My mum had two total knee joint replacements which were both very
successful and over the past few months she was very mobile and
experiencing a new lease of life ... The other day she experienced a
'crunching' feeling in her right knee and was absolutely devastated and

http://www.healthsentinel.com/org_news.php?event=org_news_print_list_item&id=068
Roman Bystrianyk, "Medication use a major risk factor in falls in the
elderly", Health Sentinel, December 12, 2005,
Falls and related injuries are a serious problem in the elderly.

I have been researching laser hair removal and wanted to share some of
the information I have found. Here is an article I wrote that answers
some of the most common questions that I originally had.
Excess facial or body hair is a concern for men and women, alike. Some

Carole,
Thank you so much. I know you must have made that card and it is so
beautiful. I really appreciate your caring and thoughtfulness going into
that card. It made my day.

Well I guess you have correctly figured out that I am in the hospital.
I had just typed  three paragraph post telling you about everything
that has happened and it suddenly disappeared!  Very frustrating.  I'm
going to try and give you the readers digest version.

Hi all - hope you are all bearing up under the strain.  Went to see the RD
last week, everything is fine with me, the medication for my RA seems to be
working fine,
One thing really bugs me though, last time I was there when the nurse took

Has anyone had these treatments for pain?  My rheumy is asking me to
consider trying them.  It is an "action of pulsed electrical
stimulation on cartilage?"  I also want to know if the effects are
lasting or does it have to be repeated.  Thanks and best wishes for

Is firechief ever going to rejoin us here in ASA???   He sure is sorely
missed!!!
Please send him and Mary all our love!
Donna G

I know I'll always remember December the 7th from now on, I'm having the
foot surgery I mentioned a while
back in the morning.  We have to be in Wichita by 7AM and should be back
by tomorrow night.  I'm sure the

and murder should be legal!
I swear, my damn DOG was smarter then he was.  The fool had every
license and degree hanging up, but he had to have slept with someone
to get them, because his medical knowledge just sux the big left toe!

It as been a long time since I posted last, so I will try to cover
everything.
Cancer:  Saw my doctor on 11/29 and told him about the pain I was
experiencing around my sternum and close to my spleen after examining it

Spinal Troubles are big troubles by Jane E. Brody
The New York Times
The spine can join the knees as an example of the limits of evolution.
We just were not meant to stand upright for more than 50 years. Still, most

It looks  like I either have a DVT or bad cellulitis in my left leg.
I'm going to get a venous doppler and then will know which direction
the dr will send me. The lower part of my leg about two inches below my
wound is red down to my ankle. It looks line someone drew a line on me

Another upswing day...  As I have said before, she likes it much
better when the lights in her room are off.  This morning when I
turned them off and her eyes popped open, they stayed open and she
was looking around the room.  I ran up to her and started talking to

I am new to this NG and thought I'd take a minute to introduce myself.
I am Yanosz, a twenty seven year old male, residing in Two Rivers Alaska
with my partner Rick, my two service dogs Dewey and Turk and Rick's sled
dogs...