ROFF and making friends

"rw" wrote in message
m...
Scott Seidman wrote:

Very recently published studies have shown that spinal fusions are not
as
efficacious as laminectomies, and both are not much more successful at
resolving back pain than therapy.

As someone who has had both a laminectomy and a fusion (in my neck), my
experience is very different. I first had the laminectomy because
"fusion" sounded too extreme (I feared walking around like
Frankenstein), even though my surgeon told me the problem would probably
reoccur. It did, a few years later, and big time. I then had a fusion of
three vertebrae (same surgeon) and it completely took care of the
problem up to this time. The decreased flexibility in my neck is not
nearly as bad as I feared. The fusion might be contributing to my
upper-back problems while fishing (described in another post), but at
least I don't have constant, excruciating pain in my arm and atrophied
muscles.

The recuperation from the fusion was a bitch, though.

All of which demonstrates clearly enough that the interplay of problems and
potential palliatives or solutions is a great deal more complex than the
health care consumer realizes or, generally, is capable of dealing with
confidently. As a matter of fact, the same could be said for health care
providers (of every ilk) were it not for the fact that confidence comes all
too easily to so many of them......what the hell, it ain't their back.

The good news is that there IS a one size fits all foolproof solution to ALL
health care problems.......it resides somewhere in Florid, if I'm not
mistaken.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in
:

The good news is that there IS a one size fits all foolproof solution
to ALL health care problems.......it resides somewhere in Florid, if
I'm not mistaken.

Wolfgang


Yup. If the Jewish Mafia can't fix a problem, there must be no solution!

Scott

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
rw wrote:

Ken Fortenberry wrote:


You're just not cut out to be an outdoorsman. Denial is not a river
in Egypt, dearie. Why don't you take up something more in tune with
your nature, like interior decorating or hair dressing.


Gee, that would suck. Would I have to move to Illinois, too?


I hear some do it that way. No, sweetie, the Bay Area is PERFECT.

For the record, I'm a resident and property owner and registered voter
in Stanley, Idaho, population 100. I also carry resident Idaho fishing
and hunting and driver's licenses. I also hold elective office as City
Councilman. My proper title is The Honorable Stephen Thomas Barnard. :-)

(No ****, I get Christmas cards addressed that way. It's kind of
embarrassing.)

In short, I'm an Idaho resident by any measure (going on five years),
although I lived in the Bay Area for quite some time and I still own
property in Menlo Park. It was a very good investment.

I've found that politics in a tiny, rural community is fraught with
danger and aggravation, and the pay is inconsequential, but it's
EXTREMELY interesting.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote

I also hold elective office as City
Councilman. My proper title is The Honorable Stephen Thomas Barnard. :-)

(No ****, I get Christmas cards addressed that way. It's kind of
embarrassing.)

no, it isn't. you are proud of it. i can't abide bull****.

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in
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The good news is that there IS a one size fits all foolproof solution
to ALL health care problems.......it resides somewhere in Florid, if
I'm not mistaken.

Wolfgang


Yup. If the Jewish Mafia can't fix a problem, there must be no solution!

Molotov!

Wolfgang
who knew the yiddish lessons would pay off some day.

Wolfgang wrote:

Cigarettes and beer have done it for me. Unorthodox, to be sure, but
a boy's gotta be an ungrateful idiot to argue with a successful
regimen.

Wolfgang




hear... hear.... HEAR!

wolf, that has been my prescription for years... as i near 1/2 a
century (as you do my friend).... i begin to have doubts
concerning this "masculine diet."

our good, perverse, yet faithful buddy, sir opus mcdopus, has
sworn off both.... in doing so, he got laid.... or so he says....
(the jibe is... well ****, out of respect for my dependable and
on time, most times, fishin' buddy, i jest won't go there....)

if true.... i shall follow suit .... however and the required
inclusionary "but", wisconsin cheese and california wines shall
remain optional....

yer pal in the old north state... errr.... ypitonc

wally... (ask jeff to send ya a "surrealistic" nc coastal jpg ;-)

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 23:15:00 GMT, "Wayne Harrison"
wrote:

no, it isn't. you are proud of it. i can't abide bull****.

Aw c'mon Wayno, he didn't say he was ashamed of it, just embarrassed
by the title on Christmas cards. Proud and embarrassed aren't mutually
exclusive.
--
Charlie...

Wayne Harrison wrote:

no, it isn't. you are proud of it. i can't abide bull****.

In true fact, I'm happy for the honorifics to be restricted to Christmas
cards. It's comical. It makes me feel like I should be wearing a robe
and a powdered wig. You can just call me Citizen Barnard. :-)

I am proud, however, to have been elected by a majority of the voters in
Stanley. (We don't have an Electoral College here.)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
m...
Wayne Harrison wrote:

no, it isn't. you are proud of it. i can't abide bull****.

In true fact, I'm happy for the honorifics to be restricted to Christmas
cards. It's comical. It makes me feel like I should be wearing a robe
and a powdered wig. You can just call me Citizen Barnard. :-)

I am proud, however, to have been elected by a majority of the voters in
Stanley. (We don't have an Electoral College here.)


well, thanks for the honesty.

wayno

"walt winter" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

Cigarettes and beer have done it for me. Unorthodox, to be sure, but
a boy's gotta be an ungrateful idiot to argue with a successful
regimen.

Wolfgang




hear... hear.... HEAR!

wolf, that has been my prescription for years... as i near 1/2 a
century (as you do my friend)....

Uh uh, sport, I ain't doin' no such thing. ......um....I mean.....


i begin to have doubts
concerning this "masculine diet."

our good, perverse, yet faithful buddy, sir opus mcdopus, has
sworn off both.... in doing so, he got laid.... or so he says....
(the jibe is... well ****, out of respect for my dependable and
on time, most times, fishin' buddy, i jest won't go there....)

if true.... i shall follow suit .... however and the required
inclusionary "but", wisconsin cheese and california wines shall
remain optional....

yer pal in the old north state... errr.... ypitonc

Sheesh! Nobody listens! I just meant that it was good for my BACK. The
rest of me, if the evidence is to be believed, is pretty much turning into a
malted **** shake.

Still, I'll be pleased as punch to share a bottle and a brie with ya.


wally... (ask jeff to send ya a "surrealistic" nc coastal jpg ;-)

HEY, JEFFIE!

Wolfgang