Hi Bruce , It is really a shame but that is the way it works ... chronic and diseases with still no cure are the gold mines for the meds makers . :-) Bruce Anderson wrote: > [Absolutely nothing has worked so far for this pain and my wife wants me to > next try hypnosis - "hypno-therapy." I would sell every thing I own to end > this ordeal, but throwing money at a medical problem doesn't seem to work > either. It seems to be all business. They want you to keep coming back > even when it's obviously not working. PT 13 @ $120 ea.. Acupuncture 5 @ $70 > + $120 consult fee, + whatever the ins Co. paid for the steroid injections, > the MRI, doctors, neurosurgeon visit + the 500+/- pain pills. Hypno > therapy is 3 @ $150. Most of these places also try to sell me nutrients. I > suppose I look like I need them.] Regards , +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+