Pain feedback equating to null would be a win for me. I prefer life requiring heightened awareness than constant pain. Some people don't realize that consistent psychological or physical pain is like living with a cold for your whole life. Every day you think of how ungrateful you were when you could breathe freely. Also if this dramatically decreased life expectancy by the increased danger from lack of feedback.. it still seems like a win with how shit life is when in pain till you die.
What I wonder about is choice. You've expressed yours, and it's solid. Others may well make other choices.
Will they be able to, or are we headed toward a new paradigm, where it's "just fixed, you can go" as opposed to management, options?
Then again, perhaps most people don't care.
I had skimmed this, found it thought provoking. Missed where there is nerve recovery. I do know, from some personal experiences, nerve regrowth, if it happens and it doesn't always happen, is sloooow.
Looks like there is recovery, meaning it's not permanent. I feel a whole lot better about that.
It seems like we both agree that people should be free to make their own choice.
Where I struggle to understand your perspective is here:
> Will they be able to, or are we headed toward a new paradigm, where it's "just fixed, you can go" as opposed to management, options?
As a society right now we are way tipped on the scale toward not giving choice by denying access as opposed to forcing access, so the concern that we'd be forced into relief seems the opposite of my concern (that we will be denied relief).
Doctors are getting really stingy with many medications (because of DEA threats (and in some cases actions) to throw them in prison if their patient does something wrong with them, or even if they are just statistically writing more than other doctors). Try going to get some Xanax, or Adderall, or Percocet. Good luck! If you've had it before it's easier, but new patients you can basically forget about it without a hard diagnosis (which they will happily take tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and still not provide, because again doctors are terrified of mis-diagnosis and getting sued or treated as a criminal, so they will only do it if there is hard indisputable evidence, which is infrequently the case).
