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Skriven 2009-06-14 13:17:50 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: knee   was: cruising
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Hey Ruth!

-> ->  hn> No call on Wednesday either! And they have
-> ->  hn> my cell number too! Ah well, when it comes it
-> 
-> -> Sounds like you need to call them.
-> 
->  hn> When I got back from the Ballpark this
->  hn> evening (6:30 pm) there was a message on
->  hn> the answering machine...they wanted me to call
->  hn> for an appt....and their hours were 8 am-8PM!!
->  hn> So, I called...and now I'm scheduled for the MRI
-> 
-> Good! Nice that their hours were convenient for you to call back. They
-> could have stopped accepting calls around 6 pm.
-> 
Indeed! I was happy that I didn't have to
wait until I had hours that matched the
scheduling folks! 

->  hn> on Saturday (didn't know they DID saturdays) the
->  hn> 27th (M's on the road).Then a followup with the
-> 
-> IIRC, the one at Tripler operated 24/7.  The cost to bring one "up to
-> steam" is high, compared to the cost of keeping it running once it is at
-> full power.
-> 
Never had one...should be a novel
experience...most likely similar to
a CAT scan.

-> hn> ortho doc and then surgery (most likely).
-> 
-> Most likely, but if it improves the current situation, then go for it.
->
Not much choice, cant really go on the 
way I am..the pain is significant and 
walking with a limp and a cane is no
fun! No biking and it cuts into exercise.
Which leads to more weight gain...sigh.
-> 
-> ->  hn> will come! How close are you guys to Ft Bragg?
-> ->  hn> Will you be looking there for medical and such?
-> ->  hn> Or are you on the "economy"?
-> 
-> -> We're too far from Bragg, Pope AFB or Seymour Johnson AFB to get 
medical
-> -> care at any of them.  It's "economy" all the way; haven't had it like
-> -> this since the last time we were civilian. (G)  We did see some civilian
-> -> doctors in Savannah but the primary care & perscriptions were thru the
-> -> military clinic.
-> 
->  hn> Welcome to the "real" world! (grin)
-> 
-> 
-> Crash! (reality hitting)  After 26 years of dealing with the military
-> medical system as the primary one, we're wading our waythru the civilian
-> system.  It's an experience, believe me. (G)
->
Biggest thing to remember is to be
pro-active...and stand your ground
when you want/need something make
sure you speak up for it (and yourself)!
Whenever I forget that is when I
get angry with the system...then I 
remember that I have to be a big
part of my treatment and once I get
back "on track" with it I usually get
what I want and good service as well.
 
-> -> School should be just about over, isn't it?  You will probably be off
-> 
-> ->  hn> Anne's last day of school is the 19th of June,
-> ->  hn> and the kids are getting more squirrelly by the
-> 
-> -> Good, only 6 more days to go.  Some legislature here came up with the
-> -> bright idea of knocking the last 5 days off the school calendar "since
-> -> nothing is done anyway".  Needlesss to say, that idea has pretty well
-> -> died.
->
Right after Anne gets "out" for the summer
she heads off to Yakima (eastern side of the
state) for 5 days of "mentoring academy" a 
big thing for Nationally Board Certified teachers
who mentor others and are influential in making
positive changes in teaching and education.
 
->  hn> Of course...because then the preceeding
->  hn> 5 days become useless...and so on and so on!
->  hn> Burrocrats....what a bunch of ....er...DxKEYS!!
-> 
-> Exaxtly!  I sort of think this guy either didn't have children or forgot
-> what it was like on the last days of school.  We had learning right up
-> until the days of final exams; field trips and "play days" were for the
-> lower elementary grades only.  Upper elementary classes would have a
-> class picnic near the end of the year but most years it as just a chance
-> to have your regular lunch (if you brought one) outside on the school
-> grounds.  If you bought lunch, you were expectedd to bring one that day.
-> We brought our lunch so the class picnic was pretty much a non eventful
-> meal as far as I was concerned.  The one year our class had a picnic off
-> grounds, it was at the home of one of my classmates that had a swimming
-> pool. Go figure, I had German measles and couldn't go.
->
Ain't that always the way it
goes? (grin)
 
-> ->  hn> minute! She's been working till 9pm every night
-> ->  hn> on report cards, hopefully she'll have them finished
-> ->  hn> by Monday.
-> 
-> -> Take her out to celebrate next week end.
-> 
I'll be working at the ballpark, and 
she'll be heading off to the hot eastern
side of the state....but we'll manage
some fun this summer I'm sure!

->  hn> More'n likely...MRI won't hurt me....I hope!
-> 
-> It shouldn't hurt but you might want a set of ear plugs.  I didn't think
-> the noise level was that bad overall--reminded me of the old "Re-Beep"
-> game.
->
I'll be sure to bring some along...just
in case they don't have any.
 
-> ->  hn> off my feet for a few days at most...if that long!
-> 
-> -> Good--but still, don't push it if it's hurting--and use the pain pills.
-> 
->  hn> Don't like em...but if I need em I'll use em!!
-> 
-> You will be thankful in the long run that you did.
->
I have a pretty high threshold for
pain...which sometimes works to my
disadvantage as I delay seeking 
treatment until it becomes so bad that
I can no longer function well. 
 
-> ->  hn> Hah! I'll bet I get little sympathy from
-> ->  hn> this joint! (grin)
-> 
-> -> We all seem to know how to cut up, knees or otherwise.
-> 
->  hn> That's so true! (grin)
-> 
-> That's what makes the echo so much fun to be a part of.
-> 
Bunch of good friends here, and we do
know how to throw a great picnic! (grin)
chat with you soon!
hap 
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