Dear MsL,

Thanks for your most recent post. There is so much to look at and think about; and I can't wait until I have the time to sit down and really check it out.

Your thinking regarding RSD is very wise and healthy. Modern medicine does not know where to begin to help; and I totally agree that a common sense approach and research are the answers. This is not a hopeless illness, with alternative medicine and therapies providing lots of hope.

Some may think that I should change my name to Pollyanna. (Pollyanna –noun 1. an excessively or blindly optimistic person). Actually, it is a name that I would find to be quite endearing because throughout my daughter Sarah’s 5-year struggles with RSD … hope, optimism, and God’s promise that He will provide have been the essence of what keeps us moving forward.

This thread is evidence that there is so much we can learn from each other -- no longer being left to feel quite so blind in our quest for help. Again, I thank you for sharing your research.

Jeanne