> Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I wrote: <snippage> > >"...The Zimmer Minimally Invasive Solutions > 2-Incision > >technique allows surgeons to install the same > >artificial hip joint through two small incisions -- > >each no more than 2 inches long -- rather than the > >traditional single incision between 4 and 12 inches > >long...With this technique...nearly 90% of patients > >leave the hospital the > >day of or day after their hip replacement surgery, > >instead of the traditional weeklong stay..." > Been nice if they'd discovered it a quarter of a > century earlier, before my > mother had both of them replaced, after all else she > had gone through with > her back and hips and all after the chimney fell on > top of the bed she had > gotten under when the tornado hit their house when > she was about twelve years old . . .
Ugh, lucky to survive that... <irreverent thought> She didn't grow up in Kansas, did she? <tiny smile> Having temporarily injured both hips in various horse accidents, I can sympathize with the sheer misery of being unable to walk, sit or even lie down comfortably. :P Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
