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Hospital revisited
My mother had to go into the hospital unexpected this past week. She is 87 and most days gets around better than I do. She and my sister had just come back from a quick trip to Carlsbad, NM. She … Continue reading
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Tagged elder care, elderly, Health, Hernia, Intestine, Medicine, Surgery
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Page 2: After Trauma at 9, Peruvian Teen Will Undergo Genital Reconstruction Surgery – ABC News
Page 2: After Trauma at 9, Peruvian Teen Will Undergo Genital Reconstruction Surgery – ABC News. When something unexpected happens to a family member, we wonder why, with the knowledge of today’s medicine a cure can’t be found? On the … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, Medicine, Men's Health, Penis, Peru, reconstructive surgery, Surgery, United States
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Buyer Beware: Uncertified Doc Botches Surgery, Gives Woman Uniboob – ABC News
Buyer Beware: Uncertified Doc Botches Surgery, Gives Woman Uniboob – ABC News. It is legal in most states for a doctor who is NOT a board certified plastic surgeon to perform plastic surgery! That means a doctor somewhere, to supplement his … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, Cosmetic and Plastic, Health, Medicine, Physician, Plastic surgery, Surgery, United States
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Man Who Used Butter Knife on Hernia Latest DIY Surgery Attempt – ABC News
Man Who Used Butter Knife on Hernia Latest DIY Surgery Attempt – ABC News. Really? With a butter knife? Cut something off of your own body? Without knowing what you are doing? Really? What was he thinking! OMG! He was … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC News, Butter knife, California, Do it yourself, Hernia, Home, Knife, mental, Mental health, mental illness, mental instability, psychological, Surgery
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Lap Band anyone?
I recently talked about my visit to Lubbock. I was getting more information about knee-replacement surgery for the future. Since I am mostly “chair-bound” and have Lymphedema in my legs, he wanted to get all potential problems out-of-the-way before surgery, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustable gastric band, Dallas, Health, Medicine, Obesity, Surgery, United States, Weight loss
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Aging Gracefully?
Over the past 15 years, my knees have gradually deteriorated. I’ve progressed from cane to walker, to wheelchair. Since obesity ran in both sides of my family, and since my dad had knee replacement surgery, I assumed that also “ran … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, Knee, Knee replacement, Lymphedema, Medicine, Orthopedic surgery, Surgery, Tech Center
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