OT..to operate or not to operate

....the last visit to my sawbones was a revelation to say the least. The MRI
showed no problems with the rotator cuff (which is where he had been
injecting me with cortisone for these many months)
Turns out the problem is with my collar bone where it connects to the arm
bone, which in turn connects to the wrist bone, which...sorry, couldn't
help myself. Anyway, he plans to grind off(!) some of my collar bone to end
the conflict with the arm. In the meantime he gave me another injection
right where the two join, having to guide the needle down in there amidst
bone, muscle and tendon and God knows what else. (a long-assed needle I
might add, I should never had looked at it!) It seemed to take forever
while I frantically searched for a bullet to bite on. The date is not set
as yet for the slicing and dicing, but sometime soon I hope and get this
aggravation over with. Just looking for a little pity here. ;-)

Frank Sr.
....but to ease the pain, I have booked a three day float on the John Day
river in Oregon this June. Ore. F&G claim 4,000 bass per mile on this
river, I don't believe that but it sure sounds good.

Frank Church typed:
...the last visit to my sawbones was a revelation to say the least.
The MRI showed no problems with the rotator cuff (which is where he
had been injecting me with cortisone for these many months)
Turns out the problem is with my collar bone where it connects to the
arm bone, which in turn connects to the wrist bone, which...sorry,
couldn't help myself. Anyway, he plans to grind off(!) some of my
collar bone to end the conflict with the arm. In the meantime he gave
me another injection right where the two join, having to guide the
needle down in there amidst bone, muscle and tendon and God knows
what else. (a long-assed needle I might add, I should never had
looked at it!) It seemed to take forever while I frantically searched
for a bullet to bite on. The date is not set as yet for the slicing
and dicing, but sometime soon I hope and get this aggravation over
with. Just looking for a little pity here. ;-)

I understand they start grinding the bone at the top of the skull and work
their way down, so you may not only *feel* better, but *look* better, too.
;-)

Who loves ya, Frankie?
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

Hey, you Old Fart, such a procedure will be easy for you because you
are so mean and ugly. You won't even need a silver bullet to chomp
on.

Be well, Frank. Keep us posted.

Dave

Frank Church wrote:
...
Anyway, he plans to grind off(!) some of my collar bone to end
the conflict with the arm. In the meantime he gave me another injection
right where the two join, having to guide the needle down in there amidst
bone, muscle and tendon and God knows what else. (a long-assed needle I
might add, I should never had looked at it!) It seemed to take forever
while I frantically searched for a bullet to bite on. The date is not set
as yet for the slicing and dicing, but sometime soon I hope and get this
aggravation over with. Just looking for a little pity here. ;-)

Yep, you got way too much bone and gristle. Hell, I could
have told you *that*, and saved you the cost of the MRI. ;-)

Good luck with all that and keep us posted.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:04:34 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:

...the last visit to my sawbones was a revelation to say the least. The MRI
showed no problems with the rotator cuff (which is where he had been
injecting me with cortisone for these many months)
Turns out the problem is with my collar bone where it connects to the arm
bone, which in turn connects to the wrist bone, which...sorry, couldn't
help myself. Anyway, he plans to grind off(!) some of my collar bone to end
the conflict with the arm. In the meantime he gave me another injection
right where the two join, having to guide the needle down in there amidst
bone, muscle and tendon and God knows what else. (a long-assed needle I
might add, I should never had looked at it!) It seemed to take forever
while I frantically searched for a bullet to bite on. The date is not set
as yet for the slicing and dicing, but sometime soon I hope and get this
aggravation over with. Just looking for a little pity here. ;-)

Frank Sr.
...but to ease the pain, I have booked a three day float on the John Day
river in Oregon this June. Ore. F&G claim 4,000 bass per mile on this
river, I don't believe that but it sure sounds good.


at least it isn't a "soft tissue" problem . . . .

Peter

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"Tim J." wrote in
:

I understand they start grinding the bone at the top of the skull and
work their way down, so you may not only *feel* better, but *look*
better, too. ;-)

Who loves ya, Frankie?

....damn, with friends like you, who needs enemies?

Frank Sr
...but I could use an enema probably

Dave LaCourse wrote in
:

Hey, you Old Fart, such a procedure will be easy for you because you
are so mean and ugly. You won't even need a silver bullet to chomp
on.

Be well, Frank. Keep us posted.

....but I take ugly pills Pirate, what's your excuse? :-))

Frank Sr.
...anyway, I'm gonna will all my Three Forks rods to Ken.

Eating to much Viagra will cause this problem
They don't go in cereal and on ice cream like berries and raisins.
Good luck on the fix!!!!

"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
...the last visit to my sawbones was a revelation to say the least. The
MRI
showed no problems with the rotator cuff (which is where he had been
injecting me with cortisone for these many months)
Turns out the problem is with my collar bone where it connects to the arm
bone, which in turn connects to the wrist bone, which...sorry, couldn't
help myself. Anyway, he plans to grind off(!) some of my collar bone to
end
the conflict with the arm. In the meantime he gave me another injection
right where the two join, having to guide the needle down in there amidst
bone, muscle and tendon and God knows what else. (a long-assed needle I
might add, I should never had looked at it!) It seemed to take forever
while I frantically searched for a bullet to bite on. The date is not set
as yet for the slicing and dicing, but sometime soon I hope and get this
aggravation over with. Just looking for a little pity here. ;-)

Frank Sr.
...but to ease the pain, I have booked a three day float on the John Day
river in Oregon this June. Ore. F&G claim 4,000 bass per mile on this
river, I don't believe that but it sure sounds good.

"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
...the last visit to my sawbones was a revelation to say the least. The
MRI
showed no problems with the rotator cuff (which is where he had been
injecting me with cortisone for these many months)
Turns out the problem is with my collar bone where it connects to the arm
bone, which in turn connects to the wrist bone, which...sorry, couldn't
help myself. Anyway, he plans to grind off(!) some of my collar bone to
end
the conflict with the arm. In the meantime he gave me another injection
right where the two join, having to guide the needle down in there amidst
bone, muscle and tendon and God knows what else. (a long-assed needle I
might add, I should never had looked at it!) It seemed to take forever
while I frantically searched for a bullet to bite on. The date is not set
as yet for the slicing and dicing, but sometime soon I hope and get this
aggravation over with. Just looking for a little pity here. ;-)

Frank Sr.
...but to ease the pain, I have booked a three day float on the John Day
river in Oregon this June. Ore. F&G claim 4,000 bass per mile on this
river, I don't believe that but it sure sounds good.

Umqua has at least that many smallies per mile. So the John Day probably
has the same. As to the surgery. You will be down for a while. Get the
ice bag shoulder cuff unit. You have a cooler with iceand water and the
water flows to the cuff. The end of the shoulder is probably a bone spur
catching the ligament. My wife had the same surgery about 7 year ago.
Affects women more than men, so maybe you are a girlie man. After a month
or so of physical therapy, she has been ok. Before the surgery, she could
hardly move the arm, and now has full movement.

Frank Church wrote:
"Tim J." wrote in
:

I understand they start grinding the bone at the top of the skull and
work their way down, so you may not only *feel* better, but *look*
better, too. ;-)

Who loves ya, Frankie?

...damn, with friends like you, who needs enemies?

Yep. Just my way of saying "good luck".

..but I could use an enema probably

I don't love ya *that* much.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/