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My MRI Experience

June 5th, 2008 | Comments Off

I had an MRI done of my right shoulder last evening. I was, for some reason, extremely anxious. Probably because in the TV show “House“, bad things always happen in the MRI or CAT scan. The lovely wife came with and it was very reassuring. Evening hours at the University of Rochester’s medical building in Brighton. Nice. Remodelling, like they are all over that system. Not so nice in that the music for the MRI was down. I got two golf tee shapped ear plugs and listened to a variety of loud pounding and slamming for twenty minutes. About five different sounds, two of which caused my insides to wiggle. Yep, like “giving birth to an alien” wiggle. I have to believe that improvements in this technology are on the way. The noise is something that … Read entire article »

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Adventures in Medicine

February 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

Based on the events of this week, I’m beginning a new series, titled as above. It will relate the lovely wife’s and my contacts with the medical community for the next year. That seems like a good timeframe. I went to see Dr. Cutie yesterday. My right shoulder has been very painful when used for about a month. I cannot lay on that side at night and putting a coat on is a chore. She is sending me to a “shoulder doctor”. Not sure that’s a speciality, but the phone number is the U of R’s sports medicine clinic. Office was open until 4:30 on Fridays, so, naturally, when I called at 4:20 yesterday, no one was in. I find it ironic that the phone message announces the hours while it is obvious that … Read entire article »

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