I totally agree with your observations on DB. Though I've been a member for less than a month, I can't help but check the board at least a few times every day. My lucky day was the day I stumbled onto it. Who knew there were so many people out there like me?! I feel like I've been accepted by a community who completely understands what my life is like, because people who haven't dealt with chronic pain have no idea what it's like to be us, not only day by day, but sometimes agonizing minute by minute. Thanks for saying what I was thinking.