Unfortunately, for those of us who have so greatly benefited from this little portal of rich info on our condition, we seem to have been invaded by Trolls and dark forces now seem intent on expressing their weak egos on this unregulated web site. Francis, you have fought the good fight. It would seam however that for your trouble your good name has become fodder for some disturbed individual bent on foisting upon us this Dr. Bourland. Then we have the ever present Gary\Sean\Bill H. who some suspect as an implant of the surgical establishment. This I doubt. He's just your basic contrarian.

To those new here seeking advice, help, counsel and answers for your condition, I apologize in advance for the advance stages of lunacy you will need to pick through to find what you came here for. Stick around. As a web community we have become practically nuts. But..........read on. Eat the meat and spit out the bones. Stay and read long enough and you'll get it. The Internet is a double edged sword: Truth mixed with Whack. Eventually you will learn what you are likely not to hear anywhere else. Listen to real people who have found a real solutions to what you face. Exactly why you'll need to sift through so much expression of personal agenda I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it is because this little site has done so much good for so many and has the potential to do so much more. Nevertheless, we're glad you are here. Soon, you will be too.

Another Observer,
Your attempt at clarification (in your mind) is deceiving and misleading. I have no idea who Gary and Bill H are, except what I have read on this forum. Almost everytime someone has had success with surgery on this forum, there has been an attempt to discredit what they have to say. That includes linking names together. This has been done to bolster the argument for NA. That is fine in some respects, because NA is an adequate choice for some people as is a limited fasciectomy or fasciotomy or some of the other variations of these procedures.

This informative forum has turned into a sham of grade school games.

That last line should have read, 'How do we provide information to newbies so they can decide for themselves which doctor they wish to choose?'

Sorry about the poor wording of the last line.

B.E.

Myself and others have been trying to tell the person who uses and hyjacks so many nicknames that they are hurting Dr. Bourlands reputation - and their own. It's a shame.

I'm sure Dr Bourland is an excellent doctor and doesn't deserve this sort of attention. Unfortunately this person has taken it upon themselves to declare Dr.Bourland an NA practitioner when Dr. Bourland has made no such claims himself. Furthermore, this person has used Dr. Bourland to disrupt this forum.

For clarification Dr Bourland's Bio and some of the procedures preformed at his center can be found at the "Orthomemphis" if you use google. Like I said, there is no mention of NA on that website...if he preformed NA one would expect it to be there with the other procedures he does.

This whole situation is unfortunate.

B.E.

For claraification: I am not Sean or Gary, but Bill. My postings on this site were an appeal to the supporters of NA to recognize in their postings that NA like surgery is not for everyone and NA has some adverse affects. Surgery, which I had, has its downside as well and everyone should weigh all the facts to decide what is best for them.

I know someone who had one nodule in his palm for years and if he asks me my thoughts, I would advise he considers all options. But, reading the postings from any of the NA supporters, I'm concerned and yes, bothered that they do not acknowledge the downside and simply wish to encourage everyone to not promote any procedure without discussing the good and bad.

That would be best for everyone. I have learned a lot from this forum, but its frustrating to click on a link and read something like "another NA believer". These only appear to be balant advertisement for someone's favorite doctor and how can anyone have faith in that.