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| Thread ID: 52682 | 2004-12-26 11:29:00 | Isn't The Web Great | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 307828 | 2004-12-29 08:41:00 | As Winston has found out, a chap with the GP did have benefits. I have a friend with a similar shoulder problem, and the specialist surgeon ( not a mere GP..) said shoulder surgery is more complicated than that for a knee, and that hydrocortisone injections are to be preferred. Friend has paid the bill ( ouch) and believes it has done some good... I will lend him a bit of copper wire, just in case, but I think a single malt would do more good. Cheers Tony |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 307829 | 2004-12-29 09:29:00 | Hi Winston. Used to be said that a defendant who represented when charged himself had a fool for a lawyer. I wonder if we could stretch that to say that a lawyer who diagnoses and treats his own ailments has a fool for a doctor? | Scouse (83) | ||
| 307830 | 2004-12-30 03:56:00 | When I had a detached retina a couple of years ago, I diagnosed it myself. I didn't use the Internet. I remembered the effects from a description I had read in a novel by C.P. Snow. ;) So I went to the doctor to get myself referred to the hospital opthalmology department . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 307831 | 2004-12-30 04:04:00 | That, Graham L, is a novel approach ! But doctors these days are constantly confronted by patients who have read all about their condition on the internet... Sometimes this is a helpful situation... But it is sometimes useful to look at www.quackwatch.com... Cheers T |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 307832 | 2004-12-30 07:00:00 | Ouch Scouse! But fair comment. In the interests of accuracy, and to give certain members the opportunity to say "told you so", there is a little more to tell. I went to a physiotheriapist today. He discovered that I'd strained the AC joint in the shoulder. And the tendon may not be completely ruptured. This is good news because I should recover 80 - 90% normal function. Anyway, the point is that I've never heard of AC joints and my internet travels did not mention this possibility. Mind you, the doctor didn't pick it up either. So I'm off to eat some humble pie my dear wife is serving up. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 307833 | 2004-12-30 07:07:00 | Whatever you do, please don't choke on the pie! The Heimlich manoeuvre that would ensue may further injure the AC joint. I am surprised that you had never heard of the acromioclavicular (AC) joint though, plainly your education was lacking in that field? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 307834 | 2004-12-30 07:08:00 | Hahah, about 2 weeks ago we used self diagnosis... but then agen, 2 snapped wrists from jumping is pretty obvious! By the way, It was 2 left wrists so there was 2 different people :P Im the only clown who actually got the jump right.... |
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