Hi Ada,

No, I wasn't thinking of it for myself, not at all. I reckoned that either this surgeon had come up with something I hadn't heard of before, or that, as you say, the surgeon thinks it will help RSD, which seems nonsense, or that the journalist has misunderstood the complications of her condition.

Vic came up with the word I was looking for - radiculopathy. I know that removing old adhesions can help considerably for things like TOS, Fibrosis etc, and it sounds like she has something along those lines; plus nerve compression. Shame the journalist didn't tell us more about her condition.

As it stands, I think the story is very misleading for people who don't know about RSD, because it sounds like all you need is an operation to cure the condition.

Anyway, thought I'd better see if I'd missed some new "miracle cure"....drat, wouldn't that have been nice!!

BTW, thanks Vic for explaining it to me, saved me having to look up those med terms for myself . I kind of wish that lady could see this thread...

Oh, and Ada, no you don't get thrown off this board for bringing up politics (different rules, much more liberal)....

all the best