Yes, she is at it again. And as an RSD patient, I WANT to believe her. There are reasons I don't believe her, and reasons I do. Some of what she says could come from a textbook. The RSD info was pretty textbook.

The Dr.Oz info was confusing. He never mentioned meds in his explanation except to ask if she had taken them. Yes, she said, she took meds after all the surgeries. Huh? As an RSD patient, how many surgeries do we need? Does she know something we don't?

Then she says she went online to meet others with RSD and what did they do, etc. So changing her eating made the RSD go away? Or is it gone? At one point she spoke in the present tense.

Look, if we finally have someone willing to stand up and say she has this, does it have to be someone known to be pretty messed up? I am NOT attacking her. She has her problems and IF she has RSD, I feel for her. Hell, whatever she has, I feel for her! But if it isn't RSD, don't go around saying this is what RSD looks like, b/c I never acted the way she did.

Okay, so I would've chosen someone w/o any past problems to be our spokesperson. But we now have Paula. And she says we need to eat differently to get rid of our RSD.

SIGH....I don't know what to say. The RSD was really only talked about in the 1st segment, the rest was about her age defying secret. My other fear is that people are going to want to copy Abdul and "get" RSD. There are people who look for ways to get attention. There's even a medical diagnosis for people who hurt themselves to get medical and other attention.

I'm kind of thrown by this- I think the RSD segment should've been longer and the age part much smaller. Which is more important?

To add insult to injury, this was previously aired! Did anyone see it? The only part of the entire show that interested me was Dr. Oz's explanation of the nerves and RSD.

I just never know what to think when Paula talks RSD. I KNOW we all experience it differently. But some things she said made me shake my head. For instance, she talked about using ice, that ice was her friend. And I DO know there IS someone here with RSD who also uses ice and it works for that person. But all I can think of is the 3 docs I've had over 15 plus years. Each of them saying ice is just about the worst thing we can do for RSD. I believe that different things work for different people. So maybe Paula has it and she uses ice and eating right to cure her RSD.

I apologize- my mind is just blown. I can't believe she wasted all that time and didn't talk about how medication is necessary! She skirted the issue. And anyone who saw her show "Hey Paula" KNOWS she was sure on something! She admits to meds after surgeries but why not explain that RSD has no cure (certainly not just changing your diet!) Explain that RSD means needing pain meds every day! And that there is NOTHING to be ashamed of!

I'm laying here with a bad cold/flu and watching this and my mouth dropped. Anyone else see it?