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 Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:31 pm
Lol ~ it just always struck me that he would have been perfect in one of their videos... come to think of it, they were in the "Mother Goose" movie... they were the "Three Men in the Tub". whee
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:56 am
Just found out that I might have arthritis in my left knee... gonk damn it sucks to grow old. Doctor said that most athletes develop some sort of arthritis in joints where previous injuries occured....it's so unfair. This being an old injurying acquired in my 20s whilst I was a skiing. wahmbulance I had a nasty spill off the side of a mountain landing 20feet below and covered in snow while on holiday with my mates. Luckily, a group of cross country skiers saw me flying over the edge and called ski patrol. I was flown from the mountain to hospital where my damn knee popped out of the socket and had to have orhtoscopic surgery to correct it... now 25 years later the injury has decided to rear its ugly head and cause me shooting pain that knocks me off my feet. Between the viacodin and celebrex 4laugh I'm feeling no pain and hoping that this all goes away soon. God, it sooo sucks to grow old... what next, hip replacement surgery? arghhh scream
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:18 pm
I'm sorry to hear that... yes, it does suck getting old. My back has been out of whack ever since I moved my grandma's stuff... and getting more sore by the day. Not going to the dr. either as he never seems to be able to help. *Hands you some muscle relaxers the dumb doc gave me that do nothing.* confused
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:51 pm
Back injuries are terrible, sorry to hear yours is bothering you Lil' Brat. My father still suffers from a bad back but what has helped him a wee bit is chiropratic care and massages. Have you tried that? My father goes once a month for what he calls his back therapy and it has helped him. I start physical therapy for my knee this week... doctor thinks that if I strengthen the muscles around my knee it might help with the arthritist... I'm pray it will, as I don't like being on pain killers too long messes with my stomach and all.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:31 pm
My chiropractor told me he couldn't budge a thing, the muscles are too tense. He wrote a referral for massage, but the HMO said, nope... gotta try this physical therapy thing instead. There I was handed a large piece of rubber tubing, shown some exercises, and instructed to buy a book on back/neck trouble and a lumbar roll...
None of this was very helpful, and when I went back to the doc, she gave me anti-depressants.... confused
Which made me jittery and nothing else... talk2hand
Tossed those bad boys and went back again to see a new doc. He handed me a bottle of muscle relaxers that do nothing and told I might want to try massage. ninja
However, they won't write up a referral, so they don't have to pay for it... evil
This has been ongoing for over two years. The whole might try massage just irks me no end as that's what I brought to them in the first place. burning_eyes
Unfortunately, I now have spasms in my lower right hip, which tend to make the ones in my upper back and neck not so noticeable. I dread going back in there as at the last visit I pretty much had to force them to take an X-ray and it was pretty obvious it was done only to pacify me. scream
And they wonder why the patients call it "Group Death" instead of "Group Health". rolleyes
I hope the therapy works for you as knee trouble doesn't sound any funner than this back stuff. Good luck. heart
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:16 pm
Back and knee pain is no fun at all. I empathize with you guys, and yes the group health thing is a joke. *Makes each of you a cup of nice hot soothing tea, and builds a fire in the fireplace, fluffs the pillows in the easy chairs and says" come join me by the fire....*
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:51 pm
Lil Brat I'm sorry that the HMO won't cover the massage scream that really is pain in the arse (so to speak no pun intended). I was on an HMO when I first moved to the USA and while my children were quite young. When my son was 1-1/2 years old he developed a severe illness that required operation and the HMO instead of referring us outside their hospital system to a pediatric surgeon had one of their regular surgeons perform the surgery on our son. The hideous scar and complications that followed the surgery was terrible. When we pressed the HMO to rectify the situation and allow us to have a plastic surgeon fixs the scar, our request was turned down based on "unnecessary cosmetictry". When our son's illness reoccured at age 7, the HMO again refused to let us go outside the system to a pediatric surgeon so biting the bullet we left the HMO and paid a higher premium with my husband's employer and took our son to a qualified pediatric surgeon. The pediatric surgeon was horrified by the previous operation scarring and when she finished with our son you couldn't tell he ever had surgery. Since that time, we've never turned back and although the price is high for the care we get it has been worth it. I don't know if you can switch health care systems or if that is even within your option but I do understand how frustrating you must feel. HMOs have their patients by the balls and sometimes I wonder how much money they pocket at the expense of their patients health and lives. Sad truly sad. mad
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:11 pm
It's very sad that your son had to go threw that. It is very hard on young kids to have bad medical experiences... My son was about a year and a half when we had a doctor recomend that a tract by his ear be removed because it would get infected with sweat and dirt. This doctor had no idea what he was getting into but did the surgery any way. Shortly after the first time he had it done we were in the emergency room with a severly infected side of his face. They cut it open, drained it and left a huge open wound to heal. We went back to the doctor and he scheduled surgery again. Same thing happened and we ended up in emergency again. We ended up getting refered to a pediatric ENT from one of the doctors at the emergency room and set up an appointment right away. We found out that the tract broke off into many tracts, including one that went into his inner ear. The surgery ended up taking almost 4 hours and this doctor left him with a scar that ran from the top of his ear to the bottom in a position that is hardly noticable. The other doctor left him with 2 horrible surgery experiences, 2 horrible emergency room experiences and what would have been a horrible scar. I learned right away that no matter what the cost, you do it right the first time when it involves children and medical.  The picture is of my son after the surgery and his puppy that the doctor let him bring into surgery, they both got matching bandages.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:03 am
Lil Jo I'm so sorry to hear about your son's experience. But you are sooo right, when it comes to our children there really is no price you can put on good medical care. I wish I had a picture of my little guy after his surgery to share, your son looks soo peaceful. How is your son doing now?
My son is 15 years old now and although he has no memory of his early surgeries he is very conscientious of the huge scar that runs down his inner thigh. Most times he forgets about the scar until someone else says something. He tends to wear long shorts to cover it and hates to shower after Gym class. I had to write a note to the school to explain his scar and ask for permission for him to skip showering. Yes, he stinks but he'd rather have people avoid his stinkiness then stare at his scar.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:40 am
It's a real bummer when our bodies start to 'give in' as we get older! But that comes with the package deal of aging! I personally suffer from such a bad back (due to various accidents) that I was told that if I ever get back on a horse again, I could end up in a wheelchair! I am now wanting to learn to fly a helicopter, but havent told the quack that wink
But when things happens kids and to a young person...... sad How incredibly sad!!!
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:50 pm
On the positive side though, when we are young we tend to bounce back from serious injuries & such faster I think, and sometimes scars will fade over the coming decades. I burnt the daylights out of the knuckles of my left hand when they got against a red-hot pot bellied stove when I was a little kid, and for a long time all four knuckles had harsh pale scars on them. By the time I was an adult however my skin had stretched & grown so much the scars shifted off the knuckles and had become almost the same color as the rest of my skin. Even now, when it seems so many other scars are becoming more obvious, I can barely see those four knuckle scars.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:32 pm
mAOri waHIne Lil Jo I'm so sorry to hear about your son's experience. But you are sooo right, when it comes to our children there really is no price you can put on good medical care. I wish I had a picture of my little guy after his surgery to share, your son looks soo peaceful. How is your son doing now? My son is 15 years old now and although he has no memory of his early surgeries he is very conscientious of the huge scar that runs down his inner thigh. Most times he forgets about the scar until someone else says something. He tends to wear long shorts to cover it and hates to shower after Gym class. I had to write a note to the school to explain his scar and ask for permission for him to skip showering. Yes, he stinks but he'd rather have people avoid his stinkiness then stare at his scar. my son is 21 now and part of the geezer guild. He had a great doctor the last time he had the surgery and his scar is hardly noticable unless you are close to his ear. I don't think he ever really was conscious of it except when I would try to show off how good of a job the second doctor did. sorry to hear your son has a hard time dealing with the scar, my husband grew up with a nasty scar too and I'm sure he could relate.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:25 pm
^^
I'd say I'm alright, physically. I still don't like doctors though, for a few previous experiences...same with dentists. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:03 pm
gonk Dentists are evil.
*Runs & locks self in safe to hide from evil dentists*
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