There seems to be so many that have had surgery and the terrible results. Has anyone every asked an insurance company for comments on having the surgery or going for an alternative. When looking at a $10,000 bill or opting for an unconventional treatment, would they be willing to listen. With as many of us as there are, we should form a loose knit forum to contact the surgeon general and as many people in congress as necessary to get the attention we need to get something done other than a cripling surgery. Does anyone want to take on the challenge? I have just started a new business and cannot devote the time, but if anyone else does, I think this is what is necessay to maybe get the needle therapy approved in the U.S. I am loosing the battle with this monster that is twisting my hand more and more every day. Questions? Comments?

Sean,you are just a liar!Your absence this past month has been a blessing to those wanting to share ideas and truth!

Everyone you know had successful surgery? How is it you 'know' so many DC patients? I doubt your 'testimony'.

I don't buy in to conspiracy theories about the AMA and surgeons trying to milk us for thousands of dollars in unneeded surgeries. And I don't think all hand surgeons are unskilled or greedy. What I do think is that in litigation-crazed America today it's difficult for a doctor to start performing a new or different procedure like NA. They'll get no support from their corporate bosses or from their malpractice insurance companies. Change has to be initiated from above, the doctors have little latitude to experiment. Things seem to be quite a bit looser in Europe. There are probably other conditions for which European doctors have effective treatments that aren't available here.

The statement 'traditional NA surgery' should read 'traditional DC surgery'.