After the barrage of personal NA testimonies posted here, it is only the most stanch OS advocates who could possibly remain unaffected by the huge success this French invention obviously has become. Some complain that too much time is spend on this subject. Exactly which other subject should begin to garner this much air time? Yes, Collegenase is a close rummer up. But mostly all we can discuss is the probability of it's availability in our lifetime.

Yes, this Forum has been dominated by discussion about NA. Is there something more worthy of our time? If Yes, what and why?

I suggested nothing about OS. It is a viable option for 100% of DC sufferers, under nearly all circumstances. Ask 95% of CHS and they will all tell you the same thing. What they will NOT tell you is that NA is the OTHER viable option.

Your choice to go with your doctor's recommendation to not try NA in your case must be respected. However, what is at issue here is that the minuscule number of DC sufferers who lave learned that they do indeed have an option to OS are just beginning to balance the scales of the vast majority of others who are continually being told otherwise by the professionals they must trust. LINDA'S post of 5/21 under "Bashers" is a great example of how this lone site is beginning to change that.

All that was implied in my previous post is that of all the great info and sharing of ideas that this site continues to provide, it's completely irreplaceable contribution to the evolving acceptance of NA as a viable option (along side OS) is by far the most significant. Nothing comes remotely close. Yes, perhaps actually stating the perfectly obvious is superfluous.

DISCLAIMER: CHS don't tell their patients about NA because they themselves don't know about it or are misinformed. Naturally, there are a few exceptions. Thanks to this site LINDA'S doctor is now one of them.