Thanks Gabbycakes,
It is bad enough when those in contol of our physical well being take risks, think they know it all, want to try something yet don't have to suffer the consequences, and those of us who have yielded to their supposed 'knowledge' and experience(?), sacrifice our days and nights, our minutes and hours, and submit not as much to the Drs as to the constant drive within us to rid ourselves of this that has taken up residence in our bodies and the hope we have of being restored to what we once were. Then to find the results have set us back into worse circumstances or sometimes even worse to have no change at all.

There seems to be redemption of our seemingly wasted sacrifice on some level when we can share our experience with someone else who might benefit from lessons learned on our own journey.

Thank you all on this forum who are willing to share your defeats, failures, attempts at grasping for the golden cure, so that those who come behind you might gain wisdom and insight from your trials.

My own experience was that within days I had more info than I could process after months of searching on my own and coming up with little or nothing of any account. And the knowledge and wisdom here comes with compassion and friendship as an additional balm applied to the wound this RSD has made to our spirit.

Thanks again Gabby, and all for offering a hand up to those who are low.
With hope,
pat e