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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:36 PM Original message |
I give up. I'm going to have the damaged nerve in my shoulder cryoblocked. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope you win freedom from pain. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Thank you for your good wishes. Like I said, even two years would be a blessing. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Any chance of a |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Unfortunately, no. The extent and age of the damage limits the options to the nuclear one. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Sorry to hear that. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Go for it!! Chronic pain is a bitch. Enjoy being pain-free |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think anybody felt your posts were a burden |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Shit. I hope you feel better, Cuz. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Thank you, m'dear. My shoulder feels better already, from reading that. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Any chance that a cryoblock might work longer? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Possible, but unknown and unpredictable. The way he states the situation is thus: |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It's because |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Aha. Thank you so much for the explanation. And I could not agree more with your |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Whiner. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You're on your SECOND knee? Damn. But have hope; replacement joints are one thing |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. The first one failed after just five years |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Redstone, you are a pleasure to read |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. But, but...after the cryoblock kills the nerve, I won't be able to |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. i hope you can find some freedom from your pain |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm a visual kind of a guy. Here's to relief from pain. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe in 2 years they will have something that lasts for 10 years. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. that was my thought |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. My thought as well. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's the best news I've heard all day! I was growing tired of your incessant whining! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. What's a cryoblock? (My google-fu is letting me down) |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. An injection of liquid (cryogenic) nitrogen into a nerve, which kills the nerve. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-06-07 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. My dear Redstone... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Godammit, where's Bones McCoy when you need him? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. Why is that "giving up"? A hundred years ago you'd have lived with it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'd go for it in a heartbeat. |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. Go for it, Redstone... |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yay! |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
31. go for it. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm so sorry my friend. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. How strange; I was just thinking about you and thinking about this procedure. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. BI, I'm going to say right here in public, and Mrs R knows I'm saying it: Yes, there's |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. I have chronic shoulder pain...... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You want a copy of the PM I sent to QMPmom? Just ask, and it's yours. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Yes, that would be awesome...thanks. |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. I hope that it works for you, Redstone. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Will PM you right now. My case is a rare one, but if it'll help, so be it. |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Thank you, Redstone. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. ... |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm glad for you, to read this |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-07-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. And maybe by the time you need more relief, the technology will have caught up |
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