 2 years? Not that I really care if they think I'm ditzed out.

I just looked up RSD and it looks like pain, pain, pain all the time. How are you coping? Maybe Mayo has more state of the art answers for you. I hope they do. Keep us posted.

Daniella, I mostly hate the pace of NYC, especially on Fridays when the entire city is competing for cabs. Because of that, I try to schedule my appt's for non-rush hours. My once seedy upper west side nabe (moved here in 1966) is now entirely Disneyfied. We have Grey Line double decker buses cruising residential streets w/ tourists gaping at the "natives," and filing into Zabar's for bagels & lox. It's now so fancy here we don't have any shoemakers or barbershops or Mom & Pop stores left. They've been priced out. Boston and LA are looking better & better.