Re: Flextend - again

In Reply to: Flextend - again posted by Linda on December 05, 2003 at 20:35:21:

: When Spider and then Mandi came on this board and mentioned Flextend, I was angry at all the negative posts directed at them, I also felt they had the right to say what worked for them. However, things have sure changed since then... I'm sorry, Mandi, I am sick to death of Flextend, because all it does is incite arguments... Almost every new person that comes here posts an email address, why not just send them the link for Flextend, you could even draft up a form letter to send every person on how it worked for you... It wasn't that long ago that Copdaddy was getting angry with Alan for his posts about Bonnie Prudden, I don't think there is anybody here that wants to read the same thing, the same argument, over and over and over again, and I think there's a lot more out there than just Debbie and Roger, but nobody wants to get involved so they stay quiet.... This board is very supportive regarding CTS, some of us have had very bad experiences with our doctors, but let's face it, we need them...

: Almost every single post from a "newbie" about CTS gets a flextend pitch, posted on TOP of any other helpful suggestions from our family, why is that? I'm beginning to agree, this isn't a carpal tunnel board, it's a free website for flextend... I have yet to see one person that has posted here and came back and said that they tried flextend and it worked, and since this is an international board as far as our posters go, why is that? This is just my opinion, but it's time to give flextend a rest!!!! Linda

Well said Linda.. You have just spoken for all the posters here that are afraid to speak up so they have kept quiet all year long. I personally know some of them.. We have had this product shoved down our throats in the most aggressive ways, but not one person has ever said it has helped them overcome ct, except for mandi.. I'm glad it helped her, if in fact it really did, but theres been no one else that has stepped forward with a positive post about the glove.. And thats what it would take for me to become a believer..
Mandi needs a tester, a regular poster from this board, who would try the thing & give an opinion. Naturally she wouldn't chose to have me do it because she wouldn't trust me to give an impartial testimony.. But I certainly would do it if asked.
Debbie