D4 Update?
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Sounds like her back is really unstable. Is it just the lower part or does she have some issues higher up? Just spitballing, but would there be any benefit from the long Herrington rods like they do for scoliosis?
Because this sounds like a honey of an operation coming up. Be nice if it could be one and done (hopefully).
wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 13:06 last edited by@Jolly said in D4 Update?:
would there be any benefit from the long Herrington rods like they do for scoliosis
I hate, hate, hate, that operation.
She has no upper back issues, yet. The problem with any stabilization is that it provokes adjacent areas to do unnatural work. There is something called "Adjacent-Level Degeneration."
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 15:05 last edited by
Jeez. I'm so sorry it has come to this. She's much too young for these issues.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 15:33 last edited by
I'm really sorry, George.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 15:58 last edited by
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
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I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 16:12 last edited by@89th said in D4 Update?:
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
I usually don't let them know. However, when I have questions, I end up using "the vocabulary."
After that, the conversation goes, "Are in medicine? Ah, I see.
What field? Oh, really,
Where? You worked HERE?
The good thing is that they don't have to go thru the preliminary explanations of shit. They can talk jargon and I can explain to D4.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 16:15 last edited by
Damn. I come back after a year and this is the first thing I read.
I'm very sorry to hear about D4, George. Hope everything goes well on Tuesday.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 17:23 last edited by
Oh wow. I sure hope they can get her pain free. I can totally relate.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 17:38 last edited by
Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
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Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 17:47 last edited by@blondie said in D4 Update?:
Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
Neuro.
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wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 17:53 last edited by
I spent 27 days in bed in 2015 with back pain. I can’t imagine how much worse this could be, but she and you are living this. I’m so hoping this surgery can help her.
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@blondie said in D4 Update?:
Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
Neuro.
wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 18:22 last edited by@George-K said in D4 Update?:
@blondie said in D4 Update?:
Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
Neuro.
Only way to go with a back. I detest orthos doing back work.
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@89th said in D4 Update?:
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
I usually don't let them know. However, when I have questions, I end up using "the vocabulary."
After that, the conversation goes, "Are in medicine? Ah, I see.
What field? Oh, really,
Where? You worked HERE?
The good thing is that they don't have to go thru the preliminary explanations of shit. They can talk jargon and I can explain to D4.
wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 18:25 last edited by@George-K said in D4 Update?:
@89th said in D4 Update?:
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
I usually don't let them know. However, when I have questions, I end up using "the vocabulary."
After that, the conversation goes, "Are in medicine? Ah, I see.
What field? Oh, really,
Where? You worked HERE?
The good thing is that they don't have to go thru the preliminary explanations of shit. They can talk jargon and I can explain to D4.
They know, usually by the second or third sentence. Then, they cut to the chase. At least you understand everything. Being a dumb labrat, it sometimes goes over my head.
I just nod and try to understand the biggest part.
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@George-K said in D4 Update?:
@blondie said in D4 Update?:
Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
Neuro.
Only way to go with a back. I detest orthos doing back work.
wrote on 27 Jun 2024, 18:27 last edited by@Jolly said in D4 Update?:
Only way to go with a back. I detest orthos doing back work.
Gonna disagree with you, a bit.
A well-trained ortho is probably fine for the non-complicated stuff. Emphasis on well-trained. I've seen some ortho guys do outstanding work. Former chair of ortho at Northwestern did all the scoliosis surgery there. He was really good.
But, that said, it's rare, and I assume it's not a huge part of most residencies.
Given the choice, I agree, neuro > ortho. But there are some fine ortho spine surgeons out there.
D4's doc:
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wrote on 28 Jun 2024, 01:20 last edited by
Staff bent the rules and let G2 and G3 visit (they are 6 and 2 years old).
I lived in this building in medical school.
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wrote on 28 Jun 2024, 02:50 last edited by
That's great!
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@89th said in D4 Update?:
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
I usually don't let them know. However, when I have questions, I end up using "the vocabulary."
After that, the conversation goes, "Are in medicine? Ah, I see.
What field? Oh, really,
Where? You worked HERE?
The good thing is that they don't have to go thru the preliminary explanations of shit. They can talk jargon and I can explain to D4.
wrote on 28 Jun 2024, 04:01 last edited by@George-K said in D4 Update?:
@89th said in D4 Update?:
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
I usually don't let them know. However, when I have questions, I end up using "the vocabulary."
That happens to me all the time. And obviously I’m not a physician. But I am immersed in that world and the vocabulary sticks to me. ‘Hepatocyte’ falls from my mouth easier than ‘liver cell’. So they ask if I’m a physician and I say ‘no, but I spend too much time with them’ and explain my job.
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@George-K said in D4 Update?:
@89th said in D4 Update?:
I'm curious does the doctor enjoy talking with you more than most parents because of your medical knowledge? I'd imagine it's a nice change for him/her/they/them.
I usually don't let them know. However, when I have questions, I end up using "the vocabulary."
That happens to me all the time. And obviously I’m not a physician. But I am immersed in that world and the vocabulary sticks to me. ‘Hepatocyte’ falls from my mouth easier than ‘liver cell’. So they ask if I’m a physician and I say ‘no, but I spend too much time with them’ and explain my job.
wrote on 28 Jun 2024, 11:33 last edited by@jon-nyc said in D4 Update?:
‘Hepatocyte’ falls from my mouth easier than ‘liver cell’.
Funny you should comment on that. When we last met, you were dropping all kinds of fancy-schmancy words that I haven't heard or used since medical school. I was surprised.
You're obviously in a very different part of the world than I
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wrote on 28 Jun 2024, 12:36 last edited by
By the way, that out-the-window view? See that green patch of land. That's where the VA Hospital used to stand. It was torn down, and nothing ever was built there.
Considering the area, that block of land is worth many, many millions. It's never been developed, and the only explanation I can come up with is that it's federal land and not for sale.
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wrote on 28 Jun 2024, 12:46 last edited by
Seems refreshing, honestly, to have a bit of green space (and a good chunk of it) in the middle of all that steel.