I'm sure you're right.....no money.....no research. It will take one of these docs personally afflicted with it or whose family member is to push for research to raise awareness. I am simply an optimist (or more likely, naive). I did reply to a link I found on the internet about a doctor in Chicago doing research on RSD. It may have been an outdated email addy, as I got no response. I will keep looking, though. There is ONE doc I know that had RSD himself and wrote a book. I'll try to find the name and send it along. Your theory about the analgesia vs. anesthesia during surgery is very interesting.