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apologize....off topic

TiEd.....your private messages are full.

sorry for interrupting thread.

jess...and Sparky

well, i tried it....or the guy from the Aspen brace company finally
showed up at my pain management doctor's office in Manhattan...
and, after 2 appts he could not get to, he had the brace with him...

thanks Jen, Maria, Karen, Sharon,
and others...

my spine has not felt this spasm-y in a long time...
i am looking forward to injections of March 3rd to
help relax the muscles and relieve some...

got 9 a.m. appt last minute at vet...
lab report says Sparky has doggie version of Mersa...so resistant to meds...said some meds that work on bacteria too dangerous
to give dogs...
now is on doxi...

thanks so much, Maria and Karen....Sparky and i appreciate
your kind concern....

he IS starting to heal i think...the blood is there and gone
and then back again...i am hoping Sparky is starting...

thanks Maria
yes, you are right about the winter...
he cannot go out and have his beloved walks...i don't know of any
dogs who can be out in this freezing cold and snow...
besides the sled...

thanks Sharon, for your kindness and concern.
it is deeply appreciated.

removal of prostate causes incontinence in almost every case.
most neutered dogs who were fixed on time as puppies have...

my back froze today like a gorilla was on it....

Sparky at vet...has 3 more cysts...small, size of walnuts..
i do not call that small for 10 pound dog...
why do they keep re occurring...? he is...

wouch....ouch...
a crooked spine and no sleep...
up all nite with puppy in such discomfort...so went to vet this morning...
sure enuf...as i suspected...another cyst...
vet drained it...got 3/4...

thanks, Sharon
this is result of puppy mill...defiinitely.
Sparky's body keeps forming "structures" almost as if, the
surgeon said, his body is trying to form female structures....
from getting...

thanks for the concern & encouragement, Karen.
all of the northeast is getting slammed this winter....seems Mother
Nature saved most of the snow for February, too

i am very concerned and will...

thanks, Susie Bee
spring WILL come...it has to...
tho i think winter will leave grudgingly....maybe with a final
kick for a good bye.
and with basketball championship this wkend and then ...

i cancelled pain doc appt for tomorrow, Wed, Feb 11th...
just cannot do it...
New England got dumped on with another 8 inches to a foot
of snow, on top of snow from 2 other storms, one a...

valium is used as a muscle relaxer by some doctors...
including some psychiatrists...
good or bad....that is one of reasons valium is prescribed...
often on very limited basis

jess

hi Cathy
i am a retired social worker and before that a special ed teacher,
all for NYC public schools....
so i have some idea what is involved in a classroom setting...

end of year.....there...

Peggy....i am so sorry your family doctor
was so ignorant and useless for help...i hope from now on that
healing is steady, smooth and uneventful....
and i hope, after you are healed and have...

hi Liz
i really believe the hospital nurse or nurses who were so
NOT helpful to you need to be sent back to school for a
refresher course!! that was disgusting tx to ignore your...

well, they don't always keep "regular" rods from breaking...

progress is not overnite...i am sure there will be things along
the way to work out...
but what a wonderful step forward...
i am...

good....i am glad, Linda
i just was trying to point out the importance
of choosing a surgeon with successful experience doing LOTS
of the same surgeries that she may be having.

Lauren, best of...

question...
who are the top surgeons listed here on national scoliosis
website for your area of the country....???

just my opinion...but i believe that is...or those are...
the docs you should...

what a great thing to look forward to for your birthday...
walking on your own without needing a walker anymore

i am so happy you are not in a lot of pain, and i hope this is the last surgery you...

hi Melissa
thanks for asking...
Sparky still on antibiotics for UTI
he had no new cysts today at ultra sound...
he is worn out from getting 200 ml of fluid today, to
try to flush out crystals...

rescheduled to two separate appts...
but not available on consecutive days...
have to go in Feb 3 for meds and Feb 11
for injections....exhausting 3 hour trip
each direction...in winter it is...

thanks Sharon...
i hope i can reschedule to sometime fairly soon....

yes, poor puppy still in cone...on antibiotic pills every 8 hours..
ultra sound scheduled for today to look for more cysts,...

as badly as i need injections in my shoulders and upper spine,
i am going to have to cancel trip to pain doctor this week...
the blizzard will be dumping 12-30 inches of snow in NYC
area and up...