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Forum: iSpine 06-02-2014, 10:13 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,116
Posted By mmglobal
Karger.... call me and I'll give you the low...

Karger.... call me and I'll give you the low down.

I posted about my favorite hotel... the castle... on your other thread.

http://www.ispine.org/forum/ispine/2556-dr-zeegers-surgery-alone.html...
Forum: iSpine 05-24-2014, 02:24 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,490
Posted By mmglobal
Henry, glad to read that you continue to do well....

Henry, glad to read that you continue to do well.

It's not only that our films look too good to support our reported pain levels... people who are down as hard as you were are look at as...
Forum: iSpine 05-20-2014, 09:16 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,995
Posted By mmglobal
I had several years of, "your films look way too...

I had several years of, "your films look way too good for you to be having the kind of pain you are reporting."

In 2002 in Munich, Dr. Zeegers was highly motivated to rule out the second disc. ...
Forum: Community Support - NSR 05-20-2014, 04:41 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,338
Posted By mmglobal
Anyone want to spend June - August in Greenland....

... salvaging WWII P-38's and B-17's

I remember the original salvage operation back in the 80's... very cool technology developed to get under the ice without damaging the aircraft.

Ken...
Forum: iSpine 05-20-2014, 04:35 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,199
Posted By mmglobal
Hi Sarah, I moved your post to the main...

Hi Sarah,

I moved your post to the main forum where it will get more activity.

Many people with anterior cervical surgeries have post-op issues, but what I experienced and what I'm used to...
Forum: iSpine 05-19-2014, 08:09 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,266
Posted By mmglobal
Jim, I'm glad that you will wait until you are...

Jim, I'm glad that you will wait until you are more certain about your path. In the absence of issues that make this urgent or emergent, you can decide later to move forward with the 'maximum'...
Forum: iSpine 05-15-2014, 03:05 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 10,567
Posted By mmglobal
Maria, thanks for the correction. My statements...

Maria, thanks for the correction. My statements above may be a gross oversimplification. I need a good smack down once in a while.

BTW, I don't think that anyone takes ANYTHING you write as...
Forum: iSpine 05-15-2014, 02:16 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 10,567
Posted By mmglobal
Rehab hospitals and skilled nursing facilities...

Rehab hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNF) = nursing home. Some are good... some are OK and some are incubators. I had a client in his 80's who had a very successful surgery, but because...
Forum: iSpine 05-11-2014, 02:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,152
Posted By mmglobal
AJ, I don't want to suggest that your experience...

AJ, I don't want to suggest that your experience with the VA is not horrific. I do believe that the treatment of our veterans is a national disgrace that should receive receive the highest priority....
Forum: iSpine 05-10-2014, 03:25 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,152
Posted By mmglobal
I had the same thing happen with me last year. A...

I had the same thing happen with me last year. A thoracic MRI showed a huge spot in my spinal canal where nothing had over ever been seen before. OMG... a tumor? OMG!!!

It turns out that CSF...
Forum: iSpine 05-10-2014, 02:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,152
Posted By mmglobal
With all the "I'm not a doctor" qualifiers......

With all the "I'm not a doctor" qualifiers... this is metal artifact... MRI is Magnetic Resonance Imaging and magnetic metals distort the image. My MRI's look just like yours at the levels with...
Forum: iSpine 05-07-2014, 06:50 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 16,555
Posted By mmglobal
I just stumbled into this thread as I was...

I just stumbled into this thread as I was updating kc0iet's thread on the surgical outcomes forum here:
...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 05-07-2014, 06:01 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 15,799
Posted By mmglobal
I just spoke to Janet. Unfortunately, the report...

I just spoke to Janet. Unfortunately, the report is mixed. Regarding her schooling, Janet "made it through the hard part" and got more than 1/2 way through law school. Unfortunately, she needed...
Forum: Surgical Outcomes and Blogs 05-07-2014, 04:50 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 15,799
Posted By mmglobal
Here is a picture that Janet sent me in August of...

Here is a picture that Janet sent me in August of 2012... she was just about to start her second year of law school. As mentioned above, when she returned from her surgery with Dr. Coufal, she put...
Forum: iSpine 05-07-2014, 03:18 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,490
Posted By mmglobal
Henry... this literally brings tears to my eyes! ...

Henry... this literally brings tears to my eyes! Take care... enjoy your recovery.

My real recovery didn't start until I was 7 weeks post-op. The first 2 weeks were hell on earth. The next 5...
Forum: iSpine 05-06-2014, 04:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,785
Posted By mmglobal
Placeholder... going to be a table of contents...

Placeholder... going to be a table of contents with links to individual threads for separate topics.
Forum: iSpine 05-06-2014, 04:07 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,785
Posted By mmglobal
Hi everyone... Just a quick update. ISASS14 was...

Hi everyone... Just a quick update. ISASS14 was excellent. Unfortunately, the trip really set me back and I haven't been able to sit and type. (I also have a lot going on and being set back a...
Forum: iSpine 05-04-2014, 10:55 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 10,567
Posted By mmglobal
Judy, what does he do for foot drop and how does...

Judy, what does he do for foot drop and how does he evaluate that issue to determine if it's permanent or repairable?

I hope we can pull off the get together soon... wish we all lived closer!
...
Forum: iSpine 05-04-2014, 03:28 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,195
Posted By mmglobal
Richard, Sorry that you are facing such a...

Richard,

Sorry that you are facing such a serious surgery. With all the appropriate, "I'm not a doctor" qualifiers, I'll comment based on what you'e posted. This is all kind of hypothetical......
Forum: iSpine 04-30-2014, 02:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,785
Posted By mmglobal
ISASS 14, Miami Beach, April 30 - May 2 2014

Greetings from Miami,

ISASS is "The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery". You'll find conference info at

ISASS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine...
Forum: iSpine 04-24-2014, 05:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,969
Posted By mmglobal
People should note that while I describe such a...

People should note that while I describe such a difficult first 2 weeks post-op, the recovery after that was stellar. A few weeks later I was riding my bike to PT, rollerblading around the...
Forum: iSpine 04-24-2014, 05:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,969
Posted By mmglobal
Karger... sorry I missed your question about why...

Karger... sorry I missed your question about why my recovery was worse than average. It has to do with the amount of post-op pain I had. After my wife's ADR surgery, I could never even get her to...
Forum: iSpine 04-22-2014, 08:22 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,490
Posted By mmglobal
Henry's update post is here: ...

Henry's update post is here:

http://www.ispine.org/forum/18799-post4.html
Forum: iSpine 04-22-2014, 07:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,981
Posted By mmglobal
Alain, I hope you don't mind, but I moved this...

Alain, I hope you don't mind, but I moved this thread to the main forum where it will get more traffic. The 'travel' forums were set up to discuss issues like hotels, sightseeing, etc... and never...
Forum: iSpine 04-22-2014, 07:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,887
Posted By mmglobal
Thanks John... maybe it was the Beyonce that...

Thanks John... maybe it was the Beyonce that helped the mutt?

I sure hope that one day, I'll discover that all my skepticism is misplaced. I will say that I've seen some pretty amazing recoveries...
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