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).
@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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I'm really sorry, George.
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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.
@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.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Just a question George because I know nothing of these things, but are her surgeons orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons?
@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.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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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.
@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.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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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.
@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.
@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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@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.
@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.
@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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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.
