Good to know! Good luck with your surgery. And .. it must be the weather .. Dede is having a hip replacement!
Aging: an Art. .. and as usual, not for sissies! On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 7:13 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning at "physical Friam" we talked briefly about the severe neck > and back pain I experienced, before I got the medications that relieved it, > and the prospect of surgery that I face. Shortly after that I met with the > surgeon and I thought some of the things he said were interesting. For > example he said some people with the same presentation in terms of MRI feel > mild pain and others feel excruciating pain. Some people benefit from the > surgery greatly and some don't. Some people get relief from a given > medication that doesn't help others. It sounds like it's a very > frustrating, ambiguous area. I decided to go ahead with the surgery. I > think the fact that my left arm is partially paralyzed makes this a more > clear decision and may make coverage by insurance more certain. For people > with pain only sometimes the pain resolves after a few months anyway. I > was very impressed with Dr. Watson. He's extremely straightforward, willing > to explain technical medical things in detail. I decided to have the > surgery done and by Monday I should know the date. Another thing I learned > because I mentioned to him the all the ads on television for Laser Spine > Institute and that my neurologist said to stay away from those people. He > said that on March 1st they closed all offices nationally and they are out > of business. I had no idea but it'll be a relief not to have to watch all > those ads. > > Frank > > ----------------------------------- > Frank Wimberly > > My memoir: > https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > > My scientific publications: > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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