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Post #13,103
by jbrabeck
10/12/01 9:54:42 AM
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New Thanks - we finally have a diagnosis
Short version...
Fell in early May. Went to Dr. following week due to pain, said "Pulled muscles".
Pain got worse. Urgent care Dr. "Sprained wrist".
Few weeks later, Pain got so bad on weekend went to ER. Dr. suggested Mayo Clinic, neurology/spine check.

Went to Mayo. CT, MRI, EEG, EMG. "Can't find anything physically/neurologically wrong, "try a shrink" (my wife's interpetation). Mayo did rule out MS, Parkinsons, stroke, spinal injury and nerve malfunction. But didn't give a diagnosis.
Recommended to Pain Rehab Clinic. Tried the one at Sister Kinny Institute. Was too streneous for her, had to drop after one week. Now she is at the Pain Rehab at St. Mary's (Part of Mayo Clinic).

The doctor there ran some tests and said she has the most severe form of Fibromyalgia. This is what she had already determined based upon research on the internet. She (and I also) was very happy to finally have a medical person give her a diagnosis. Of course, Fibro is a life long condition. She may regain some of her mobility and ability to work, she may not...

Keep her in your prayers, if you're so inclined. And thanks.
[link|mailto:jbrabeck@mn.mediaone.net|Joe]
Post #13,106
by jb4
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10/12/01 10:08:23 AM
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New I'm with you, buddy
My wife is in the same boat.

My prayers are with you both....
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
Post #13,144
by jbrabeck
10/12/01 1:24:27 PM
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New Please email me direct.
My wife has found a Fibro chat line. That has helped her a lot. If your wife and my wife have the same thing, it may be beneficial for them to email each other.
[link|mailto:jbrabeck@mn.mediaone.net|Joe]
Post #13,145
by jb4
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10/12/01 1:29:00 PM
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New 10-4...write you this weekend
But be advised that my wife is a confirmed "preservationist"; things like e-mail will have to be done by me because...well, she just doesn't want to get near the thing if she doesn't have to. (And, as far as she is cincerned, she doesn't have to!)
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
Post #13,108
by imric
10/12/01 10:11:25 AM
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New I will.
Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #13,126
by inthane-chan
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10/12/01 12:05:11 PM
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New One more...
Will keep you and yours in my heart and my thoughts.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #13,128
by Silverlock
10/12/01 12:09:03 PM
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New You have my support
Not a praying man, but I do make exceptions for good cause.
For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution;
and it is always wrong
H. L. Mencken, Mencken's Metalaw
     Let's hype the Internet sales tax revenue loss some more - (wharris2) - (56) - Oct. 8, 2001, 10:56:45 PM EDT
         Sales Tax - (jbrabeck) - (55) - Oct. 9, 2001, 08:37:56 AM EDT
             Which is why it's time to scrap the sales tax. - (inthane-chan) - (54) - Oct. 9, 2001, 12:31:17 PM EDT
                 Acceptable if . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (53) - Oct. 9, 2001, 12:40:27 PM EDT
                     Yeah, that's what I was suggesting. - (inthane-chan) - (52) - Oct. 9, 2001, 12:49:35 PM EDT
                         Flat tax, negative income tax - (wharris2) - (51) - Oct. 9, 2001, 02:06:23 PM EDT
                             How about scrap income tax altogether - (Fearless Freep) - (50) - Oct. 9, 2001, 02:16:43 PM EDT
                                 Re: How about scrap income tax altogether - (wharris2) - (8) - Oct. 9, 2001, 02:46:01 PM EDT
                                     Re: How about scrap income tax altogether - (Fearless Freep) - (7) - Oct. 9, 2001, 02:50:27 PM EDT
                                         Doesn't matter - (wharris2) - (4) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:03:08 PM EDT
                                             Yeah... - (Fearless Freep) - (3) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:13:40 PM EDT
                                                 Depends on how you look at the numbers... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:07:30 PM EDT
                                                     Re: Depends on how you look at the numbers... - (Fearless Freep) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:14:45 PM EDT
                                                 Re: Yeah... - (wharris2) - Oct. 9, 2001, 05:59:25 PM EDT
                                         No. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:28:11 PM EDT
                                             Impossible... - (Fearless Freep) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:51:09 PM EDT
                                 The only way I'd go for this... - (inthane-chan) - (40) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:43:22 PM EDT
                                     Umm... - (Fearless Freep) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:48:48 PM EDT
                                         Well then... - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:03:41 PM EDT
                                     Don't get yourself in debt... - (admin) - (32) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:57:33 PM EDT
                                         Yeah, I know there's more to it than that... - (inthane-chan) - (18) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:01:45 PM EDT
                                             Which net? - (Fearless Freep) - (17) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:09:55 PM EDT
                                                 Doesn't work for everybody. - (inthane-chan) - (16) - Oct. 10, 2001, 12:25:05 PM EDT
                                                     Re: Doesn't work for everybody. - (Fearless Freep) - (15) - Oct. 10, 2001, 01:08:05 PM EDT
                                                         So how would you fix it? -NT - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Oct. 10, 2001, 01:11:36 PM EDT
                                                             I wouldn't - (Fearless Freep) - (12) - Oct. 10, 2001, 01:29:05 PM EDT
                                                                 You're only looking at the bad. - (addison) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2001, 02:32:58 PM EDT
                                                                     Re: You're only looking at the bad. - (Fearless Freep) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2001, 02:57:12 PM EDT
                                                                         Re: You're only looking at the bad. - (addison) - Oct. 10, 2001, 04:03:26 PM EDT
                                                                 And life was better a hundred years ago? - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 10, 2001, 06:38:20 PM EDT
                                                                 Wow, how *impressively* wrong you can be! - (CRConrad) - (7) - Oct. 11, 2001, 05:09:48 PM EDT
                                                                     Jerico. - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 11, 2001, 10:29:07 PM EDT
                                                                     Cackle.. glorp - (Ashton) - (5) - Oct. 12, 2001, 06:34:42 PM EDT
                                                                         Belladonna? Uhm... Thanks - I think! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - Oct. 14, 2001, 11:58:03 AM EDT
                                                                             belladona dilates the pupils (eye-opener) -NT - (boxley) - (3) - Oct. 14, 2001, 07:57:15 PM EDT
                                                                                 3 ears and a tail.. - (Ashton) - Oct. 15, 2001, 02:50:16 AM EDT
                                                                                 There's such a thing as being too open-eyed. - (marlowe) - (1) - Oct. 17, 2001, 01:30:42 PM EDT
                                                                                     Actually, I was thinking (and "thank?"ing Ashton for)... - (CRConrad) - Oct. 18, 2001, 07:36:21 AM EDT
                                                             Clarification - (Fearless Freep) - Oct. 10, 2001, 01:31:29 PM EDT
                                         Yup - (Fearless Freep) - (2) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:05:41 PM EDT
                                             Been there - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:43:29 AM EDT
                                             Escrow companies for contractors. - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 10, 2001, 12:15:45 PM EDT
                                         Re: Don't get yourself in debt... - (jbrabeck) - (9) - Oct. 10, 2001, 03:14:56 PM EDT
                                             Sorry To Hear That - (deSitter) - (8) - Oct. 11, 2001, 11:44:49 AM EDT
                                                 Very Important. - (imric) - (7) - Oct. 11, 2001, 10:07:24 PM EDT
                                                     Thanks - we finally have a diagnosis - (jbrabeck) - (6) - Oct. 12, 2001, 09:54:42 AM EDT
                                                         I'm with you, buddy - (jb4) - (2) - Oct. 12, 2001, 10:08:23 AM EDT
                                                             Please email me direct. - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Oct. 12, 2001, 01:24:27 PM EDT
                                                                 10-4...write you this weekend - (jb4) - Oct. 12, 2001, 01:29:00 PM EDT
                                                         I will. -NT - (imric) - Oct. 12, 2001, 10:11:25 AM EDT
                                                         One more... - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 12, 2001, 12:05:11 PM EDT
                                                         You have my support - (Silverlock) - Oct. 12, 2001, 12:09:03 PM EDT
                                     Re: The only way I'd go for this... - (addison) - (4) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:40:00 PM EDT
                                         So if you SELL a stock... - (jb4) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2001, 09:10:27 AM EDT
                                             I don't think so. - (addison) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2001, 10:47:23 AM EDT
                                                 Sales tax on used cars - (Silverlock) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2001, 10:53:00 AM EDT
                                                     Re: Sales tax on used cars - (addison) - Oct. 10, 2001, 11:16:03 AM EDT

You're typing on a device that stores trillions of pieces of data and makes billions of computations per second with the ability to grab data on almost anything from around the world in milliseconds, using electricity transmitted from hundreds of kilometers through wires on towers dozens of meters tall connected to megastructures that do things like burn coal as fast as entire trains can pull into the yard, or spin in the wind with blades the size of jumbo jets, or the like, which were delivered to their location by vehicles with computer-timed engines burning a fuel that was pumped up halfway around the world from up to half a dozen kilometers underground and locked into complex strata (through wells drilled by diamond-lined bores that can be remote-control steered as they go), shipped around the world in tankers with volumes the size of large city blocks and the height of apartment complexes, run through complex chemical processes in unimaginable quantities, distributed nationwide and sold to you at a corner store for $1.80 a gallon, which you then pay for with a little piece of microchipped plastic, if not a smartphone, which does all of the aforementioned computer stuff but in a box the size of your hand that tolerates getting beaten up in your pocket all day.

But technology never seems to advance...


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