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Skriven 2009-06-16 11:07:36 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: Re: knee redux
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Hey Nancy!
-> 
->  -> Certainty beats uncertainty...  ;0  I'm not totally surprised that the
->  -> MRI was schedulable for a saturday... I've noticed more doctor offices
->  -> also having saturday and evening hours to accomodate all their
->  -> patients... 
->  ->
->  hn> This isn't a "Dr's" visit...they are all
->  hn> off on the weekends! (grin)
->  
-> Not always around here... :)   But my point was that more medical stuff
-> seems available longer hours now.  :)  The other thing that occurs to me
-> is that many radiology labs seem to be connected to hospitals, which DO
-> operate 24/7... I'd certainly expect ones IN hospitals to be available
-> around the clock, and I'd not be surprised to have connected ones have
-> extended hours.  Admittedly, not always open for the general public, but
-> up for business as needed for the hospital... (G) 
-> 
Most services are 24/7 at hospitals, but this is
an HMO and I was sort of surprised that they run
on Saturday...everything else (they do have one
pharmacy open on Saturdays though) shuts down
for the weekend. 

->  ->  hn> More'n likely...MRI won't hurt me....I hope!
->  -> 
->  -> No, just your ears, maybe your head.. with all the noises...
->  
-> I note in another message that you've never had one before... the
-> machine is similar to the CAT scan machine, but it makes all sorts of
-> ticks and whistles and percussive sorts of noise.  I found it rather
-> interesting actually, had a sort of modern music quality to it... (G)
-> No, not very musical, though...  ;0
->
I like music!
even oddball music!
Can't be more oddball than Subotonic's "Butterflys"
 
->  ->  rh> 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!!
->  -> No need to be stoic, and it's proven that if one uses pain pills
->  -> properly, not only do they work better (and also note that one is more
->  -> unlikely to become addicted to them when used properly), but also 
there
->  -> is less residual pain.  The latter also holds for other methods of
->  -> managing pain, btw...
->  -> 
->  hn> My only problem with them is that it 
->  hn> takes a larger than normal dose to 
->  hn> get me to the level where the meds
->  hn> are effective...and by that point it's 
->  hn> ancillary effect is that I basically 
->  hn> get knocked out for 6-12 hours
->  hn> and if I am awake it's pretty much
->  hn> zombie time. but if I gotta...I gotta.
-> 
-> Hmmm.... sounds like your body is super efficient with dealing with pain
-> normally... and "normal" pain pills, that are designed to raise your
-> pain threshhold aren't effective since you've already done the job? 
-> That's what happens with me, and lately even narcotic types, that deal
-> at the root of the pain, don't seem to be as effective as they once
-> were, so I don't use anything most of the time...
-> 
-> And, it looks like you should be taking them mostly at night to help you
-> sleep, so that the body has a chance to renew overnight to handle things
-> during the day...  :)   Zombie during waking hours is no fun at all!
-> 
Exactly the plan!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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