Text 10601, 60 rader
Skriven 2011-05-10 22:59:08 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 10434 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Re: Borders
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-=> Quoting hap newsom to Nancy Backus on 07 May 11  11:24:12 <=-

 -> The point being, though, that if it's giving you grief
 -> on the order it does, and they go in to look, most likely
 -> it will not be just a look around, but a taking care of
 -> what they find.  Some things just don't show up on scans.
 ->
 hn> They've had their shot at that..and nothing improved.

Oh, right...

 hn> It's painful and bothersome, but
 hn> I DO get around and it's still "functional" for 
 hn> the most part. I'm sure if they go in "for
 hn> a look" they'll "find" something to do to justify
 hn> the surgery...whether it helps ME or not is 
 hn> open to debate..and at this point I am NOT
 hn> open to that debate. Now if they have a PLAN
 hn> and have at least an idea as to what is 
 hn> wrong, and what they can do to fix it, AND
 hn> that it will make me "better" then I'll listen.

Sounds like what's needed is a surgeon you can trust.
And I do have an idea how hard that is, and what it's
like...

 hn> So far they have not come up with anything
 hn> that makes me confident that it's in MY best
 hn> interests to have them whack my knee open 
 hn> again.

I hope that a good solution is found soon, though.

 ->  hn> I'll talk to the surgeon when I next see
 ->  hn> her, I'm thinking of setting up an appointment
 ->  hn> asking for another cortisone shot.
 -> It may be time again... I forget when you last asked and
 -> were told it was still too early.  The shot would help you
 -> getting around now that it's baseball season again... good
 -> idea...  :)   You might ask about the tag anyway whether
 -> or not you actually get the appointment, too.
 -> 
 hn> I think it lasted about a month and a half or so
 hn> and that was "too early" for a second injection. 
 hn> It's been quite a bit longer than that, so I think
 hn> now would be a good time to ask for another.

It probably is about time now.

 hn> and I'll mention the tag at that time. They don't
 hn> give them out (at least MY doctors don't) easily.

It's not automatic here, either.  But when it's clearly needed,
it isn't hard to get here.

ttyl        neb

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