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HE CAN FIX ME!!!
"hopitus" wrote in message
... On Aug 19, 1:21 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: "outsider" wrote in message ... "CatNipped" wrote in : Hopitus and MaryL, you were very correct (and what about the *THREE* doctors I saw, before this one, who said they couldn't help me??!!) . . . . Hugs, CatNipped This is so disturbing. Logically there are only two conclusions about the first doctors. Either they just did not even know there was really something going on or they think it is acceptable to say "it can't be fixed" when they should say "I can't fix this" That's *exactly* what my friend, a nurse, said. She thinks that most doctors are so arrogant that they won't admit that there is just something they're not qualified to do! Either way is bad. Of course the news itself is wonderful. I can only imagine how horrendous constant pain must be. I look forward to hearing good news in the near future. Thanks! Chin Skritches, CatNipped Your pal the nurse is right. Has Dan talked about looking for a female doc for her? Both my fibro friends (boy would they be mad is they saw that!) have more than one doc...all men. A female doc might work, but sometimes, having to be (smarter, bigger, faster, stronger, etc). in a (still mostly) masculine field, in order to compete, can cause females to be just as bad as males! I've found that the best thing for me is to research my own problems then find a doctor who I can *tell* what's wrong with me and prescribe what I ask him to. Unfortunately, since I don't have a medical education, that only works as far as my ability to do research - IOW it doesn't always work! Chin Skritches, CatNipped Aside to Andy: men are bigger than women in general and that's why docs as well as most other people listen more carefully to them.....IMHO. |
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HE CAN FIX ME!!!
"hopitus" wrote in message
... On Aug 19, 2:10 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: "hopitus" wrote in message ... On Aug 19, 1:21 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: "outsider" wrote in message 54... "CatNipped" wrote in : Hopitus and MaryL, you were very correct (and what about the *THREE* doctors I saw, before this one, who said they couldn't help me??!!) . . . . Hugs, CatNipped This is so disturbing. Logically there are only two conclusions about the first doctors. Either they just did not even know there was really something going on or they think it is acceptable to say "it can't be fixed" when they should say "I can't fix this" That's *exactly* what my friend, a nurse, said. She thinks that most doctors are so arrogant that they won't admit that there is just something they're not qualified to do! Either way is bad. Of course the news itself is wonderful. I can only imagine how horrendous constant pain must be. I look forward to hearing good news in the near future. Thanks! Chin Skritches, CatNipped Your pal the nurse is right. Has Dan talked about looking for a female doc for her? Both my fibro friends (boy would they be mad is they saw that!) have more than one doc...all men. A female doc might work, but sometimes, having to be (smarter, bigger, faster, stronger, etc). in a (still mostly) masculine field, in order to compete, can cause females to be just as bad as males! I've found that the best thing for me is to research my own problems then find a doctor who I can *tell* what's wrong with me and prescribe what I ask him to. Unfortunately, since I don't have a medical education, that only works as far as my ability to do research - IOW it doesn't always work! Chin Skritches, CatNipped Aside to Andy: men are bigger than women in general and that's why docs as well as most other people listen more carefully to them.....IMHO. Re your first sentence...I have doc friends - not many, and they are almost all ER-types, not surgeons, but most of them are women and they have told me over the years that most of what you speak of in this sentence - smarter, bigger, faster, stronger,etc.- all goes down and finishes in medical school as well as residency (which I was able to observe in many "teaching" hospitals where I worked, not even being interested for the most part, LOL). It boils down to survival of the fittest, just like in nature....I had a friend who was a chemist who shared classes with many pre-med students; he delighted in relating to me that many mornings coming into class his "projects" or "experiments" - whatever they were assigned - were among a pitiful few still proudly intact and complete for forensic scrutiny while his pre-med companions efficiently sabotaged each others' spectacular efforts, LOL. Women do have it rougher than male docs in RL though, and all nurses know this. Most women end up post med-school taking residencies in pediatrics or dermatology or psychiatry or radiology; that's where you will see the female docs, They don't flock to "gyno-obstetrics" ditto males, because of the heavy-duty lawsuits vulnerability in that specialty...imagine the court atmosphere....plaintiff wins mostly, big bucks settlements. i hope DesMoines has some female fibro specialists. Here is my fave medical joke - not involving politics nor much religion: What is the difference between God and a surgeon? God never claimed to be a surgeon. LOL! My favorite lawyer joke... What's the difference between a rooster and a lawyer? A rooster clucks defiance! (Sound it out!!) ; Nose Kisses, CatNipped |
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hopitus wrote in
: clip clip.... CatNipped Your pal the nurse is right. Has Dan talked about looking for a female doc for her? Both my fibro friends (boy would they be mad is they saw that!) have more than one doc...all men. Aside to Andy: men are bigger than women in general and that's why docs as well as most other people listen more carefully to them.....IMHO. This may be true but it is only a slightly better excuse than plain old sexism. Docs need to better at listening and better at admitting their own limits. My gp can be a pain but he does not seem to think he knows everything. The funny thing is he is very smart as doctors go; that is not one of his weak points. I am starting to learn to appreciate his good and bad points. |
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HE CAN FIX ME!!!
MESSAGE TO NANCY
Nancy my dear, who has the same ring, this is Gramby who is older than you. You must listen, GET ANOTHER DOCTOR. While you are going untreated, a condition could worsen. Please listen to Dan. "Daniel Mahoney" wrote in message news He about go in trouble once because the Doctor said "Son, the pain is not in your leg, it is in your hear." Mike told him that if he were his "son" he would know to believe him when it said it hurt. He then added what he thought the problem was and it wasn't complimentary to the Doctor. That's the issue Nancy is having. She goes to the same GP I have. He FINALLY ordered thyroid and sed rate tests for her the last time she saw him. When she told him she thought she might have fibromyalgia and she knows that she has arthritis (the arthritis was diagnosed and treated by her last 2 doctors in CA) he basically grabbed hold of her shoulders and twisted a little, and when she didn't flinch he said "Nope, you're fine". That is just so completely wrong! So now I'm urging her every time she'll listen to find a different doctor. This one keeps telling her it's all in her head, when it's quite obviously not. Sammy and Ranger are both fairly lightweight cats. When they walk on me while I'm in bed I can feel them but it's a very light pressure. When they walk on Nancy it hurts her. If she's on her side and one of them steps on her hip, it hurts her a lot. That is NOT NORMAL. So I'm pressuring her pretty constantly to try another doctor, and keep trying doctors until she'll find one that will actually listen to her and help her find out what's wrong and how to fix it. Dan |
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Purrs and prayers that you can get the procedure
done quickly and with the least inconvenience. Lily & her mama "CatNipped" wrote in message ... Hopitus and MaryL, you were very correct (and what about the *THREE* doctors I saw, before this one, who said they couldn't help me??!!). He said that he definitely sees the bone overgrowth on the C3 and C4 vertebrae and also part of the disk that was injured in the fall that broke my wrist, both pressing down on the nerve. And it can easily be removed (he said if you *have* to have a problem in the cervical area of the spine, this is the one to have). He'll go in from the front, just as you both described. He does it as an out-patient surgery with no hospital stay needed. Recovery time is about 2 days but I can't drive for 2 weeks so I'll get a small (unpaid) vacation from work. I'm going this Wednesday for another MRI (the one he looked at was from October of last year and the pain has gotten *significantly* worse since then), and then he'll be able to do the surgery within the month!!! I was so relieved and happy that I cried all the way home from the doctor's office. As I said, *THREE* other doctors (two orthopedists and another neurosurgeon) looked at those same films and said there was nothing that could be done for me - one wanted me to go to a psychiatrist as if the pain in my neck was all in my head - it was *SO* good to be validated and told that there was a physical reason for the pain, it was real, and it could be fixed! So thank you all so much for the purrs, they certainly worked again! Hugs, CatNipped "CatNipped" wrote in message ... I'm going to see the neurosurgeon today to see if he can do something about the pinched nerve in my neck. He's pretty much my last hope of getting free of this pain - and avoiding the gradual loss of the use of my right hand and arm. If he can do a "foraminotomy", arthoscopically, with minimal recovery time (and do it before the end of the year before my $1,500 deductible is back again), I would be *SO* happy. So, if you would please, I could use some purrs that the visit this afternoon turns out well and that he'll be able to help me. Chin Skritches, CatNipped -- Irulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. |
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HE CAN FIX ME!!!
"hopitus" wrote in message
... On Aug 19, 4:17 pm, outsider wrote: hopitus wrote : clip clip.... CatNipped Your pal the nurse is right. Has Dan talked about looking for a female doc for her? Both my fibro friends (boy would they be mad is they saw that!) have more than one doc...all men. Aside to Andy: men are bigger than women in general and that's why docs as well as most other people listen more carefully to them.....IMHO. This may be true but it is only a slightly better excuse than plain old sexism. Docs need to better at listening and better at admitting their own limits. My gp can be a pain but he does not seem to think he knows everything. The funny thing is he is very smart as doctors go; that is not one of his weak points. I am starting to learn to appreciate his good and bad points. I am convinced in medical school as well as their professional societies (my "profession" has societies, too...so do nurses) docs are reminded and "pimped" (pardon the expression: "pumped up" might be more PC) to remember that they are the final consultant/word on medical matters the "layman" (us) come to them concerning, and not to take any lip from anyone less than an M.D. The M.D.'s even formerly "looked down" on docs with a "D.O." (doctor of osteopathy) degree although working side-by-side with same, doing precisely the same thing. I hope this 'tude has changed, believe it has, somewhat. You all just have and need docs, you haven't spent many years carrying out their orders at work. This is funny..I have worked with/for docs who are terrible people personality-wise but I would trust my life to their judgement; likewise, have worked with/for those who are the greatest people you would ever want as friends or personalities...but I wouldn't trust any of my cat's lives to them (obscu they are not vets, LOL) but you get the drift, and that's the truth. I chose one of the nastiest surgeons I knew (gyno) for my biggest surgery to date. Note: did not "choose" the one who put in my arterial stents...under circumstances, you are kinda "hauled" to that kind....but the gyno surgeon/doc was older, up-to-date keeping kinda man, and very cautious and smart. I didn't like him but I trusted my life to his hands/brain...so please take my word for it, personality ain't the whole ballgame....with this species, anyway. Isn't that the truth - I think I might be a bit distrustful of a surgeon with a good bedside manner! ; Nose Kisses, CatNipped |
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... CN, I tried replying from work earlier in the week but our news server is still b0rken there (for 3 weeks now) and the post never showed up. I'm happy for you that you found a doc that is able to take the pain away from you, but seeing that we're in a cat newsgroup the subject line seemed a bit, um, open for interpretation. Five cringed a bit too at the word "fix" Good luck and purrs for a swift recovery and a pain-free life of servitude to your furry ones! -- mers Craig, Kathi & "Cat Five" the tabby girl "One way that you can tell that 'Mythbusters' has been in the area is to look for shrapnel in the trees." - Jamie Hyneman ROTFLMAO! Oh, I got that kind of fixed about 17 years ago! ; Nose Kisses, CatNipped |
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On Aug 18, 6:13*pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
He'll go in from the front, just as you both described. *He does it as an out-patient surgery with no hospital stay needed. *Recovery time is about 2 days but I can't drive for 2 weeks so I'll get a small (unpaid) vacation from work. *I'm going this Wednesday for another MRI (the one he looked at was from October of last year and the pain has gotten *significantly* worse since then), and then he'll be able to do the surgery within the month!!! I was so relieved and happy that I cried all the way home from the doctor's office. *As I said, *THREE* other doctors (two orthopedists and another neurosurgeon) looked at those same films and said there was nothing that could be done for me - one wanted me to go to a psychiatrist as if the pain in my neck was all in my head - it was *SO* good to be validated and told that there was a physical reason for the pain, it was real, and it could be fixed! So thank you all so much for the purrs, they certainly worked again! Hugs, CatNipped I'm so happy for you, CatNipped. You deserve to feel better. How else can you take the proper care of your masters and mistresses? I'm teasing of course. I'm just so happy that you'll be doing better. I don't write as often as I should, but I so enjoy reading what everyone has to say. I've got the purrs and prayers, offerings and songs going for you. In massive amounts. Smokie Darling (Annie) |
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HE CAN FIX ME!!!
"Smokie Darling (Annie)" wrote in message
... On Aug 18, 6:13 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: He'll go in from the front, just as you both described. He does it as an out-patient surgery with no hospital stay needed. Recovery time is about 2 days but I can't drive for 2 weeks so I'll get a small (unpaid) vacation from work. I'm going this Wednesday for another MRI (the one he looked at was from October of last year and the pain has gotten *significantly* worse since then), and then he'll be able to do the surgery within the month!!! I was so relieved and happy that I cried all the way home from the doctor's office. As I said, *THREE* other doctors (two orthopedists and another neurosurgeon) looked at those same films and said there was nothing that could be done for me - one wanted me to go to a psychiatrist as if the pain in my neck was all in my head - it was *SO* good to be validated and told that there was a physical reason for the pain, it was real, and it could be fixed! So thank you all so much for the purrs, they certainly worked again! Hugs, CatNipped I'm so happy for you, CatNipped. You deserve to feel better. How else can you take the proper care of your masters and mistresses? I'm teasing of course. I'm just so happy that you'll be doing better. I don't write as often as I should, but I so enjoy reading what everyone has to say. I've got the purrs and prayers, offerings and songs going for you. In massive amounts. Smokie Darling (Annie) ================================================ You don't have to tell *me* why you don't write often, it *hurts* - of course, with FMS *everything* hurts! Just take care of yourself, I'll let you guys know how it went. I've been hearing reading conflicting reports - some people say the neck, shoulder and arm pain are gone immediately; some people say that the nerve gets inflamed from the surgery and it takes a while to heal. Either way, as long as the end result is less pain, I'll be happy! ; Chin Skritches, CatNipped |
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I Could Use Some Purrs, Please - OT
CatNipped wrote:
I'm going to see the neurosurgeon today to see if he can do something about the pinched nerve in my neck. He's pretty much my last hope of getting free of this pain - and avoiding the gradual loss of the use of my right hand and arm. If he can do a "foraminotomy", arthoscopically, with minimal recovery time (and do it before the end of the year before my $1,500 deductible is back again), I would be *SO* happy. So, if you would please, I could use some purrs that the visit this afternoon turns out well and that he'll be able to help me. Chin Skritches, CatNipped Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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