It did nothing for me. My finger is at 87 degrees still. What's Dr. Eaton's first name? Maybe I went to the wrong one. I think I'll try proven surgery.

Quicksilver,

Thanks for the kind words regarding the individual *not* currently posting as "Randy H." Don't worry about him. He'll be Troll Proof soon enough and show everyone how to protect themselves from this coward. Our Troll(s) will be done in shortly.

"There is anectodal evidence suggesting a greater rate of recurrence with NA v. OS"
I would like to put forward a proposition that this statement is wrong. It is wrong because there is strong evidence that many of the patients resorting to NA have had prior OS surgery and have looked for better ways.
Those who have gone on from OS to NA probably have a more aggressive form of the disease and they will therefore distort recurrence statisical data.
To achieve a reliable statistical model requires careful analytical detective work so as avoid false outcomes.
God forbid trying to shape a statistical model that factors in : congenital prediposition - aggressive or non- aggressive forms of the disease; trauma; alcoholism; diabeties - and so on.

It will be five years or so until the more meticulous US NA data collectors have anything definitive to publish. As I've reported, Eaton isn't going to wait until he has that kind of longer-term data. Instead he's just going *straight* to the 2006 convention of CHS with a presentation for "interested parties". (Let's make them "interested" shall we?) NA, having been "dumped in his lap" by *this* little web site that Could, has a champion who has a mind to work within the system for change.

Let's keep in mind the absolute *fact* that recurrence after NA is not *nearly* as big a deal as recurrence after OS, where the Three Strikes Law (4 for good behavior) will be strictly enforced by Nature. Once NA is available in every metropolitan aria in the US......(No, you small minded Nationalist....The World!), all we need do is drive across town and then back with a baggie of ice in our hand. NA is about like having a cavity filled without the sound of Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. You can *feel* the vibrations of the Dups being attached by the needle. Creepy yes.....*but*, at least there is no Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! And the smell of pulverized teeth!

Mr. Jones,

(The poster who is soon going to put an *end* to this Toll *nonsense* once and for all.)

Randy,

Congratulations on your successful NA results performed by Doctor Eaton.

You stated that Doctor Eaton used a 20 guage needle. My information is that a 25 guage needle is used, and some doctors in France use a 26 guage. Using a small guage needle, of course, is used for a purpose. It allows physicians to slide the needle around tendons and nerves easier while performing the NA procedure. If a 20 guage needle was used during the procedure: GREAT. Would you verify if a 20 gauge needle was used during your procedure.
Thanks.